WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1986
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KOWLOON CITY ROAD SAFETY FORTNIGHT LAUNCHED
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A SPECIALLY DECORATED PUBLICITY BUS TODAY (WEDNESDAY) TOURED KOWLOON CITY TO PUT ACROSS THE ROAD SAFETY MESSAGE.
THE BUS, CARRYING BANNERS AND EQUIPPED WITH LOUDSPEAKERS, IS PART OF THE ACTIVITIES ORGANISED FOR THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT ROAD SAFETY FORTNIGHT WHICH OPENED TODAY.
ON BROAD THE BUS WERE ROAD SAFETY AMBASSADORS AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT ROAD SAFETY FORTNIGHT ORGANISING COMMITTEE, WHO DISTRIBUTED ROAD SAFETY PUBLICITY SOUVENIRS TO PASSERS-BY.
THE BUS ALSO STOPPED AT VARIOUS TRAFFIC BLACKSPOTS TO DRAW THE ATTENTION OF RESIDENTS TO ROAD SAFETY RULES.
A SERIES OF EXHIBITIONS WILL ALSO BE HELD FROM TODAY UNTIL JANUARY 29 AT FOUR LOCAL SCHOOLS TANG KING PO SCHOOL, TIN KWONG ROAD (FROM JANUARY 15 TO 17), SKH ST TIMOTHY'S SCHOOLS, HOK YUEN STREET (FROM JANUARY 18 TO 21), HOLY CARPENTER SCHOOL KWEI CHOW STREET (JANUARY 22 TO 24) AND PUI CHING MIDDLE SCHOOL, PUI CHING ROAD (FROM JANUARY 25 TO 29).
THE DISPLAYS INCLUDE PHOTOGRAPHS, SLOGANS, STATISTICS AND INFORMATION ON ROAD ACCIDENTS AND TRAFFIC ACCIDENT BLACKSPOTS.
ROAD SAFETY CODES ON PEDESTRIAN CROSSING, VEHICLE REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE, BICYCLE RIDING ARE ALSO ILLUSTRATED.
THE EVENT IS SPONSORED BY THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT BOARD AND ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT'S TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT COMMITTEE.
THE ASSISTANT KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT OFFICER, MR TOMMY YUEN, AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE, MR MAK KING-LUN, OFFICIATED AT TODAY'S OPENING CEREMONY.
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