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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1987
:
STAIRCASE,
"ACCORDING TO THE STATISTICS FROM THE CORONER'S COURT, HALF OF THE DEATHS RESULTED FROM FALLING FROM HRIGHT, FROM BED, IN OR SLIPPING ON FLOOR; WHILE BURNS AND DROWNING," HE SAID.
"CHILDREN
UNDER ACCIDENT-PRONE, EVEN IN
OTHER COMMON CAUSES INCLUDED CHOKING,
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PEOPLE AND OLD THE ENVIRONMENT MOST
OVER 60 FAMILIAR
AND
ARE MOST DEAR TO
THEM.
"MORE THAN 80 PER CENT OF THE VICTIMS OF FATAL BELONGED TO THESE TWO AGE GROUPS.
HOME ACCIDENTS
"THEREFORE WE PLACE EMPHASIS ON CHILDREN
** MR YUEN EXPLAINED. THIS YEAR'S HOME SAFETY CAMPAIGN,
AND THE ELDERLY IN
THE PUBLIC INTEREST) ON AND THE SECOND ONE
"THE FIRST TV API (ANNOUNCEMENT IN CHILDREN'S SAFETY AT HOME WAS RELEASED IN JULY, FEATURING THE ELDERLY WILL BE SCREENED IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS,"
MR YUEN SAID HE HOPED WIDESPREAD PUBLICITY WOULD PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF HOME SAFETY.
"HOWEVER, IT IS REALLY UP TO INDIVIDUALS TO TAKE ADVICE AND MAINTAIN A SAFE HOME.
"TO MAKE THE HOME A SAFE ENVIRONMENT IS
NEVER LEAVE CHILDREN WHAT IS EQUALLY IMPORTANT IS ADDED.
HELP SUSTAIN
HEED OF THE
BUT THE FIRST STEP; HE UNATTENDED,
"
WILL
"TAKING CARE OF THE ELDERLY AT HOME WILL ALSO TOWARDS REDUCING ACCIDENTS,' HE CONCLUDED.
GO A LONG WAY
EXHIBITIONS ΤΟ
HONG
THE DISPLAY IS THE FIRST OF A SERIES OF MOBILE BE STAGED IN HOUSING ESTATES OVER THE NEXT THREE MONTHS COVERING KONG, KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES.
VETERAN POSTMAN AWARDED IMPERIAL SERVICE MEDAL
A POSTMAN HAS BEEN AWARDED THE IMPERIAL SERVICE QUEEN FOR HIS LOYAL AND DISTINGUISHED SERVICE IN THE POST OFFICE.
MR NG KWOK-WAH, 60, HAS BEEN WORKING IN THE POST OFFICE FOR
MEDAL BY
THE
37
YEARS.
MR NG JOINED THE DEPARTMENT AS 1950. HE BECAME A POSTMAN CLASS POSTMAN CLASS II THE SAME YEAR.
A
III
IN
1953
TEMPORARY
AND
MAIL WAS
COOLIE PROMOTED
IN
ΤΟ
HE WAS REGRADED AS A POSTMAN IN 1967 AND IS DUE TO RETIRE
THIS
MONTH.
MR NG HAS BEEN WORKING IN THE KENNEDY TOWN 1980 AND 19 WELL LIKED BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHOM HE SERVES,
POST OFFICE SINCE
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