WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1988
HE DESCRIBED THE PROJECT AS UNPRECEDENTED IN ITS SCOPE, VARIETY AND IMAGINATION. IT IS ORGANISED AND SPONSORED BY COMMERCIAL ORGANISATIONS AND HAS THE SUPPORT OF THE ROAD SAFETY COUNCIL, THE POLICE, THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT, GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES AND THE BRITISH FORCES.
+OVER THE NEXT 12 MONTHS THE CAMPAIGN WILL DRIVE HOME ROAD SAFETY MESSAGES TO SCHOOL CHILDREN IN MANY WAYS,+ HE SAID.
UNDER THE TERRITORY-WIDE PROGRAMME, NICE NOVELTIES EACH BEARING A ROAD SAFETY MESSAGE WILL BE HANDED OUT TO SCHOOL CHILDREN AND COMPETITIONS WILL BE HELD TO PROMOTE ROAD SAFETY AWARENESS.
+AS MANY AS 60 000 POSTERS, 25 000 BOARD GAMES, 20 000 COTTON SHOULDER BAGS, AND LARGE QUANTITIES OF STICKERS, CAPS AND T-SHIRTS HAVE BEEN PRODUCED FOR DISTRIBUTION, MR CHING BAID.
+IN ADDITION, A SERIES OF COMPETITIONS WILL BE HELD IN THE YEAR-LONG CAMPAIGN. THE FIRST TO BE LAUNCHED THIS MONTH IS A STORY AND COLOURING-IN COMPETITION WITH LOTS OF VALUABLE PRIZES INCLUDING COMPUTERS, RADIOS, WATCHES AND A GRAND PRIZE OF A TRIP ΤΟ TOKYO DISNEYLAND.+
MR CHING SAID 500 000 ENTRY FORMS WOULD BE DISTRIBUTED THIS WEEK INVITING PARTICIPANTS TO ENTER INTO THE COMPETITION.
THE GIVE-AWAY ITEMS AND THE ENTRY FORMS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED AT DISTRICT ROAD SAFETY DAYS AND TO SCHOOLS BY POLICE ROAD SAFETY OFFICERS.
+ IT IS HOPED THAT BY THE END OF THE CAMPAIGN ALL PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS WOULD HAVE PARTICIPATED IN AT LEAST
ONE, IF NOT ALL, COMPETITIONS AND, AS A RESULT, WOULD HAVE THE ROAD SAFETY CONCEPT DEEPLY REGISTERED IN THEIR MINDS.+
MR CHING POINTED OUT THAT EACH YEAR MORE THAN 3 000 CHILDREN OF THE AGE GROUP WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED ON THE ROADS, AND THAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS DETERMINED TO REDUCE THIS TERRIBLE TOLL.
+IT IS A WONDERFUL EXAMPLE OF HOW THE WHOLE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING THE PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTORS, CAN PULL TOGETHER FOR THE GOOD OF OUR CHILDREN, MR CHING REMARKED.
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