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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1988
HE SAID THAT TO SUSTAIN THE PUBLIC'S INTEREST IN ROAD SAFETY, THE POLICE HAVE INTRODUCED THIS YEAR THE "CONSTABLE CARE CHILDREN'S SAFETY PROGRAMME" TARGETTED AT CHILDREN BETWEEN EIGHT AND 12 YEARS OLD.
MANY PROMOTIONAL CAMPAIGNS WILL BE ORGANISED IN WITH THE PROGRAMME, INCLUDING COMPETITIONS WITH A GRAND TOKYO DISNEYLAND, HE ADDED.
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FEATURING MARCHING
THE OPENING CEREMONY WAS FOLLOWED BY A VARIETY SHOW PERFORMANCES BY POPULAR LOCAL SINGERS AND THE CAPE COLLINSON BAND. THE PROGRAMME WAS BROADCAST LIVE ON COMMERCIAL RADIO II.
A VEHICLE EXHIBITION WAS HELD AT THE SAME TIME WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON CAR SAFETY DEVICES,
DISTRICT BOARD
ALSO PRESENT AT TODAY'S FUNCTION WERE WAN CHAI CHAIRMAN MRS PEGGY LAM AND CHAIRMAN OF THE TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT COMMITTEE UNDER THE DISTRICT BOARD, MR LESTER KWOK.
GRAVE SWEEPERS URGED TO BE CAREFUL
PEOPLE OBSERVING THE CHUNG YEUNG FESTIVAL ARE REMINDED THEY SHOULD TAKE CARE NOT TO CAUSE FIRES WHEN BURNING JOSS STICKS AND PAPER TRIBUTES IN WORSHIPPING THEIR ANCESTORS.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT TODAY (SATURDAY) CAUTIONED THAT THE NUMBER OF FIRES CAUSED BY THE BURNING OF JOSS STICKS AND PAPER TRIBUTES WAS ALWAYS HIGHER IN THE GRAVE-SWEEPING PERIODS OF APRIL AND OCTOBER THAN IN THE REST OF THE YEAR.
APRIL ALONE SAW 43 OUT OF 106 SUCH FIRES IN THE FIRST EIGHT MONTHS OF THIS YEAR. LAST YEAR, 22 SUCH CASES OCCURRED IN APRIL AND 28 OCCURRED IN OCTOBER OUT OF A TOTAL OF 164 CASES.
"WORSHIPPERS MUST NOT LEAVE BURNING TRIBUTES UNATTENDED AND THESE SHOULD EVENTUALLY BE EXTINGUISHED," THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
HE ALSO URGED PEOPLE TO EXERCISE EXTRA CARE IN PREVENTING FIRES AS THE DRY AND WINDY SEASON WAS PREVAILING.
MONTHS OF PERIOD OF 1987,
THERE WERE 13,880 CALLS OF FIRES IN THE FIRST EIGHT THIS YEAR COMPARED WITH 13,395 IN THE CORRESPONDING HE SAID.
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