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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1988
CARNIVAL SPREADS ROAD SAFETY MESSAGE
A FUN-FILLED AFTERNOON
HUNDREDS OF KWUN TONG RESIDENTS SPENT TODAY (SUNDAY) AT A ROAD SAFETY CARNIVAL AT HONG NING ROAD PLAYGROUND.
HIGHLIGHT OF THE SIX-WEEK-LONG THE CARNIVAL WAS THE CLOSING KWUN TONG DISTRICT ROAD SAFETY CAMPAIGN FOR 1988.
ORGANISED BY THE
TONG KWUN
DISTRICT
ROAD SAFETY
CAMPAIGN AIMED COMMITTEE AND SPONSORED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD, THE CAMPAIGN WAS
PROMOTING ROAD SAFETY AT EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ON TRAFFIC RULES, AND AWARENESS.
CHAIRMAN OF SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE CARNIVAL,
MR SZETO CHAK THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT ROAD SAFETY CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE,
HEAVY DENSITY,
TRAFFIC
JAY-WALKING, VOLUME, SAID HIGH POPULATION
AND SUBWAY DESIGN PROBLEMS, HAWKING CARELESS DRIVING, FLYOVER PAVEMENTS AS WELL AS LACK OF PROPER TRAFFIC CONTROL HAD GIVEN RISE THE LARGE NUMBER OF TRAFFIC BLACKSPOTS AND CONGESTIONS IN KWUN TONG.
ON
то
THE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN HE POINTED OUT THAT ALMOST HALF OF
AND THE PERCENTAGE OF ELDERLY AND KWUN TONG INVOLVED PEDESTRIANS CHILD VICTIMS WAS HIGHER THAN ELSEWHERE.
HE URGED GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS CONCERNED TO PROBLEMS, AND ALSO REMINDED LOCAL RESIDENTS TO BE MORE AWARE SAFETY.
LOOK
INTO THESE OF ROAD
OFFICER, TOTALLY
SPEAKING AT THE SAME CEREMONY, THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT
ACCIDENTS COULD NOT BE ROAD ALTHOUGH SAID MR CHRIS WAN,
REDUCED WITH A ROAD SAFETY PREVENTED, THEY COULD BE CONSIDERABLY CAMPAIGN PLAYING AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THIS RESPECT.
HE NOTED
THAT
EDUCATING CHILDREN ON CROSS THE ROAD
INEXPERIENCED DRIVERS AND CYCLISTS.
PROPERLY
AND
THE EMPHASIS TRAFFIC RULES,
GIVING
OF THIS YEAR'S CAMPAIGN
PEOPLE ELDERLY REMINDING
TO GUIDANCE
YOUNG
WAS
то
AND
DURING THE CAMPAIGN, A
OF SERIES
EDUCATIONAL AND PUBLICITY MOBILE EXHIBITION, COLOURING ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN HELD, INCLUDING A AND CALLIGRAPHY COMPETITIONS, AND A ROAD SAFETY QUIZ FOR THE ELDERLY.
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PUBLICITY SIGNBOARDS, BANNERS AND POSTERS WERE ALSO PUT THE 15 SUB-DISTRICTS TO DRIVE HOME THE ROAD SAFETY MESSAGES.
UP IN
A FEATURED CARNIVAL
VARIETY OF TODAY'S
ENTERTAINMENT LION DANCE, A BRASS BAND PERFORMANCE, PROGRAMMES, INCLUDING A
AND A VARIETY SHOW AND GAMES STALLS. IN ADDITION, A ROAD SAFETY TOWN
ON DISPLAY ΤΟ ROAD SAFETY BUS AS WELL AS EXHIBITION PANELS WERE PUT EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON THE PROPER USE OF ROADS.
A
THERE WERE ALSO AN ON-THE-SPOT QUIZ AND A "DRAWING FOR FUN" A GIANT PAINTING BOARD FOR CHILDREN TO EXPRESS THEIR CONCEPT SAFETY.
ON
OF
ROAD
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