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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1988
ANY RISE IS WORRYING AND MUST BE GIVEN DUE ATTENTION, HE SAID, ADDING THAT POLICE ENFORCEMENT ACTION WAS THEREFORE BEING AIMED PARTICULARLY AT GOODS VEHICLES.
NOTING THAT 'DRIVING TOO FAST HAVING REGARD TO THE CONDITIONS' AND 'PEDESTRIAN NEGLIGENCE' WERE THE TWO MAIN ACCIDENT CONTRIBUTORY FACTORS, MR SMALLSHAW DISCLOSED THAT PROSECUTIONS FOR SPEEDING TV THE NEW TERRITORIES ROSE TO 9,198 CASES IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF THIS YEAR WHILE THOSE FOR PEDESTRIAN OFFENCES INCREASED BY 68 PER CENT.
IN ADDITION, SEVERAL THOUSAND
SAID.
WARNINGS WERE ALSO GIVEN,
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TURNING TO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS INVOLVING CHILDREN IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, THE REGIONAL COMMANDER SAID THE CASUALTY FIGURE FOR THIS QUARTER FOR THOSE UNDER 15 YEARS OF AGE WAS 13 PER CENT OF ALL AGE GROUPS.
"ALTHOUGH THIS AGE GROUP REMAINS IN THE MINORITY, NEVERTHELESS THE FIGURE OF 860 FATAL AND INJURY ACCIDENTS IS MUCH TOO HIGH AND NEARLY 7 PER CENT UP ON THE SAME PERIOD IN 1987."
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MR SMALLSHAW THEREFORE APPEALED то CHILDREN, PARENTS AND TEACHERS TO REMEMBER THAT "PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS WHERE AVAILABLE MUST BE USED AT ALL TIMES.
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ON PARADE TODAY WERE 700 ROAD SAFETY PATROL OFFICERS WHO PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN HELPING THEIR FELLOW STUDENTS CROSS ROADS SAFELY IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
ALSO PRESENT WERE THE PRESIDENT OF ROAD SAFETY ASSOCIATION, MR SHE KWONG-WAH; THE CHAIRMAN OF ROAD SAFETY ASSOCIATION, MR LAK KWOK-HUNG; AND THE COMMISSIONER OF ROAD SAFETY PATROL, MR CECIL CHAN.
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COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT VISITS FUJIAN
THE COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT, MR JAMES So, LEFT HONG KONG TODAY (SUNDAY) TO BEGIN, A SIX-DAY VISIT TO THE CHINESE PROVINCE OF FUJIAN AT THE INVITATION OF THE FUJIAN TRANSPORT AUTHORITIES.
DURING THE VISIT, MR SO WILL EXCHANGE VIEWS WITH TRANSPORT OFFICIALS IN THE CITIES OF FUZHOU, QUANZHOU AND XIAMEN ON THE TRANSPORT SYSTEMS AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT IN HONG KONG AND IN THE PROVINCE.
THEY WILL ALSO DISCUSS MATTERS OF MUTUAL INTEREST RELATING 170 TRANSPORT BETWEEN HONG KONG AND FUJIAN PROVINCE.
MS ZINA
MR SO, WHO IS ACCOMPANIED BY CHIEF TRANSPORT OFFICER, WONG, WILL FIRST ARRIVE IN FUZHOU AND WILL MOVE ON ΤΟ QUANZHOU AND XIAMEN LATER IN THE WEEK, AND WILL RETURN то
HONG KONG ON FRIDAY (DECEMBER 9).
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