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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1989
PEDESTRIAN ROAD SAFETY EDUCATION PROGRAMME ON HK ISLAND
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MOST OF THE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS CAUSING INJURY TO PEDESTRIANS WERE DUE TO PEDESTRIAN NEGLIGENCE. THE POLICE REGIONAL COMMANDER, HONG KONG ISLAND, MR JOHN CLEMENCE, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY) AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE PEDESTRIAN ROAD SAFETY EDUCATION PROGRAMME.
JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE ROAD SAFETY ASSOCIATION AND THE TRAFFIC HONG KONG ISLAND OF THE POLICE, THE EXERCISE IS AIMED AT EDUCATING PEDESTRIANS ON PROPER ROAD CROSSING BEHAVIOUR.
MR CLEMENCE SAID THAT BETWEEN 1982 AND 1987. THE NUMBER OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS CAUSING DEATH AND INJURY ON THE ROADS OF HONG KONG STEADILY DECLINED, BUT THERE WAS A REVERSAL OF THAT TREND IN 1988.
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1984 HAS TO DATE SHOWN A MARGINAL IMPROVEMENT IN THE ACCIDENT RATE FOR THE ISLAND WITH FIGURES SHOWING A 4.7 PER CENT DECLINE. HE SAID.
BUT HE NOTED THAT 69 PER CENT OF ACCIDENTS INVOLVING INJURY ΤΟ PEDESTRIANS WERE DUE TO THE NEGLIGENCE OF THE INJURED PERSONS.
HE SAID THAT THESE FIGURES UNDERLINED THE IMPORTANCE AND REQUIREMENT TO CONTINUE THE PEDESTRIAN ROAD SAFETY PROGRAMME.
EDUCATION
AFTER THE OPENING CEREMONY, SOME 100 SCHOOL ROAD SAFETY PATROL MEMBERS WERE SENT TO SEVEN TRAFFIC ACCIDENT BLACKSPOTS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, WHERE THEY DISTRIBUTED ROAD SAFETY LEAFLETS TO PEDESTRIANS WHO WERE FOUND TO VIOLATE THE ROAD CROSSING CODE.
THE LOCATIONS OF THE BLACKSPOTS ARE: KING'S ROAD/SHU KUK STREET; JAVA ROAD/TONG SHUI ROAD: HENNESSY ROAD/FLEMING ROAD; HENNESSY ROAD/TONNOCHY ROAD; DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL/PEDDER STREET; DES VOEUX ROAD WEST/SUTHERLAND STREET; AND DES VOEUX ROAD WEST/EASTERN STREET.
THE EXERCISE WILL BE REPEATED TOMORROW (SUNDAY).
BREEDING STOCK PURCHASED FOR POLICE DOG UNIT
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PREPARING TO UPGRADE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE POLICE DOG UNIT IN READINESS FOR ADDITIONAL DUTIES WHEN THE ARMY RELINQUISHES BORDER PATROLS IT HAS BEEN NECESSARY FOR THE UNIT NOT ONLY TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF DOG HANDLERS BUT ALSO ITS WELL-BRED DOGS.
THE OFFICER-IN-CHARGE OF THE POLICE DOG UNIT, MR CHIFF LAMBURN, WENT TO THE UNITED KINGDOM RECENTLY TO PURCHASE BREEDING STOCK ΤΟ IMPROVE AND CONTINUE THE ALREADY HIGH STANDARD OF POLICE DOG SERVICE.
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