SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 26, 1989
THOUSANDS HAVE FUN AT SPORTS CARNIVAL
THOUSANDS
OF
RESIDENTS TOOK PART IN A FUN-PACKED SPORTS CARNIVAL AT THE CHATER ROAD PEDESTRIAN PRECINCT IN CENTRAL THIS (SUNDAY) AFTERNOON.
THE CARNIVAL WAS ONE OF THE MAJOR ATTRACTIONS OF THE CURRENT CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT FESTIVAL.
IT WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT FESTIVAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE, THE DISTRICT BOARD, THE DISTRICT OFFICE, THE URBAN COUNCIL AND THE DISTRICT RECREATION AND SPORTS ASSOCIATION.
AND
OMELCO MEMBER MISS MARIA TAM; THE SECRETARY FOR RECREATION CULTURE, MR AUGUSTINE CHUI; AND THE DISTRICT FESTIVAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, MR LIU LIT-FOR. WERE AMONG THE OFFICIATING GUESTS.
APART FROM TELEMATCHES, SEDAN CHAIR AND RICKSHAW RACES, THERE WERE DANCING, DRUM BAND PERFORMANCES, ACROBATIC ACTS, AS WELL AS RHYTHMIC GYMNASTIC AND CYCLING DEMONSTRATIONS BY GROUPS WHICH INCLUDED THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S ROYAL REGIMENT AND THE TRUE LIGHT GIRLS COLLEGE.
ISLANDERS GIVEN TRAFFIC SAFETY ADVICE
ROADS IN THE ISLANDS DISTRICT ARE FEW AND TRAFFIC IS LIGHT. TRAFFIC CONDITIONS ARE THUS RELATIVELY PEACEFUL.
TN THE FIRST 10 MONTHS THIS
YEAR. 67 TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS OCCURRED IN THE DISTRICT, CAUSING 89 INJURIES. SUCH FIGURES ARE PERHAPS THE LOWEST AMONG THE 19 DISTRICTS IN THE TERRITORY.
DESPITE THIS. THE ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICER, MR KIM SALKELD, TODAY (SUNDAY) WARNED THE PUBLIC AGAINST BEING COMPLACENT.
"EVERY VEHICLE USER AND PEDESTRIAN ON THE ISLANDS MUST NOT BECOME COMPLACENT BECAUSE COMPLACENCE LEADS ΤΟ CARELESSNESS AND CARELESSNESS KILLS, HE SAID.
"
OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE "ISLANDS DISTRICT TRAFFIC DAY", MR SALKELD SAID: "EVERY VEHICLE, FROM CARS AND BUSES TO BICYCLES AND VILLAGE TRUCKS, IF HANDLED CARELESSLY CAN KILL OR CAUSE INJURIES THAT WRECK LIVES.
"EVERY CARELESS PEDESTRIAN PUTS HIMSELF AND OTHERS AT RISK.
/MR SALKELD
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