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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1989
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MR SALKELD CALLED UPON VISITORS TO THE ISLANDS TO BE ALERT TRAFFIC HAZARDS SO THAT THEIR HOLIDAYS WOULD NOT BE MARRED BY AN ACCIDENT,
HE ALSO URGED LOCAL ROAD USERS то DISTRICT A SAFE PLACE.
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MR SALEELD URGED MOTORISTS ON LANTAU TO KEEP TO THE SPEED LIMITS IMPOSED ON DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF SOUTH LANTAU ROAD BECAUSE THE ROAD WAS STRAIGHT AND DRIVERS WERE TEMPTED TO SPEED.
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FROM TIME TO TIME, THERE MAY BE ROAD WORKS BLOCKING ONE LANE OF THE ROAD, AND PARTICULAR ATTENTION MUST BE PAID TO THOSE CARELESS PEDESTRIANS CROSSING THE ROAD AND TO ANY STRAY CATTLE ON THE ROAD, HE
SAID.
THE DISTRICT OFFICER ALSO APPEALED TO DRIVERS OF VILLAGE VEHICLES TO EXERCISE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE ON THE NARROW ALLEYS THAT PEDESTRIANS USED.
MORE THAN 500 PEOPLE FROM VARIOUS ISLANDS JOINED THE "TRAFFIC SAFETY DAY" HELD AT THE NEW TERRITORIES HEUNG YEE KUK SOUTHERN DISTRICT SECONDARY SCHOOL IN MUI WO.
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THEY WERE ENTERTAINED TO A POP MUSIC PERFORMANCE GIVEN AUXILIARY MEDICAL SERVICES BAND AND ALSO TOOK PART IN GAME STALLS PUBLICISING ROAD SAFETY MESSAGES.
OTHER ACTIVITIES INCLUDED A FIRST AID DEMONSTRATION, DISPLAY OF ROAD SAFETY MATERIALS AND DISTRIBUTION OF SOUVENIR BOOKMARKS AND CALENDAR CARDS.
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THE TRAFFIC SAFETY DAY WAS ORGANISED FOR THE FIRST TIME BY ISLANDS DISTRICT BOARD'S TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT COMMITTEE то ISLANDERS TO PAY ATTENTION TO ROAD SAFETY.
OTHER OFFICIATING GUESTS AT THE OPENING CEREMONY WERE DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR LAM WAI-KEUNG, AND ISLANDS DISTRICT COMMANDER, MR WILLIAM WORRAL.
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