SUNDAY, JANUARY 14, 1990
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ROAD SAFETY PATROL A SUCCESS
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THE ROAD SAFETY PATROL HAS, SINCE ITS INCEPTION, BEEN CARE OF SOME 300,000 STUDENTS CROSSING THE ROADS EVERY DAY AND SINGLE CHILD HAS BEEN INJURED WHILE UNDER SUCH CARE, THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR CHAN WA-SHEK, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE ROAD SAFETY PATROL KOWLOON REGIONAL INSPECTION AT THE POLICE RECREATION CLUB, MR CHAN SAID SUCH MAGNIFICENT RECORD COULD ONLY AFFIRM THE SUCCESS OF THE PATROL.
"THE MORE EXTENSIVE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE PATROL ARE REALISED IN EDUCATING THE YOUNGER GENERATION ON ROAD SAFETY AND IN FOSTERING THE RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF A ROAD USER.
"ONE CAN EXPECT THE EDUCATIONAL FUNCTION OF THE ROAD SAFETY PATROL TO SOMEHOW BRING ABOUT SOME POSITIVE INFLUENCE ON THE STUDENTS AT LARGE.
IN THE LONG RUN, HE SAID, SUCH AN ENSURING ROAD SAFETY IN HONG KONG.
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"TO THE PATROL MEMBERS, MR CHAN SAID, "THE TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE THEY ACQUIRE ARE OF PARTICULAR SIGNIFICANCE.
"OBSERVING RULES, KREPING DISCIPLINE AND COMING FORWARD TO LEAD HELP FOSTER A LAW-ABIDING AND CIVIC-MINDED YOUNGER GENERATION, PROVIDING THEM A SOUND BEHAVIOUR MODEL FOR THEIR UPBRINGING."
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WHILE ENCOURAGING YOUTH TO PARTICIPATE MORE IN ACTIVITIES AS JOINING THE ROAD SAFETY PATROL, MR CHAN HOPED THEY WOULD MAKE GOOD USE OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO BETTER THEMSELVES WHILE SERVING THE COMMUNITY IN THEIR PARTICULAR ROLE.
THE ROAD SAFETY PATROL STARTED 26 YEARS AGO WITH ABOUT 50 MEMBERS. [T NOW HAS OVER 12,000 MEMBERS SERVING PATROL TEAMS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY THE TOP OF ITS COUNTERPARTS IN THE WORLD.
ON PARADE TODAY WERE 26 TEAMS OF ROAD SAFETY PATROL.
MORE THAN 100,000 PATRONISE SHA TIN FESTIVAL
MORE THAN 100,000 PEOPLE TOOK PART IN THE MONTH-LONG SHA ΤΙΝ FESTIVAL, REFLECTING RESIDENTS' TREMENDOUS SUPPORT AND ENTHUSIASM IN COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES, THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR VICTOR YUNG, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE FESTIVAL. AT CENTRAL PARK, SHA TIN, MR YUNG SAID THESE ACTIVITIES ALSO HELPED PO DEVELOP LOCAL ARTISTES, SPORTSMEN AND PERFORMING TROUPES.
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