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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 1994
MR BARMA SAID PUBLICITY TO CORRECT BAD DRIVING HABITS WAS ALSO BEING STEPPED UP.
"ADVICE ON SAFE DRIVING IN TUNNELS WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE NEXT EDITION OF ROAD SAFETY QUARTERLY."
"IN ADDITION, A TELEVISION ANNOUNCEMENT OF PUBLIC INTEREST ON SAFE DRIVING ON EXPRESSWAYS IS NOW BEING PRODUCED AND WILL BE SCREENED IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS, MR BARMA SAID.
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THE NUMBER OF FATAL ACCIDENTS WERE ON A RISING TREND FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS: 300 IN 1991, 318 IN 1992 AND 336 IN 1993.
MR BARMA NOTED THAT THIS TREND SEEMED TO HAVE BEEN ARRESTED AND REVERSED IN THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF THIS YEAR, WHICH HAD RECORDED 76 FATAL ACCIDENTS OR A 32 PER CENT DROP COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.
AN ANALYSIS OF THE CAUSES OF THESE ACCIDENTS BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE HAS PINPOINTED 14 CASES TO "DRIVING TOO FAST" GIVEN ROAD CONDITIONS AND FOUR CASES TO "DRIVING TOO CLOSE TO THE VEHICLE IN FRONT".
IT HAS NOT BEEN POSSIBLE TO ESTABLISH SPECIFIC CONTRIBUTORY FACTORS FOR THE REMAINING ACCIDENTS.
HK POLYTECHNIC'S INVESTIGATION NOTED
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THE ADMINISTRATION IS AWARE THAT THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC INVESTIGATED THE ALLEGATIONS OF CORRUPTION AND UNETHICAL PRACTICES AGAINST A SENIOR STAFF MEMBER AND THAT THE FINDINGS OF ITS INTERNAL PANEL OF ENQUIRY WERE PUBLISHED LAST WEEK.
THIS WAS STATED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) BY THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR MICHAEL LEUNG, IN A WRITTEN REPLY ΤΟ A QUESTION BY THE HON EMILY LAU IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
MR LEUNG SAID THE ADMINISTRATION UNDERSTOOD THAT SINCE THE PANEL HAD CONCLUDED THAT THERE WAS NO SUPPORTING EVIDENCE TO THE ALLEGATION OF CORRUPTION, THE POLYTECHNIC MANAGEMENT HAD NOT REFERRED THE CASE TO THE POLICE OR THE INDEPENDENT COMMISSION CORRUPTION.
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