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Saturday, February 17, 1973

GREAT DEMAND BY SCHOOLS TO USE "SAFETY TOWN"

For Road Safety Courses

The Urban Council's "Safety Town" at Sau Mau Ping will again be full

of primary school pupils when it re-opens on Monday to educate children in all

aspects of road safety.

"The town is fully booked up until the end of March," a spokesman

for the Education Department said today. "Many schools have applied for the

use of the town' following a recent circular issued by our department. We

expect to receive many more applications in the next few months before the

summer holidays."

Some 2,700 pupils from 19 schools will be using the "town" from

February 19 to March 9,

There are two one-hour sessions each morning and another two sessions

in the afternoon from Monday to Friday.

The Kowloon Junior School has taken over 12 morning sessions from

February 19 to 26 while the Holy Angels Canosaian P.M. School has booked 12

afternoon sessions from February 27 to March 6. The other 17 schools have each

booked one or two sessions during the first 15-day period.

Children attending the courses at the "town" are given a 15-minute

lecture on road safety by two officers of the Royal Hong Kong Police. The

pupils are then taken on an observation tour and take part in group activity

on bicycles, tricycles and pedal cars followed by a discussion and review on

road safety.

The "town"