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SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 1978

ROAD SAFETY EDUCATION CAMPAIGN TO START SOON

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MR. ARTHUR BROWN, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (CHIEF INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS), HAS APPEALED TO TEACHERS TO HELP PROMOTE 'AMONG STUDENTS THE ROAD SAFETY EDUCATION CAMPAIGN WHICH IS DUE TO START NEXT MONTH.

THE ROAD SAFETY ASSOCIATION WILL BE LAUNCHING THE CAMPAIGN IN CO-OPERATION WITH THE EDUCATION, TRANSPORT, AND HOME AFFAIRS DEPARTMENTS.

IN A SCHOOL CIRCULAR, MR. BROWN ASKED ALL TEACHERS, PARTICULARLY OF THE ECONOMICS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND SOCIAL STUDIES, TO EXTEND THE IR SUPPORT AND EMPHASISE THE IMPORTANCE OF SAFETY IN USING THE ROADS.

HE STRESSED THAT PUPILS SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED NOT TO BOARD OVERCROWDED BUSES, BUT TO QUEUE UP IN AN ORDERLY FASHION AT BUS- STOPS, NOT TO STEP OUT INTO THE ROAD WHILE WAITING FOR BUSES, AND TO OBSERVE THE CODE FOR CROSSING THE ROAD.

DEMAND FOR SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETATION GROWING

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THE GOVERNMENT SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETATION UNIT WILL SOON EXTEND ITS SERVICE TO COVER THE MEETINGS OF NEW TERRITORIES DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARDS.

ACCORDING TO THE CHIEF INTERPRETER OF THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT'S COUNCILS BRANCH, MR. Y.P. CHENG, SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETATION WAS FIRST INTRODUCED AT THE PREDECESSOR OF THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD, THE TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN RECREATION AND AMENITIES ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETINGS IN JUNE 1976.

IT WILL BE EXTENDED TO COVER THE MEETINGS OF THE OTHER AT DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARDS.

THE EXTENSION OF ITS SERVICE TO THE NEW TERRITORIES HAS BROUGHT ABOUT GREATER DEMANDS ON THE UNIT. MR. CHENG SAID.

+FURTHERMORE, TO MEET THE INCREASING NEED OF THE SERVICE BY VARIOUS OTHER COMMITTEE AND BOARDS IN THE URBAN AREAS, A NEW SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETATION BOOTH IS BEING BUILT AT THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT. IT WILL BE OPERATIONAL VERY SOON.

+AT THE SAME TIME, THE GOVERNMENT HAS STARTED RECRUITING MORE INTERPRETERS TO JOIN THE UNIT,+ MR. CHENG ADDED.

THE UNIT WAS FORMED IN 1972 FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATION OF THE CHINESE LANGUAGE COMMITTEE UNDER THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF SIR KENNETH P.F. FUNG. IT NOW HAS SEVEN INTERPRETERS, OF THESE FOUR ARE ON PART-TIME BASIS.

/+SIMULTANEOUS