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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1978
EDUCATIONAL WALK FOR CHILDREN AT WAN CHAI
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ABOUT 270 CHILDREN FROM 12 SCHOOLS IN WAN CHAT WILL BE TESTED ON THEIR GENERAL CRIME PREVENTION AND ROAD SAFETY KNOWLEDGE DURING AN EDUCATIONAL WALK ON OCTOBER 8 (SUNDAY).
THE WALK WILL START AT SHUE YAN COLLEGE AT MONMOUTH PATH AND END AT SOUTHORN PLAYGROUND, COVERING BOWEN DRIVE, BOWEN ROAD, WAN CHAI GAP ROAD, QUEEN'S ROAD EAST AND JOHNSTON ROAD.
WAN CHAI CITY DISTRICT OFFICER, MR. BOWEN LEUNG, SAID: +IT IS HOPED THAT THROUGH PUBLICISING THE WALK, WAN CHAI RESIDENTS COULD BE EDUCATED IN CRIME PREVENTION AND ROAD SAFETY KNOWLEDGE.+
AS PART OF THE ROAD SAFETY ACTIVITIES HELD IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE WAN CHAI BEAT CRIME CAMPAIGN THE WALK WILL START AT 9 A.M. AND TAKE ABOUT 50 MINUTES TO COMPLETE.
CARTOONS DEPICTING DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF EITHER CRIME PREVENTION OR ROAD SAFETY WILL BE PUT UP AT EACH OF THE 12 CHECKPOINTS SET UP ALONG BOWEN ROAD. ON ARRIVING AT EACH CHECKPOINT ALL PARTICIPANTS WILL HAVE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AGAINST THE STORIES DESCRIBED IN THE CARTOONS AND TICK THE RIGHT ANSWER ON THE QUESTIONNAIRE PAPER GIVEN TO THEM BEFOREHAND.
AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE WALK, THE PAPERS WILL BE CORRECTED AND THE 12 PARTICIPANTS WHO HAVE SCORED THE HIGHEST MARKS WILL BE AWARDED A PRIZE.
MEANWHILE, AT 7.30 P.M. THE SAME DAY THE G.I.S. MOBILE THEATRE WILL STAGE A VARIETY SHOW TO BRING THE MESSAGE ON ROAD SAFETY TO RESIDENTS IN WAN CHA!.
THE TWO-HOUR SHOW WILL FEATURE A SERIES OF ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMMES INCLUDING POP SONGS, PUPPET SHOWS, MODEL CAR DEMONSTRATIONS, ACROBATIC DISPLAYS AND A DRAMA PERFORMED BY THE HONG KONG REPERTORY THEATRE.
A ROAD SAFETY BUS CONTAINING DISPLAYS, GAMES AND A +MOUSE TOWN+ WILL BE STATIONED IN SOUTHORN PLAYGROUND TO COINCIDE WITH THOSE TWO EVENTS.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE EDUCATIONAL WALK TO BE HELD ON SUNDAY (OCTOBER 8) FROM
9 A.M. TO NOON STARTING FROM SHUE YAN COLLEGE, AND TO THE ROAD SAFETY VARIETY SHOW AT 7.30 P.M. ON THE SAME DAY AT SOUTHORN PLAYGROUND, WAN CHAI.
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