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SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 1981

CHILDREN TAKE PRIDE IN ROAD SAFETY PATROL WORK

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ROAD SAFETY WAS MORE THAN A SLOGAN FOR URBAN SURVIVAL,

MR COLVYN HAYE, DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, TOLD NEARLY A 1 000 MEMBERS OF THE ROAD SAFETY ASSOCIATION, CELEBRATING ITS 18TH ANNIVERSARY ON FRIDAY NIGHT.

+ IT IS A DISCIPLINE WHICH IS VERY MUCH NEEDED IN OUR SOCIETY TODAY,+ HE SAID.

CONGRATULATING ALL THOSE ASSOCIATED WITH ROAD SAFETY, MR HAYE SAID THAT THE PRIDE AND BEARING OF CHILDREN IN ROAD SAFETY PATROLS WAS PARTICULARLY NOTE-WORTHY.

AT THE LAST PARADE HE HAD ATTENDED, HUNDREDS OF SCHOOL

ROAD SAFETY PATROLS HAD IMPRESSED HIM VERY MUCH AS THEY MARCHED PAST.

+ IT WAS VERY EVIDENT THAT THESE SCHOOL CHILDREN, WHO CAME FROM EVERY STRATA OF SOCIETY, HAD A COMMON PRIDE IN WHAT THEY WERE DOING, + MR HAYE SAID.

NOTING THAT MORE THAN 6 000 SCHOOL CHILDREN WERE INVOLVED IN THE ROAD SAFETY MOVEMENT, MR HAYE SAID IT WAS ALSO NOTE-WORTHY THAT NONE OF THESE CHILDREN HÅD EVER BEEN INVOLVED IN INDISCIPLINE IN THE IR SCHOOLS AND IN JUVENILE DELINQUENCY, WHICH WAS A GROWING CONCERN OF THE COURTS.

HEADS OF SCHOOLS HAD CONFIRMED THAT WEARING THE SMART UNIFORM OF THE ROAD SAFETY PATROL AND POLICING STREET CROSSINGS AND CORNERS TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THE IR FELLOWS, INSTILLED A SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY IN PATROL MEMBERS.

+ IT IS THIS SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY THAT KEEPS CHILDREN OUT OF TROUBLE THESE DAYS, MR HAYE SAID.

HE PROMISED TO DO EVERYTHING IN HIS POWER TO PROMOTE THE ROAD SAFETY MOVEMENT IN SCHOOLS.

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