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SATURDAY, JULY 2, 1983

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DURING HIS CURRENT VISIT, SIR JAMES WILL BE ASKED TO EXAMINE AND ADVISE ON THE PRINCIPLE AND PRACTICE OF DEVOLUTION OF RESPONSIBILITY AND AUTHORITY FROM POLICE HEADQUARTERS TO REGIONAL LEVELS, AND HE WILL AGAIN REVIEW PROGRESS ON PREVIOUS

RECOMMENDATIONS. SIR JAMES WILL ALSO BE HAVING DISCUSSIONS WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF THE INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION AND A MEETING WITH THE UMELCO POLICE GROUP.

SIR JAMES' TWO STAFF OFFICERS, ASSISTANT CHIEF CONSTABLE S. PLEECE AND CHIEF SUPER INTENDENT R.C. WILKES, ARRIVED ON JUNE 25 AND HAVE CARRIED OUT ESSENTIAL GROUNDWORK IN CO-OPERATION WITH POLICE HEADQUARTERS STAFF. CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT J.B. GOULDSMITH, THE CHIEF STAFF OFFICER, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT BRANCH, RHKPF, WILL ASSIST SIR JAMES AND HIS TEAM.

ASSISTANT CHIEF CONSTABLE S. PLEECE ACCOMPANIED SIR JAMES DURING HIS 1981 VISIT, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST VISIT OF CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT R.C. WILKES TO HONG KONG.

NEED FOR ROAD SAFETY STRESSED *****

KWAI CHUNG RESIDENTS MUST MAKE ROAD SAFETY AN IMPORTANT PART OF THEIR EVERY DAY LIFE BECAUSE OF THE TREMENDOUS INCREASE IN THE VOLUME OF TRAFFIC IN THE DISTRICT OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, SAID THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT COMMITTEE OF THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD, MR LEE LYON-YUAN,

''THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT IN THE DISTRICT, THE SUBSEQUENT GROWTH IN POPULATION AND THE HEAVY VOLUME OF TRAFFIC SERVICING THE KWAI CHUNG CONTAINER TERMINAL ARE THE MAIN CONTRIBUTORY FACTORS,'' HE EXPLAINED.

IN HIS ADDRESS AT THE ROAD SAFETY DAY HELD AT KWAI CHUNG POLICE STATION COMPOUND TODAY (SATURDAY), MR LEE REITERATED THE IMPORTANCE OF HOLDING ROAD SAFETY ADVICE.

THIS ROAD SAFETY DAY MARKED THE END OF THE FIRST PHASE OF THE ROAD SAFETY CAMPAIGN JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE POLICE AND THE TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT COMMITTEE OF THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD. PUBLICITY PROGRAMME WHICH COMMENCED EARLY LAST MONTH INCLUDED ROAD SAFETY LECTURES AND FILM SHOWS FOR LOCAL SCHOOLS AND ORGANISATIONS, ROAD SAFETY SLOGAN, DRAWING AND PAINTING COMPETITIONS AND THE SELECTION OF MODEL PEDESTRIANS.

''THE SECOND PHASE OF THE CAMPAIGN WHICH WILL START ON MONDAY IS A TWO-WEEK ON-THE-STREET' EDUCATION FOR PEDESTRIANS AND DRIVERS. DURING THIS PERIOD, POLICE OFFICERS WILL BE DEPLOYED AT BUSY SPOTS IN KWAI CHUNG TO ADVISE PEDESTRIANS AND DRIVERS ON THE CORRECT WAY OF USING THE ROADS, MR LEE SAID.

IN THE FINAL PHASE

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ANOTHER TWO-WEEK PERIOD, THE POLICE WILL STEP UP PROSECUTION AGAINST ERRING DRIVERS AND PEDESTRIANS, HE COMMENTED.

VIA LEB