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SUNDAY, AUGUST 7, 1983

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APPLICATION FORMS MAY NOW BE OBTAINED FROM THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS ON THE 12TH FLOOR OF THE CANTON ROAD GOVERNMENT OFFICES AT 393 CANTON ROAD IN KOWLOON.

THEY ARE ALSO AVAILABLE AT THE DEPARTMENT'S AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES LIAISON OFFICES THROUGHOUT HONG KONG.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT THE NEW ASSISTANCE SCHEME IS AN EXTENSION OF THE TWO SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS WHICH HAVE BEEN BENEFITTING STUDENTS PURSUING STUDIES ON AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES AS WELL AS MARKETING AT TERTIARY INSTITUTES.

THE AWARD OF SCHOLARSHIPS OR GRANTS WILL DEPEND ON THE LEVEL OF ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT BY THE INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS.

CALL FOR ROAD SAFETY EFFORT BY ALL USERS

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ROAD SAFETY DEPENDS ON THE CO-OPERATION OF ALL ROAD USERS, THE POLICE DISTRICT COMMANDER, WONG TAI SIN, MR KEITH TIDEY SAID TODAY.

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE WONG TAI SIN ROAD SAFETY DAY HELD ON A ROOFTOP PLAYGROUND IN CHOI HUNG ESTATE THIS (SUNDAY) AFTERNOON, MR TIDEY URGED THAT DUE CARE SHOULD BE EXERCISED BY ALL WHILE CROSSING THE ROAD.

HE SAID THAT LAST YEAR, PEDESTRIANS ACCOUNTED FOR ABOUT 60 PER CENT OF THE 457 DEATHS CAUSED BY TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS. HOWEVER, IT DID NOT MEAN OTHER ROAD USERS COULD BE LESS CAREFUL THAN PEDESTRIANS.

MR TIDEY SAID THAT IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, POLICE OFFICERS WOULD BE PRESENT AT THE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT BLACKSPOTS IN WONG TAI SIN TO EDUCATE PEDESTRIANS AS TO HOW BEST TO CROSS THE ROAD.

'IT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A TWO-WEEK PROSECUTION PERIOD WHEN ACTION WILL BE TAKEN AGAINST ALL ROAD USERS WHO DO NOT CONFORM TO THE ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATIONS," HE ADDED.

FOLLOWING THE SPEECH, MR TIDEY, TOGETHER WITH MR PHILIP CHOK, THE DISTRICT OFFICER, WONG TAI SIN, AND MRS NG CHOW MAY-LIN, CHAIRMAN OF THE WONG TAI SIN ROAD SAFETY ORGANISING COMMITTEE PERFORMED A RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY AND PRESENTED PRIZES TO THE WINNERS OF THE ROAD SAFETY SLOGAN COMPETITION, MODEL PEDESTRIANS AND DRIVERS.

THE ROAD SAFETY DAY FEATURED THE PERFORMANCE OF THE POLICE BAND AND THE BAND OF THE ST. BONAVENTURE COLLEGE, A VARIETY SHOW, THE DISPLAY OF A ROAD SAFETY EXHIBITION CENTRE AND A MINIATURE ROAD SAFETY TOWN.

THE WONG TAI SIN ROAD SAFETY DAY MARKED THE END OF THE FIRST PHASE OF THE DISTRICT'S ROAD SAFETY CAMPAIGN. EDUCATIONAL AND PUBLICITY PROGRAMMES AIMED AT BRINGING HOME THE MESSAGES OF ROAD SAFETY WERE MOUNTED DURING THAT PERIOD WHICH STARTED IN JUNE.

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