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FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 1984

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DOGS TO SHOW HOW IT'S DONE

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A DEMONSTRATION BY POLICE DOGS ON PROPER PEDESTRIAN PRACTICES SUCH AS USING ZEBRA CROSSINGS AND FOOTBRIDGES, WILL BE A HIGHLIGHT AT THE OPENING OF A TWO-WEEK KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT ROAD SAFETY CAMPAIGN ON SUNDAY (JANUARY 8).

THE OPENING WILL FEATURE AN EXHIBITION OF ACCIDENT PHOTOGRAPHS AND DEMONSTRATIONS OF THE SEAT BELT CONVINCER, VISION TEST VEHICLE, REACTION TEST MACHINE. A CRASHED CAR WILL ALSO BE ON DISPLAY..

THERE WILL ALSO BE BAND, DRAMA AND TAE-KWON-DO PERFORMANCES BY THE JUNIOR POLICE CALL, CAPTAIN SAFETY AND GURKHA FIELD FORCE.

SPONSORED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD, THE CAMPAIGN WILL INCLUDE SELECTION OF MODEL PEDESTRIANS, A SLOGAN CONTEST, ASSISTANCE TO ELDERLY PEDESTRIANS AND DISTRIBUTION OF PUBLICITY MATERIALS ON A ROAD SAFETY DAY.

THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR GORDON JONES, AND POLICE DISTRICT COMMANDER, MR RICHARD LIDSTER, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE OPENING CEREMONY ON SUNDAY.

NOTE TO EDITORS.

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT ROAD SAFETY CAMPAIGN TO BE HELD AT 2.15 PM IN THE ARGYLE STREET PLAYGROUND.

CERTIFICATES FOR OFFICERS

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CERTIFICATES WERE PRESENTED TODAY (FRIDAY) TO 149 CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT OFFICERS, WHO HAVE COMPLETED A ONE-YEAR ORIENTATIONAL COURSE.

THE TRAINING COURSE CONDUCTED BY THE STAFF TRAINING INSTITUTE INCLUDED SIX MONTHS TRAINING IN VARIOUS CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS.

AT A CEREMONY HELD IN THE INSTITUTE, SUPERINTENDENT OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR JOHNNY WONG PRESENTED THE TRAINING CERTIFICATES TO THE OFFICERS.