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SEAT BELT SIGNS PUT UP

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SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 1984

A NUMBER OF SPECIAL SEAT BELT SIGNS HAVE RECENTLY APPEARED AT THE EXITS OF GOVERNMENT CARPARKS.

THE SIGNS HAVE BEEN PUT UP TO REMIND DRIVERS TO WEAR SEAT BELTS.

THE NEWLY DESIGNED SIGN IS DISTINGUISHED BY A SYMBOLIC WHITE SEAT BELT ON A BLUE BACKGROUND, WITH A RED ARROW POINTING AT THE BUCKLE.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE ROAD SAFETY CAMPAIGN PUBLICITY COMMITTEE POINTED OUT THAT THE SIGN WHICH CLEARLY CONVEYS THE MESSAGE TO WEAR THE SEAT BELT WAS SO DESIGNED THAT IT COULD BE EASILY RECOGNISED AND UNDERSTOOD BY DRIVERS.

HE SAID, THE SHAPE AND COLOUR ARE MODELLED ON THE RECTANGULAR ROAD SIGNS USED IN HONG KONG WHICH ARE USUALLY OF AN INFORMATIVE NATURE.+

+THE SIGN IS PRODUCED IN REFLECTIVE MATERIALS SPONSORED BY THE 3M FAR EAST CO. LTD. AS A COMMUNITY SERVICE, SO THAT IT WILL BE VISIBLE EVEN IN DARK CORNERS OF THE CARPARKS,+ HE ADDED.

OVER 800 SEAT BELT SIGNS HAVE BEEN PRODUCED AND WILL BE ERECTED DURING THE COMING WEEKS AT GOVERNMENT PREMISES WITH PARKING FACILITIES, INCLUDING HOUSING ESTATES, POLICE STATIONS, PARKS, STADIA AND HOSPITALS.

ROAD SAFETY ALERT IN KOWLOON CITY

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PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, THE MAIN THEME OF LARGE SCALE ROAD SAFETY CAMPAIGNS DURING THE YEAR, IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT IN A DENSELY POPULATED DISTRICT LIKE KOWLOON CITY, THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR GORDON JONES, SAID THIS (SUNDAY) AFTERNOON.

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE DISTRICT'S ROAD SAFETY CAMPAIGN, HE NOTED THAT THERE WERE 8 477 TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN KOWLOON LAST YEAR AND THAT 1 829 OF THEM OCCURRED IN KOWLOON CITY, CAUSING 20 DEATHS.

+ I THINK THAT THESE FIGURES SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES, HE SAID.

+THE GOVERNMENT IS CERTAINLY VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE LARGE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS AND WILL DO ALL IT CAN TO REDUCE THESE FIGURES.

MR JONES SAID ROAD SAFETY WILL CONTINUE TO BE ONE OF THE MAIN CONSIDERATIONS WHEN TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT MATTERS ARE DISCUSSED AT DISTRICT BOARD MEETINGS.

IN ADDITION, THE POLICE WILL INCREASE THEIR EFFORTS OVER THE COMING YEAR BOTH THROUGH EDUCATION AND ENFORCEMENT TO HELP REDUCE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN THE DISTRICT, HE ADDED.

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