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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1985

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WINNING COMPUTER PROGRAMMES FROM TEACHER, STUDENT

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A SCHOOL TEACHER AND A STUDENT TODAY (WEDNESDAY) WALKED AWAY WITH THE TWO TOP PRIZES IN THE ROAD SAFETY COMPUTER PROGRAMME DESIGN COMPETITION.

MR WONG KUN-WING, A SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHER, WAS THE OVERALL CHAMPION IN THE SENIOR SECTION AND WON RETURN AIR TICKETS TO FRANKFURT WHILE FORM 3 STUDENT SIT KWOK-CHO! WAS THE WINNER OF THE JUNIOR SECTION WHO WON A TRIP FOR TWO TO KUALA LUMPUR.

IN ADDITION, THEY WERE EACH AWARDED TRAVELLER'S CHEQUES WORTH $3 000 AND A YEAR'S FREE SUBSCRIPTION OF THE HONG KONG COMPUTER JOURNAL.

SPEAKING AT THE PRIZE PRESENTATION CEREMONY THIS AFTERNOON, THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF POLICE (OPERATIONS) AND CHAIRMAN OF THE ROAD SAFETY COUNCIL, MR LI KWAN-HA, SAID THAT THE COMPETITION

THE TOUCHED ON THREE FACTORS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE TO HONG KONG APPLIED USE OF MODERN TECHNOLOGY- THE YOUTH OF HONG KONG AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF COMMUNITY LIFE THROUGH ROAD ACCIDENT PREVENTION.

+ IF OUR SOCIETY IS TO DEVELOP AND PROSPER FURTHER, THEN THERE IS LITTLE DOUBT THAT IT MUST TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE GREAT EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS AVAILABLE TO US THROUGH THE USE OF COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY AND WE MUST TAKE OUR PLACE IN THE FOREFRONT OF THE 'THIRD WAVE',+ HE SAID.

+THIS COMPUTER REVOLUTION CAN ONLY BE ACHIEVED IF WE UTILISE OUR GREATEST ASSET - THE YOUTH OF HONG KONG.

+ IT IS MOST SATISFYING TO SEE THE GREAT INTEREST THAT HAS BEEN SHOWN IN THE COMPETITION BY STUDENTS.

MR L! PRAISED MEMBERS OF THE ROAD SAFETY PUBLICITY COMMITTEE FOR THEIR IMAGINATIVE CHOICE OF A COMPUTER PROGRAMME DESIGN COMPETITION AS A VEHICLE FOR PUBLICITY.

+ IN HONG KONG WE HAVE ACHIEVED A LOT IN REDUCING ACCIDENT AND CASUALTY TOLLS, BUT PUTTING OVER THE ROAD SAFETY MESSAGE IN A FRESH MANNER GETS MORE AND MORE DIFFICULT AS THE YEARS GO BY, HE SAID.

ALTHOUGH ROAD SAFETY AS A TOPIC COULD GET REPETITIVE, MR LI SAID, IT WAS BY FAR STILL THE MOST IMPORTANT SUBJECT IN QUALITY OF LIFE TERMS TO THE COMMUNITY OF HONG KONG.

+ROAD ACCIDENTS CAN EXACT A DRAMATIC AND TRAGIC IMPACT UPON AN INDIVIDUAL'S LIFE, THE FAMILY AND THE COMMUNITY.

+THEREFORE THE ROAD SAFETY MESSAGE IS ONE THAT MUST NEVER BE FORGOTTEN,+ HE STRESSED.

/MR LI

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