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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1985

MR BARNES SAID THE

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SAFETY DAY WAS THEREFORE ORGANISED TO MESSAGE TO THE PUBLIC AND IN PARTICULAR TO THE YOUTH LEADERS AND INSTRUCTORS IN LAND SPORTS.

CONVEY THE PLAY SAFE

HE SAID THAT WITH PROPER PLANNING, PRECAUTIONS AND COMMON SENSE, IT WAS NOT DIFFICULT TO MINIMISE DANGER.

MR BARNES ASKED THE HUNDREDS OF YOUTH LEADERS AND INSTRUCTORS ATTENDING THE SEMINARS TO HELP SPREAD THE PLAY SAFE+ MESSAGE AMONG THE IR FRIENDS AND ESPECIALLY AMONG THE GROUPS OF YOUTHS FOR WHOM THEY WERE RESPONSIBLE.

ALSO SPEAK ING AT THE CEREMONY, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE WORKING PARTY ON THE 1985 LAND SPORTS SAFETY DAY, MR P.E. BIRNEY, SAID THE SAFETY MESSAGE HAD TO BE RE-EMPHASISED THIS YEAR IN VIEW OF THE INCREASING NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS OCCURRING IN LAND SPORTS, NOTABLY IN HIKING AND HILL WALKING.

HE SAID IT WAS HOPED THAT BY PUTTING THE SAFETY MESSAGE ACROSS TO LEADERS AND INSTRUCTORS IN LAND SPORTS, IT WOULD EVENTUALLY REACH A MUCH WIDER AUDIENCE.

MONTH-LONG ROAD SAFETY CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED

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A MONTH-LONG WAN CHAI ROAD SAFETY CAMPAIGN WAS LAUNCHED TODAY (SUNDAY) TO EDUCATE RESIDENTS ON THE IR RESPONSIBILITIES AS ROAD USERS AND TO ENCOURAGE DRIVERS AND PEDESTRIANS TO OBSERVE TRAFFIC RULES AND REGULATIONS.

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY AT SOUTHORN PLAYGROUND, WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICER, MR ROGER GARCIA, SAID: THE FIRST TWO WEEKS WILL BE THE EDUCATIONAL ASPECTS OF THE CAMPAIGN, AND THE FOLLOWING TWO WEEKS WILL BE THE ENFORCEMENT PERIOD.+

THE POLICE WILL ALSO ORGANISE ROAD SAFETY TALKS IN SCHOOLS AND DISTRIBUTE PUBLICITY LEAFLETS AT THE TRAFFIC BLACK SPOTS, MR GARCIA SAID.

THE CAMPAIGN WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT BOARD, THE DISTRICT OFFICE, AND THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE.

OTHER OFFICIATING GUESTS AT THE OPENING CEREMONY INCLUDED THE POLICE DEPUTY DISTRICT COMMANDER, MR G.N. FRITH DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MRS PEGGY LAM AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE WAN CHA! DISTRICT ROAD SAFETY CAMPAIGN WORKING GROUP, MR ARTHUR CHAM YAU- TONG.

HIGHLIGHTS OF TODAY'S CEREMONY INCLUDED A MOTOR VEHICLE DISPLAY, AN EXHIBITION, A ROAD SAFETY TOWN, AND A TRAM AND CITY BUS PARADE.

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