XN000022-1985-12-28 — Page 6

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1985

5

ARTIST WINS ROAD SAFETY POSTER COMPETITION

****

A 22-YEAR-OLD ARTIST FROM AN ADVERTISING COMPANY, CHAN CHI-WAH, WAS TODAY (SATURDAY) AWARDED THE TOP PRIZE OF $1 500 IN CASH IN THE ROAD SAFETY POSTER DESIGN COMPETITION.

THE FIRST RUNNER-UP WAS 20-YEAR-OLD REBECCA MA OF CARITAS BIANCHI COLLEGE OF CAREERS. LAI YU-HIN, A FORM 5 STUDENT OF LUNG KUNG WORLD FEDERATION LAU WONG FAT SECONDARY SCHOOL, WON THIRD PRIZE.

REBECCA MA AND LAI YU-HIN WERE AWARDED CASH PRIZES OF $1 000 AND $500 RESPECTIVELY.

THE COMPETITION HELD DURING SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER THIS YEAR WAS ORGANISED IN SUPPORT OF THE INTERNATIONAL YOUTH YEAR AND WAS OPEN TO YOUNG PEOPLE AGED BETWEEN 15 AND 25.

OFFICIATING AT THE PRIZE PRESENTATION CEREMONY TODAY AT THE ROYAL HONG KONG AUXILIARY POLICE OFFICER'S MESS, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (PUBLICITY) OF THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT, MR PETER MOSS, POINTED OUT THAT THE AIM OF THE COMPETITION WAS TO PROMOTE AWARENESS OF ROAD SAFETY AMONG YOUTH, AND THE ORGANISERS REQUIRED PARTICIPANTS TO COVER AT LEAST ONE ASPECT OF THE PROBLEM.

*THE EMPHASIS IN THEIR ENTRIES COULD BE ON PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, GOOD DRIVING BEHAVIOUR OR CYCLING SAFETY,+ HE SAID.

+ IT RESULTED IN A TOTAL OF 541 ENTRIES RECEIVED AND IT IS MOST GRATIFYING TO SEE THE AMOUNT OF INTEREST SHOWN, HE ADDED.

MR MOSS SAID THAT ACCORDING TO THE PANEL OF ADJUDICATORS. A LOT OF THE ENTRIES WERE SO WELL-DESIGNED AND DRAWN THAT THEY COULD BE DESCRIBED AS REACHING +PROFESSIONAL+ STANDARDS.

THE PRESIDENT OF WEN WEI PO LIMITED, MR LEE TSE-CHUNG, PRESENTED PRIZES TO THE THREE WINNERS.

CONSOLATION PRIZES WERE AWARDED TO TEN RUNNERS-UP: TSANG PING-FAI, CHEUNG CHUN-CHIU, TAM TAK-HO, CHAN KAM-FAI, LIANG WING-MAN, AU WING-WAH, CHAN SAU-MAN, PATRICK LAU, FUNG KWOK-WAI, AND MAK HUNG-FAT.

EACH OF THEM WAS PRESENTED WITH A $1300 BOOK TOKEN BY THE CHIEF ADJUDICATOR, MR LI KOK-LEUNG OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.

THE COMPETITION WAS ORGANISED BY THE ROAD SAFETY PUBLICITY COMMITTEE AND SPONSORED BY THE SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST AND WEN WEI PO NEWSPAPERS.

/6