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TUESDAY, JULY 14, 1987

WERE THE

DEPUTY ROPER,

ROAD

SAFETY

AND

PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY'S ALSO PRESENT AT DIRECTOR (TRAFFIC), ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE, MR GEOFFREY

OF AND THE CHIEF ENGINEER

TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT'S STANDARDS DIVISION, MR DAVID WILLDAY.

CODE OVER THE OLD HIGHWAY A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT OF THE

IN

WITH IS THAT

ADOPTS A FRESH

PRESENTATION CODE

IT

APPROACH

WHICH FACE INCREASED USE OF GRAPHICS TO EXPLAIN THE VARIOUS FEATURES ROAD USERS EVERY DAY.

THERE

ARE

SEPARATE

CHAPTERS

FOR ROAD USERS IN GENERAL, IN GENERAL, PROFESSIONAL PEDESTRIANS, PASSENGERS, CYCLISTS, DRIVERS DRIVERS, MOTOR CYCLISTS AND THE CHILD AS A ROAD USER.

THE REMAINING TWO CHAPTERS, ON EMERGENCIES AND THE LANGUAGE THE ROAD, SHOULD BE READ BY EVERYONE.

OF

ROAD

H

AS

"THE GOVERNMENT HOPES THAT THE CODE WILL BECOME WIDELY USED

EXPERIENCED FOR BOOK

USERS AND LEARNER A GENERAL REFERENCE

MR SO SAID. DRIVERS, AS WELL AS SPECIFIC GROUPS SUCH AS CYCLISTS,

THE CODE WILL BECOME A BASIC PARENTS IN TEACHING EDUCATIONAL AND TRAINING TOOL FOR TEACHERS AND SAFETY CONSCIOUSNESS TO THE YOUNG, AND FOR GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS

OR GIVING ADVICE OR ORGANISATIONS IN PUBLISHING OTHER INTERESTED

**IT IS

ALSO INTENDED

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THAT

INFORMATION ON ROAD SAFETY, HE SAID.

ON THE LEGAL STATUS OF

THE

MR DOCUMENT,

AND

90 EXPLAINED THAT FAILURE TO OBSERVE THE CODE WOULD NOT IN ITSELF CONSTITUTE AN OFFENCE.

SUCH FAILURE MIGHT BE TAKEN INTO

NEVERTHELESS, HE STRESSED THAT ACCOUNT IN ANY COURT PROCEEDINGS.

DEPARTMENT WILL START GIVING FROM TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY), THE

APPLICANTS, DRIVING LICENCE FREE COPIES OF THE CODE TO DRIVING TEST

A DRIVING HOLDERS RENEWING THEIR LICENCE AND THOSE FIRST ISSUED WITH LICENCE.

THE CODE WILL ALSO BE DISTRIBUTED FREE TO DRIVING ROAD SAFETY ORGANISATIONS AND OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS,

INSTRUCTORS,

IT IS ESTIMATED THAT ABOUT ONE MILLION COPIES OF THE CODE BE GIVEN AWAY FREE OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS.

WILL

FOR SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT THE CODE WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE

GROUND FLOOR, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, PUBLICATIONS CENTRE,

CONNAUGHT PLACE, HONG KONG AT $10 PER COPY.

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