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SATURDAY, JULY 25, 1987

26, IS ORGANISED GROUP, WORKING CAMPAIGN

BOARD DISTRICT

AND THE

THE PROJECT, WHICH WILL RUN UNTIL SEPTEMBER BY THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT ROAD SAFETY COMPRISING MEMBERS FROM THE DISTRICT OFFICE, POLICE FORCE.

ROAD

CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES ALSO INCLUDE A CYCLING SAFETY WEEK, A

A WEEK.

MODEL PEDESTRIANS SAFETY EDUCATION WEEK AND AN ENFORCEMENT SELECTION, TALKS FOR THE AGED AND A CLOSING CEREMONY CUM FUN FAIR.

CYCLING

OF

PART OF TODAY'S PROGRAMME WAS A

SAFETY DEMONSTRATION BY THE CIVIL AID SERVICES AIMED AT GIVING THE PUBLIC A BETTER IDEA WHAT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS TO TAKE WHEN CYCLING.

OF THE

WONG

ALSO OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY WERE CHAIRMAN WAN CHAI DISTRICT ROAD SAFETY CAMPAIGN WORKING GROUP, MR STEPHEN AND DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MRS PEGGY LAM.

APART

CYCLING FROM

STAGED. ALSO

SHOWS, A LION

WERE LEAFLETS

AND DANCE

SINGING

DISTRIBUTED TO

THE

PERFORMANCES WERE

AUDIENCE TO REMIND THEM OF THE THEME OF THE ROAD SAFETY CAMPAIGN.

AND THE

WITH

THE CAMPAIGN WAS SPONSORED BY THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT BOARD AN ALLOCATION OF $80,000,

POLICE FORCE WHICH CONTRIBUTED $5,000.

SAFE CYCLING CAMPAIGN ON ISLAND LAUNCHED

*

A SAFE CYCLING CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN LAUNCHED ON HONG KONG ISLAND A BID TO REDUCE BICYCLE ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES.

IN

DIED. ALSO, A TOTAL

OF

9

310

ACCIDENTS ACCORDING TO POLICE STATISTICS, THERE WERE 754 TRAFFIC

CYCLISTS, 10 OF THEM HAD INVOLVING BICYCLES IN 1986, INJURING 503

ΤΟ

CYCLING WERE ISSUED

SUMMONSES

WEEK,

POLICE ROAD SAFETY 25 TO 31, IS TO

OFFENDERS AND SEVEN ARRESTS WERE MADE.

BY ORGANISED

THE THE SAFE CYCLING SECTION OF HONG KONG ISLAND AND RUNNING FROM JULY DRAW CYCLISTS' ATTENTION TO THE PROPER WAY OF CYCLING AND THE ROAD SAFETY CODE.

THE CAMPAIGN

WAS

KICKED

AT MORNING

A (SATURDAY) OFF TUIS

THE WAN CIIAI DISTRICT ROAD CEREMONY OFFICIATED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF

DISTRICT SAFETY CAMPAIGN WORKING GROUP, MR STEPHEN WONG; THE WAN CHAI

MR LAU OFFICER, MR ROGER GARCIA; AND THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT COMMANDER, TO-YEE, AT THE SOUTHORN PLAYGROUND.

/THE CEREMONY

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