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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1987

THE COST OF THE PROJECT, ESTIMATED AT $200,000, BY THE FTU.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

IS BEING MET

DETAILS OF THE SURVEY WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT A TO BE HELD AT THE FTU'S HEADQUARTERS, 50 MA TAU CHUNG ROAD, AT 3.30 PM PRESS CONFERENCE TOMORROW (MONDAY).

THE CHINESE STUART DEPARTMENT,

THE FTU CHAIRMAN, MR CHENG YIU-TONG; THE HEAD OF UNIVERSITY'S DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY MEDICINE, PROFESSOR DONNAN; AND THE CHIEF FACTORY INSPECTOR OF THE LABOUR MR YIP YUK-LUN, WILL JOINTLY CHAIR THE CONFERENCE.

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE EVENT.

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RESIDENTS URGED TO OBSERVE BASIC ROAD SAFETY RULES

RESIDENTS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT WERE REMINDED THAT A FEW BASIC ROAD SAFETY PRECAUTIONS TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS.

TODAY (SUNDAY) COULD REDUCE

SAFETY AFTERNOON, THE ACCIDENTS

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE DISTRICT'S ROAD CARNIVAL AT THE CHATER ROAD PEDESTRIAN PRECINCT THIS DISTRICT OFFICER, MR LAM KAM-KWONG, SAID THE NUMBER OF ROAD AT THE DISTRICT'S VARIOUS BLACKSPOTS HAD INCREASED, AND INVOLVED CARELESS PEDESTRIANS.

"AMONG THE PEDESTRIANS INJURED, MANY WERE YEARS OLD OR ELDERLY RESIDENTS,' HE ADDED.

THE MAJORITY

CHILDREN

MR LAM POINTED OUT THAT AS THERE WERE A NUMBER OF

PEDESTRIANS SHOULD

UNDER 14

LARGE-SCALE PAY SPECIAL THAT

ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS UNDERWAY, ATTENTION TO THESE WHEN USING THE ROADS. HE ALSO ADVISED DRIVERS IT WAS A MORAL RESPONSIBILITY TO GIVE WAY TO PEDESTRIANS.

OTHER OFFICIATING GUESTS INCLUDED DISTRICT

BOARD CHAIRMAN, BILL KIRKHOPE; SENIOR STAFF KIN; CHAM SIU-LEUN CHAIRMAN,

MR HUNG

VINCENT KO; POLICE CENTRAL DISTRICT COMMANDER, MR POLICE WESTERN DISTRICT COMMANDER, MR

E.J. STEVENSON; OFFICER OF THE POLICE TRAFFIC SECTION (HONG KONG ISLAND), MR LAM CHAIRMAN OF ROAD SAFETY DAY ORGANISING COMMITTEE, MR AND THE BOARD'S TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT COMMITTEE WING-TAT.

THE CARNIVAL