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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1987

THE

NEW

CENTER WAS

MR IU SAID 1,000 LOCAL AND OVERSEAS VISITORS EACH DAY.

TARGETTED TO SERVE ABOUT

THE A FULL RANGE OF EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES WILL BE PROVIDED IN

ACTIVITY NEW CENTRE INCLUDING AN EXHIBITION HALL, AN AUDIO-VISUAL AND COUNTERS, AND ROOM, SALES/ENQUIRIES

AN OUTDOOR DISPLAY AREA. IN ADDITION, THE CENTRE WILL ALSO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL TALKS, SLIDE AND QUIDED WALKS FOR SCHOOL PARTIES AND TOUR GROUPS.

SHOWS

THE TAI MO SHAN AND TAI LAM COUNTRY PARKS, COVERING SOME 6,770 21 COUNTRY HECTARES OF HILLY AREA, ARE AMONG THE MOST POPULAR OF THE

AND PARKS DEVELOPED

MANAGED BY THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT. THEY OFFER GOOD OPPORTUNITIES WALKING.

FOR

PICNICKING

AND

HILL

ROAD SAFETY CAMPAIGN AIMED AT YOUNG AND OLD

THE EMPHASIS OF THE CURRENT ROAD SAFETY CAMPAIGN IS ON THE SAFETY OF CHILDREN UNDER 15 AND THE ELDERLY AGED 60 AND OVER, AS THESE TWO AGE GROUPS ARE THE MOST VULNERABLE TO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS, THE COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT, MR JAMES SO, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).

ADDRESSING THE REGIONAL INSPECTION OF HONG KONG ISLAND'S ROAD SAFETY PATROL, MR 30 SAID: "BOTH THE ROAD SAFETY COUNCIL AND THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS AND HOPE TO FURTHER REDUCE THE CASUALTY RATES OF THESE TWO GROUPS."

THE ROAD SAFETY PATROLS CAN HELP BY ATTENDING TO THE NERDS OF CHILDREN WHEN THEY ARE CROSSING THE ROAD AND BY ASSISTING OLD PEOPLE AS A GENERAL COURTESY WHICH ALL YOUNG PEOPLE SHOULD EXTEND TO THE ELDERLY, MR SO SAID.

THE COMMISSIONER COMMENDED THE ROAD SAFETY ASSOCIATION FOR ITS VALUABLE CONTRIBUTION TO THE PROMOTION OF ROAD SAFETY. THE MOST OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION WAS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ROAD SAFETY PATROL SCHEMES, HE SAID.

"THE SCHEME, STARTED IN 1963 WITH ONLY TWO SCHOOLS AND 48 MEMBERS, NOW EMBRACES MORE THAN 12.000 PATROL MEMBERS FROM 211 PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS.'

ON THE ASSOCIATION'S RECENT DECISION TO EXPAND ITS ACTIVITIES TO KINDERGARTENS, MR SO SAID THIS WAS AN IMPORTANT AND VALUABLE EXTENSION OF THE ASSOCIATION'S WORK AS, AMONGST THE YOUNG, THE IMPORTANCE OF ROAD SAFETY COULD NEVER BE STRESSED ENOUGH.

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