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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1988

CARNIVAL SPREADS ROAD SAFETY MESSAGE

A FUN-FILLED AFTERNOON

HUNDREDS OF KWUN TONG RESIDENTS SPENT TODAY (SUNDAY) AT A ROAD SAFETY CARNIVAL AT HONG NING ROAD PLAYGROUND.

HIGHLIGHT OF THE SIX-WEEK-LONG THE CARNIVAL WAS THE CLOSING KWUN TONG DISTRICT ROAD SAFETY CAMPAIGN FOR 1988.

ORGANISED BY THE

TONG KWUN

DISTRICT

ROAD SAFETY

CAMPAIGN AIMED COMMITTEE AND SPONSORED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD, THE CAMPAIGN WAS

PROMOTING ROAD SAFETY AT EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ON TRAFFIC RULES, AND AWARENESS.

CHAIRMAN OF SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE CARNIVAL,

MR SZETO CHAK THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT ROAD SAFETY CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE,

HEAVY DENSITY,

TRAFFIC

JAY-WALKING, VOLUME, SAID HIGH POPULATION

AND SUBWAY DESIGN PROBLEMS, HAWKING CARELESS DRIVING, FLYOVER PAVEMENTS AS WELL AS LACK OF PROPER TRAFFIC CONTROL HAD GIVEN RISE THE LARGE NUMBER OF TRAFFIC BLACKSPOTS AND CONGESTIONS IN KWUN TONG.

ON

то

THE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN HE POINTED OUT THAT ALMOST HALF OF

AND THE PERCENTAGE OF ELDERLY AND KWUN TONG INVOLVED PEDESTRIANS CHILD VICTIMS WAS HIGHER THAN ELSEWHERE.

HE URGED GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS CONCERNED TO PROBLEMS, AND ALSO REMINDED LOCAL RESIDENTS TO BE MORE AWARE SAFETY.

LOOK

INTO THESE OF ROAD

OFFICER, TOTALLY

SPEAKING AT THE SAME CEREMONY, THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT

ACCIDENTS COULD NOT BE ROAD ALTHOUGH SAID MR CHRIS WAN,

REDUCED WITH A ROAD SAFETY PREVENTED, THEY COULD BE CONSIDERABLY CAMPAIGN PLAYING AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THIS RESPECT.

HE NOTED

THAT

EDUCATING CHILDREN ON CROSS THE ROAD

INEXPERIENCED DRIVERS AND CYCLISTS.

PROPERLY

AND

THE EMPHASIS TRAFFIC RULES,

GIVING

OF THIS YEAR'S CAMPAIGN

PEOPLE ELDERLY REMINDING

TO GUIDANCE

YOUNG

WAS

то

AND

DURING THE CAMPAIGN, A

OF SERIES

EDUCATIONAL AND PUBLICITY MOBILE EXHIBITION, COLOURING ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN HELD, INCLUDING A AND CALLIGRAPHY COMPETITIONS, AND A ROAD SAFETY QUIZ FOR THE ELDERLY.

→

PUBLICITY SIGNBOARDS, BANNERS AND POSTERS WERE ALSO PUT THE 15 SUB-DISTRICTS TO DRIVE HOME THE ROAD SAFETY MESSAGES.

UP IN

A FEATURED CARNIVAL

VARIETY OF TODAY'S

ENTERTAINMENT LION DANCE, A BRASS BAND PERFORMANCE, PROGRAMMES, INCLUDING A

AND A VARIETY SHOW AND GAMES STALLS. IN ADDITION, A ROAD SAFETY TOWN

ON DISPLAY ΤΟ ROAD SAFETY BUS AS WELL AS EXHIBITION PANELS WERE PUT EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON THE PROPER USE OF ROADS.

A

THERE WERE ALSO AN ON-THE-SPOT QUIZ AND A "DRAWING FOR FUN" A GIANT PAINTING BOARD FOR CHILDREN TO EXPRESS THEIR CONCEPT SAFETY.

ON

OF

ROAD

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