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THE FOLLOWING ACTION HAD BEEN TAKEN:

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1989

(A)

A REVISED CIRCULAR ON SAFETY PRECAUTIONS OF SCHOOL ATHLETIC MEETS WAS ISSUED TO ALL NOVEMBER;

IN THE CONDUCT SCHOOLS IN

(B)

THE BOOKLET ON SAFETY PRECAUTIONS IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION

WAS HAD BEEN REVISED, AND THE UPDATED VERSION

ISSUED ALL SCHOOLS IN NOVEMBER;

то

(C)

A 20-MINUTE TELEVISION PROGRAMME ON SAFETY PRECAUTIONS PHYSICAL EDUCATION HAD BEEN PRODUCED.

IN

(D)

(E)

THIS WAS BROADCAST FOUR TIMES IN NOVEMBER. VIDEO TAPES OF THE PROGRAMME WERE AVAILABLE FOR SCHOOLS TO BORROW;

THREE SEMINARS WERE HELD IN JULY FOR PRIMARY AND SECONDARY PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHERS, AND WERE ATTENDED BY 212 PRIMARY AND 187 SECONDARY TEACHERS;

THE DEPARTMENT ENCOURAGED SCHOOLS TO TAKE PART IN THE

AND LAND SPORTS SAFETY CAMPAIGN

IN CONFERENCE ORGANISED NOVEMBER BY THE COUNCIL FOR RECREATION AND SPORT IN

WITH CONJUNCTION

THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.

THE

EDUCATION

DEPARTMENT WOULD

IT

WOULD

ΤΟ CHECK BEING

MR BRIDGE SAID

CONTINUE ADVISE SCHOOLS ON SAFETY MEASURES, AND

CONTINUE TO DURING SCHOOL VISITS AND INSPECTIONS THAT THIS ADVICE WAS FOLLOWED.

HIGHWAYS DEPT TO CO-ORDINATE CLEANSING OF FOOTBRIDGES, SUBWAYS

* * * * * *

THE CLEANSING OF THE TERRITORY'S

AND

338 PUBLIC FOOTER IDGES 183 SUBWAYS, WHICH AT PRESENT IS CARRIED OUT BY SEVERAL GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, WILL BECOME THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT FROM EARLY NEXT YEAR.

SAID

THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS, THE HON GRAHAM BARNES, THIS IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON ELSIE TU.

氧

AT PRESENT, THE URBAN AND REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENTS WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MANUAL. SWEEPING OF PAVED SURFACES, INCLUDING RAMPS AND STAIRS, AND FOR THE REMOVAL OF POSTERS, MR BARNES SAID.

THE HIGHWAYS