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SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 1990

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THIRD ROAD SAFETY TOWN TO OPEN IN NORTH POINT

SCHOOL CHILDREN ON HONG KONG ISLAND WILL NOT HAVE TO TRAVEL FAR TO LEARN ROAD SAFETY THE HAPPY WAY WHEN A NEW ROAD SAFETY TOWN IS OPENED IN NORTH POINT LATER THIS YEAR.

THE TERRITORY'S THIRD MINIATURE ROAD SAFETY TOWN, WHICH IS TO BE LOCATED IN PAK FUK ROAD, WILL NOT ONLY BENEFIT MORE CHILDREN BY PRESSING HOME THE MESSAGE OF ROAD SAFETY BUT WILL ALLEVIATE THE VISITOR LOADING OF THE FIRST TWO TOWNS IN SAU MAU PING AND SHA TIN.

THE TWO EXISTING ROAD SAFETY TOWNS ARE SO POPULAR THAT THERE WERE MORE THAN 60,000 YOUNG VISITORS LAST YEAR ALONE.

INSIDE THESE ROAD SAFETY TOWNS ARE MINIATURE NETWORKS OF ROADS WITH CROSSING FACILITIES AND BICYCLES FOR PRACTISING CYCLING SKILLS.

ACCORDING TO WOMAN CHIEF INSPECTOR MONICA LO, OF THE ROAD SAFETY DIVISION, POLICE TRAFFIC WING, EACH VISIT TO ROAD SAFETY TOWNS FEATURES LECTURES ON ROAD SAFETY, FOLLOWED BY CHILDREN PLAYING IN TURN PEDESTRIANS AND DRIVERS TO GET A PERSONAL FEEL Of The IMPORTANCE OF CORRECT ROAD USAGE.

"STUDENTS RELISH THESE VISITS AS THEY CAN HAVE FUN IN RIDING BICYCLES INSIDE THE TOWNS AND CAN APPLY THEIR FRESHLY ATTAINED ROAD SAFETY KNOWLEDGE TO ROAD SITUATIONS, MISS LO SAID.

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AFTER EACH VISIT, WHICH NORMALLY LASTS ABOUT AN HOUR, YOUNG GUESTS ARE ALSO GIVEN SOUVENIRS WHICH ARE DESIGNED ΤΟ DRIVE HOME FURTHER THE ROAD SAFETY MESSAGE.

MISS LO SAID SUCH TOWNS WERE IMMENSELY POPULAR AMONG SCHOOL CHILDREN AND LAST YEAR SAW 29,006 VISITORS TO THE SAU MAU PING TOWN FROM 284 SCHOOLS AND 34 ORGANISATIONS.

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THE SHA TIN ROAD SAFETY TOWN, WHICH ONLY OPENED IN MARCH YEAR, HAD ALSO REGISTERED AN IMPRESSIVE 28,717 VISITORS FROM 326 SCHOOLS AND 85 ORGANISATIONS IN THE FIRST 10 MONTHS SINCE INCEPTION.

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THE TERRITORY'S FIRST ROAD SAFETY TOWN IN SAU MAU PING WAS OPENED IN 1970 AND THIS WAS SUBSTANTIALLY RENOVATED IN 1986.

"TRAFFIC LIGHTS, NEW ROAD SIGNS AND MARKINGS WERE PUT IN, FOOTBRIDGE WAS BUILT AND ROADS WERE SURFACED, MISS LO POINTED OUT.

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THE ROAD SAFETY TOWNS MAINLY CATER FOR ORGANISED GROUP TOURS OF STUDENTS FROM PRIMARY SCHOOLS AND KINDERGARTENS.

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THE SAU MAU PING ROAD SAFETY TOWN, THOUGH MANNED BY POLICE OFFICERS, IS MAINTAINED BY THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT BOOKINGS BEING PROCESSED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.

THE SHA TIN ROAD SAFETY TOWN, WHICH IS LARGER THAN THE ONE IN KOWLOON, IS MAINTAINED BY THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT WHICH IS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR BOOKINGS.

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