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SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 1991

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IN DOING SO, SHE POINTED OUT THAT

FROM THE ESTABLISHMENTS SHOULD ACTIVELY ENCOURAGE THEIR MEMBERS TO ACCEPT THE DISABLED AS THEIR PARTNERS.

"TO TRUST THE ABILITY OF THE DISABLED IS A GREAT STEP TOWARDS HELPING THEM TO RE-INTEGRATE INTO THE COMMUNITY EXTENSIVELY," SHE NOTED.

MRS GOODSTADT ALSO PAID TRIBUTE TO THE ASSOCIATION FOR SETTING UP THE CENTRE TO COPE WITH THE NEEDS AND DEVELOPMENTS OF THE DISABLED.

ELDERLY CAN HELP IN ROAD SAFETY

THE NEW TERRITORIES ELDERLY ROAD SAFETY PATROLS FOSTER A SPIRIT OF CO-OPERATION AMONG THE ELDERLY WHILE AT THE SAME TIME HELP ΤΟ REDUCE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS, REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR TERRITORIES, MR ADOLF HSU, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

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TAKING THE SALUTE AT THE ELDERLY ROAD SAFETY PATROLS IN YUEN LONG TOWN HALL THIS MORNING, MR HSU SAID WITH THE CO-OPERATION OF THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, THE ROAD SAFETY ASSOCIATION AND RESIDENTS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES, IT WAS HOPED THAT ELDERLY PEOPLE, AFTER SOME TRAINING, COULD CONTRIBUTE TO ROAD SAFETY IN THE RURAL AREA.

MEMBERS OF THE ELDERLY ROAD SAFETY PATROLS, AGED FROM 60 то OVER 80, COME FROM VARIOUS DISTRICTS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES SUCH AS SHA TIN, NORTH DISTRICT, TSUEN WAN, TUEN MUN AND YUEN LONG.

1,108 TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS REPORTED IN FEBRUARY

A TOTAL OF 1,583 CASUALTIES WAS REPORTED IN 1,108 TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS WHICH OCCURRED THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY LAST MONTH.

A POLICE SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (SATURDAY) THAT 271 OF THESE ACCIDENTS OCCURRED ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 603 IN KOWLOON AND 234 IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

THE PROVISIONAL FIGURES FOR FEBRUARY SHOWED THAT 23 PEOPLE WERE KILLED, 279 PEOPLE WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED AND 1.281 SLIGHTLY INJURED IN THESE ACCIDENTS.

THE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS REPRESENTED A DECREASE OF 1.7 PER CENT WHILE THE NUMBER OF CASUALTIES INCREASED BY 3.1 PER CENT OVER THE SAME PERIOD IN 1990.

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