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Summer Safe Cycling 2011

The Road Safety Council conducted the ‘2011 Summer Safe Cycling’ ceremony on 10th July 2011 at the Amphitheatre of Tai Po Waterfront Park.  The event was jointly organized with Tai Po District Council, Hong Kong Road Safety Patrol New Territories North Regional Headquarters and Traffic NTN of Hong Kong Police Force. 

The event began with the marching band formed by Sun Fong Chung Primary School leading the officiating guests to the venue.  The officiating guests included Dr Eric CHENG, MH, OStJ, JP, Chairman of the Road Safety Campaign Committee, Ms WONG Pik-kiu, District Councillor of Tai Po, Mr LAI Tsz-hin, Assistant District Officer of Tai Po, Mr S.H. Verralls, Chief Superintendent of Police, Traffic Branch Headquarters, Mr TO Wai-ching, Senior Superintendent of Police (Ag.), Traffic NTN and Mr HO Yiu-man, District Operations Officer, Tai Po District.

About 600 people attended the ceremony and they were treated with a variety of entertainment shows which included sharing by Mr HUNG Chung-yam on cycling safety equipment and dance performance by students.  After the kick-off ceremony, Elderly Road Safety Ambassadors of the Hong Kong Road Safety Patrol (Tai Po District) handed out leaflets and souvenirs outside the Tai Po Complex to disseminate the road safety messages.  At the same time, a team of about 80 cyclists, each of them with safe cycling messages stickers attached on their arms and bikes, were travelling in convoy at the Tolo Harbour cycle track to remind fellow cyclists the message of safe cycling.  The convoy reached Chong San Road where a handover ceremony of the ‘Cycling Safety’ ambassadorial role from the Road Safety Team (RST) of Traffic NTN to RST Traffic NTS was conducted.  The handover symbolizes the joint effort in promoting safe cycling across regions.


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