Road Safety Council 43rd Anniversary Ceremony cum Student Pedestrian Safety Kick-off Ceremony 2016 successfully held
The Road Safety Council 43rd Anniversary Ceremony cum Student Pedestrian Safety Kick-off Ceremony 2016 was successfully held today (September 24) at the Star Atrium, 1/F, Plaza Hollywood, Diamond Hill, Kowloon.
Speaking at the ceremony, the Chairman of the Road Safety Council and Deputy Commissioner of Police (Operations), Mr Wong Chi-hung, said that the Road Safety Council has been established and worked for Hong Kong for 43 years. The Council holds various road safety publicity and education campaigns with a view to enhancing public awareness of road safety and reducing traffic accidents.
As at August this year, there were about 800 000 vehicles registered in Hong Kong, representing an increase of 3 per cent as compared with the figure for the same period last year. The Council is continuing to hold publicity campaigns on student pedestrian safety, elderly pedestrian safety, cycling safety, anti-drink driving, anti-drug driving and driving attentively.
Mr Wong expressed his heartfelt gratitude to the members of the Council and the working partners for their contribution and support. He appealed to the public to continue to make joint efforts to realise the vision of "Zero Accidents on the Road, Hong Kong's Goal".
Other officiating guests included the Chairman of the Road Safety Research Committee and Deputy Commissioner (Planning and Technical Services) of the Transport Department, Mr David To, the Chairman of the Road Safety Campaign Committee, Dr Eric Cheng, and the Head of Radio 2, Radio Television Hong Kong, Mr David Ho.
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