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                        Application for Accreditation
                        Tuen Mun Safe Community
                               Of Hong Kong

Dr. Cheng Man-yung,
Chairman, Working Committee, Tuen Mun Safe Community
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
October 2002

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I.      Greeting

There is a general misconception that the word “safe” in a Safe Community only applies to the
work environment. But in fact, people should pay more attention to every aspect of their lives,
no matter how minor it is.

Tuen Mun was inaugurated as the first safe community in Hong Kong on 21 March 2001. I
hope this can act as a bridge between us and other communities, and serves as a
communication channel for the residents in Tuen Mun so that they can get to know more about
the project as well as details of the activities.

As the Chairman of the Tuen Mun District Council, I will work closely with my colleagues
and give full support to the “Safe Community”. We will liaise with various government
departments, major corporations, schools and social groups to ensure the concept of safe
community reaches every corner of the community. I hope Tuen Mun will become a
designated safe community that is recognized by the World Health Organization. And more
importantly, Tuen Mun will be a safe and healthy home and workplace for our next generation.

The Honourable Lau Wong-fat, GBS, JP
Patron of Tuen Mun Safe Community / Chairman of Tuen Mun District Council
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China

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II.     Table of Content

Topic items                                                     Page
                                                                No.
 I.      Greeting from the Chairman of Tuen Mun District        2
         Council

 II.     Table of Content                                       3

 III.    The Tuen Mun Community of Hong Kong SAR, China         4-6

 IV.     The need for Tuen Mun to be a Safe Community           7-9

 V.      Criteria to be designated as a Safe Community          10

         Criteria 1                                             11-12
         Criteria 2                                             13-29
         Criteria 3                                             30-31
         Criteria 4                                             32
         Criteria 5                                             33-42
         Criteria 6                                             43

 VI.     Future development for the Tuen Mun Safe Community     44

 VII. Acknowledgement                                           45

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III. The Tuen Mun Safe Community of Hong Kong SAR, China

Photo : The map of Hong Kong SAR, China

Introduction
Tuen Mun is the first safe community in Hong Kong. The concept of “Safe Community”
began its formal existence in 1989, at the First World Conference on Accident and Injury
Prevention held in Stockholm, Sweden. The resolution of the conference – the Manifesto for
Safe Communities – states that “All human beings have an equal right to health and safety”.
Safe community has since been the World Health Organization (WHO)’s main health
promotion strategy.

The idea of safe community takes reference from outreaching programme. Through a steering
committee, professional organizations, enterprises, schools, hospitals, government
departments and individual enthusiasts, etc. are linked together, to provide people in the
community with comfortable, safe and healthy living and working environments. With a
strong safety culture, organizations would increase productivity and cost effectiveness, and the
society would be relieved of heavy social cost of injuries and illnesses.

With the help of the Occupational Safety and Health Council, the Tuen Mun Safe Community
Steering Committee was set up in December 1999. The Steering Committee has a strong
representation which includes government departments, hospital, university and enterprises.
The Steering Committee also has the chairman of Tuen Mun District Council as the patron of
the Tuen Mun Safe Community.

The Tuen Mun Safe Community Inauguration Ceremony was held at the Hong Kong
Convention and Exhibition Centre on 21 March 2000. Professor Leif Svanstrom, Chairman of
World Health Organization Collaboration Centre on Community Safety, presented the
members of the Tuen Mun Safe Community Steering Committee a certificate of appointment
of the Tuen Mun Safe Community.

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Photo : Inauguration of Tuen Mun Safe Community (1)
        Members of TMSC Steering Committee meeting for logo design competition (2)

General information for Tuen Mun Community
Location and Area : Tuen Mun, with a size of about 82 square kilometres is situated at the
western part of the New Territories of Hong Kong and is on the coast of Ling Ding Yang.
Macau is just across the sea.

Population : Tuen Mun is one of the most densely populated district with nearly 490,000
persons at 2001, ranking 4th in the 18 districts. As a growing satellite community, the
inhabitants of the community has been increasing, for the past 3 years, particularly for the age
ranging between 15 and 65.

Figure : Population growth        of Tuen Mun Community (Source: Census & Statistics
Department, 2002)
                Year 1999         Year 2000      Year 2001      Variance (2001 vs 1999)
Aged 0-14          97510            89883          93017                 -4.6%
Aged 15-64        353427           351293         366676                +3.7%
Aged >65           28704            29926          32784                +14.2%
                  479641           471102         492477                +2.7%

Traffic and Transport : Tuen Mun is connected to Kowloon through the Tuen Mun Road and
Castle Peak Road. The traffic congestion has alleviated a bit in recent years with the
commissioning of Route 3 and Ting Kau Bridge, and will be further improved with opening of
the West Rail in 2003. The Light Rail Transit is the main public transport services within the
district.

Medical and Health Service : Tuen Mun has 3 hospitals, namely the Tuen Mun Hospital,
Castle Peak Hospital and Siu Lam Hospital. There are a total of 23 public clinics and other
health institutions.

Housing : There are 11 public housing estates, 10 Home Ownership Scheme flats, as well as
varieties of private flats. Over 60% of the Tuen Mun residents live in public housing
developments. Some 39,000 persons live in 34 villages.

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Community and Recreational Facilities : Major cultural and recreational facilities include the
Tuen Mun Town Hall, Tuen Mun Town Park and 5 contiguous beaches in southeastern part of
Tuen Mun. There are also 3 community centres and 4 community halls under the management
of the Tuen Mun District Office.

Education : There are 62 primary schools and 40 secondary schools. Tuen Mun also houses
the Lingnan University.

Industrial Development : Major industrial establishments concentrates on two areas, namely
the Tuen Mun Channel West with light manufacturing industries such as the renowned
Japanese zipper manufacturer YKK, and Area 38 with heavy industries such as the Siu Wing
Steel Factory and the first River Trade Terminal in Hong Kong.

Major Development and district Issues : West Rail Phase I Development has 9 stops routing
from Sham Shui Po via Tsuen Wan and Yuen Long to Tuen Mun Town Centre. With its
commissioning in 2003, the traffic congestion problem of Tuen Mun Road will be further
improved. Moreover, the Deep Bay Link and Route 10 will be commissioned to facilitate both
the flow of cargo and people between Mainland and Hong Kong,

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Photo : Scenery of Tuen Mun Community in the olden days (1)
        Scenery of Tuen Mun Community today (2) (3) (4)

IV.     The Need for Tuen Mun to be a Safe Community

Quality of life
Improving community safety is an effective means for the continuous improvement of the
quality of life of all citizens. As the inhabitants are less prone to injuries, the way of life in the
community would be much happier and healthier.

Figure : General picture of injury pattern (Source : Tuen Mun Hospital)

Causes of traumatic Year 1999           Year 2000        Year 2001     Variance (2001 vs 1999)
injury

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Assault                      1171           1146               1159          -12(-1%)
Battering                    151            160                201           +50(+33%)
Traffic                      1163           1169               1224          +61(+5%)
Occupational                 7114           7721               7650          +536(+7.5%)
Domestic                     5819           5009               4731          -1088(-18.7%)
Sports                       2154           2096               2117          -37(-2%)
Falls                        5456           8509               8380          +2924(+53%)
Others                       2919           990                3119          +200(+7%)
Total                        25947          26800              28581         +2634(+10%)

Age Group                            Trauma incident count in Tuen Mun

                                   year                  Variance (2001 vs 1999)
                    1999          2000         2001
0 - 14              5849          5597         5760      -1.5%
15 - 64             18060         19012       20179      11.7%
>= 65               2038          2191         2642      29.6%
Total               25947         26800       28581      10%

                            Distribution of Nature of Injury in Tuen Mun in 2001
                                                                                             Assault
                              10.9%               4.1%      0.7% 4.3%                        Battering
                                                                              26.8%
                                                                                             Traffic
         29.3%
                                                                                             Occupational
                                                                                             Domestic
                                                                                             Sports
                                                                                             Falls
                                                                                             Others

                              7.4%                               16.6%

From the injury data, one should take note that some of the injury category is still high. In
2001, there were 29.3 % (8380/28584) fall injury and 26.8% (7650/28584) occupational
injury. Effort should be made to improve the safety of the community in particular to those
areas of occupational and general environmental safety.

Distribution of Population and Injury by Age Group in Tuen Mun in 2001

Age                           Population                                     Injury
Group
                 Year 2001            %        Variance Year 2001              %      Variance
                                               (2001 vs                               (2001 vs
                                                1999)                                  1999)
0 - 14                93017        18.9%         -4.60%       5760          20.2%        -1.50%

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15 - 64            366676      74.5%          3.70%             20179 70.6%      11.70%
>= 65               32784       6.7%         14.20%              2642 9.2%       29.60%
Total              492477        100.0%       2.70%             28581 100.0%        10%

Due to the decrease in population, there is 1.5% (89/5849) slight decrease in the injury
incidents in the age group of 0-14. Nevertheless, one should still continuous to put effort for
this group not only because of they accounted for 20.2 % (5760/28584) of injury incidents in
2001, but also, any intervention to prevent injury for this group would have a greater impact in
future.

Distribution of Injury by Age Group in Tuen Mun in 1999 and
2001

Age Group          Year 1999        Year 2001 Variance          % in 2001
                                              (2001 vs
                                              1999)
0-5                2712             2374      -12.5%            8.3%

6-18               5360             5443          1.5%          19.0%
19-44              11312            12340         9.1%          43.2%
45-64              4525             5782          27.8%         20.2%
>=65               2038             2642          29.6%         9.2%
Total              25947            28581         10%           100.0%

The impact of injuries resulting from population growth in the age group of >=65 is also very
great. There was 29.6% (604/2642) increase in injury incidents in this age group in
comparing between 1999 and 200.

For age group 45–64, there was also a relatively high percentage increase (27.8%, 1257/4525)
in injury incidents in comparing between 1999 and 2000.

Commitment of private and public organizations towards community
For many public and private organizations, community responsibility is one of their corporate
missions. This is a shared responsibility. Everyone in the community should contribute to
practise safety in their everyday life, set good examples for the younger generation so that
they will think and act safe from a very young age.

Cost of public funding for treatment of injuries
It is clear that if the safety of community is improved, less public funding would be required
to treat clients suffering from accidental injuries and medical expenses can be utilized to
improve other areas of need.

Learning attitude towards continuous improvement initiatives
Being one of the members of the Safe Community Network, members can share and learn

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from each other the experience in success and difficulties encountered. They aspire to promote
a safety culture through partnerships of corporations, government departments, local
administration, health services providers, educational institutions, voluntary groups and other
interested groups at the community level. They are also prepared to share their experiences
with other communities in Hong Kong and other regions by participating in the safe
community network under the WHO.

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V.      Criteria to be Designated as a Safe Community
The WHO Collaborating Center on Community Safety Promotion has put forward 6 criteria or
indicators to be designated as a Safe Community.

1.    An infrastructure based on partnership and collaborations, governed by a cross-sectional
      group that is responsible for safety promotion in their community ;

2.    Long-term, sustainable programs covering both genders and all ages, environments, and
      situations ;

3.    Programs that target high-risk groups and environments, and programs that promote
      safety for vulnerable groups ;

4.    Programs that document the frequency and causes of injuries ;

5.    Evaluation measures to assess their programs, processes and the effects of change ;

6.    Ongoing participation in national and international Safe Communities networks.

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1. An infrastructure based on partnership and collaborations, governed by a
   cross-sectional group that is responsible for safety promotion in their
   community

     The Tuen Mun Safe Community Steering Committee was established in 1999 and the
     Tuen Mun Safe Community was inaugurated in March 2000 at the Convention Centre of
     Hong Kong. There were thirteen organizations participating in the project and the
     Chairman for the Steering Committee was Dr. T.L. Ng, the Chairman of Occupational
     Safety & Health Council and the Chairman for the Working Committee was Dr. M.Y.
     Cheng, Hospital Chief Executive of Tuen Mun Hospital.

     List of member organizations for the Tuen Mun Safe Community
     „ CLP Power
     „ KCRC Light Rail
     „ Lingnan University
     „ Tuen Mun Hospital
     „ Tuen Mun District Office
     „ Tuen Mun District Council
     „ YKK Corporation HK Limited
     „ Vogue Laundry Services Limited
     „ HK Police Force
     „ HK Fire Services Department
     „ HK Housing Authority
     „ Labour Department
     „ Occupational Safety & Health Council

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Membership list of the Steering Committee of Tuen Mun Safe Community

Dr. NG Tat-lun, Justice of Peace, Chairman of the Occupational Safety & Health Council
      (Chairman)
Mr. LUM Kwok-keung, Justice of Peace, District Officer of Tuen Mun District Office
Dr. CHENG Man-yung, Hospital Chief Executive of the Tuen Mun Hospital
Mr. CHAN Yau-hoi, Member of the Tuen Mun District Council
Mr. AU Hok-lam, District Commander, Tuen Mun, Hong Kong Police Force
Mr. LIU Ching-chung, Divisional Commander, New Territories West, Fire Services
      Department
Mr. Fred TING, Justice of Peace, Deputy Commissioner for Labour
Mrs Katherine YAU, Chief Publicity Officer (Corporate & Community Relations) of Hong
      Kong Housing Authority
Mr. Jonathan YU, Justice of Peace, Director of the KCRC-Light Rail
Mr. Julian LAM, Generation Operation & Maintenance Manager of the CLP Power Co. Ltd
Mr. Daniel CHEUNG, General Manager of Vogue Laundry Services Limited
Professor Barton STARR, Associate Vice President of the Lingnan University
Mr. Tetsuo YAZAWA, Managing Director of the YKK Hong Kong Limited

                     Figure : Organization of the Tuen Mun Safe Community

The six Working Groups were focusing on various aspects for injury prevention. As the
                                                                           TM Safe Com m unity
                                                                           Steering Com m ittee

                                                                           TM Safe Com m unity
                                                                           W orking Com m ittee

                                                            TM Safe Com m unity
                                                               Co-ordinator

    W orkgroup for                 W orkgroup for              W orkgroup for                W orkgroup for          W orkgroup for                  W orkgroup for
H om e Electricity Safety   O ccupationalSafety & H ealth      StudentSafety                   Road Safety     Injury Statistics & A nalysis         O SH Carnival
     (CLP Pow er)                  (O SH Council)           (Lingnan U niversity)          (K CRC LightRail)      (Tuen M un H ospital)        (Tuen M un D istrictCouncil)
convenor for the individual working group, the organization would liaise with other member
organizations to develop and organized various activities to promote safety culture for the
respective areas. The activities would include, for example, checking electricity appliance
safety for senior citizen and educational visits to safety departments of various corporations
etc.

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2. Long-term, sustainable programs covering both genders and all ages,
   environments, and situations.

    1.    To maintain Tuen Mun Safe Community as a long-term project, the Chairman of the
          Tuen Mun District Council was invited as our patron.

    2.    The support of the Tuen Mun District Council and District Office was crucial to
          implement programs to create a better and safer community for the inhabitants.

    3.    The regular collection and analysis of injury data and safety information from Tuen
          Mun Hospital would facilitate the continuous evaluation and reflection of
          achievement pursued by each sector.

    4     The establishment of the co-ordinator and office at Tuen Mun Hospital would act
          as a focus point for meetings and related activities.

    5.    The establishment of our long–term mission of “Decreasing the injury incidents of
          Tuen Mun by 50% within 5 years” would be a unanimous target of the members of
          the Steering Committee.

    6.    The establishment of the “Safe Community Corridor” will provide an effective
          communication and promotion for the continuous work implemented by the Tuen
          Mun Safe Community.

    Milestone of development for the Tuen Mun Safe Community

         Stage        Year                                    Activities
    Preparation    1999-2000 z           Propose Safe Community Project
                             z           Formation of Working Committee
                             z           Establishment of the TM SC Steering Committee
                             z           Inauguration of the TM SC by Professor Svanstrom
    Implementation 2000-2003 z           Formation of working groups
                             z           Develop and implement injury prevention programs
                             z           Establish injury monitoring mechanism
                             z           Share experience with Safe Community network
                             z           Submit project report to WHO Collaborating Centre for
                                         application of Tuen Mun Safe Community
    Consolidation      2003-2005 z       Designated as a Safe Community
                                 z       Support OSHC to hold 12th Asian Regional Conference
                                         on Safe Community
                                    z    Continue injury prevention programs
                                    z    Enhance co-operation with local functional committees,
                                         groups and organizations
                                    z    Share and distribute experience with Safe Community
                                         network

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    2.1   Health Education and Promotion

          The Community Service Centre of Tuen Mun Hospital has played an important
          role for the continuous contribution and commitment to the safety and health of the
          Tuen Mun Community. She had organized a series of health education activities to
          promote health among the citizens.

          Programs in 2001 to 2002
          1. Two parallel groups for peadiatric eczema patients and their parents were
              organized in August 2001.

          2.    A workshop on “ Sex Life adjustment after Stroke” was in March 2002.

          3.    An experiential workshop was organized in August 2001 on “ social
                stigmatization of chronically ill patients “

          4.    10 interactive school talks on “anti-smoking in adolescent”.

          5.    Produced an educational video on “Smoking or Not”.

          6.    A leadership training and empowerment workshop for adolescence was
                organized in May 01 to prepare them to launch anti-smoking program in
                schools.

          7.    8 community health talks were organized in 2001. They were “ Female
                incontinence and chronic wound management”, “Breast Cancer”, “ Stress
                management”, Chinese Medicine in cancer prevention and rehabilitation”,
                Women health carnival”, “Women and Cancer”, “ Brain Damage and
                Memory”, “ Early Assessment Service for Young people with Psychosis ”

          8.    A series of 4 exhibitions in 2001.

          9.    Healthy School Project of Tuen Mun district.

          10. 2 community health talks for parents of primary school children on domestic
              injury and childhood diet.

          Programs in 2000 to 2001
          1. As a community empowerment project to enable the public to use the health
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              was organized in August, 2000.

          2.    Anti-smoking program of the year included 4 primary school talks, board
                exhibition, coloring competition, empowerment workshop, anti-smoking
                program in 10 secondary schools, anti-smoking kick-off ceremony, set up of
                smoke free health station in TMH.

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          3.    7 community talks in this year which included, cancer prevention, female
                incontinence, women headache, mental stress under unemployment, mental
                stress of handicapped/chronically ill patient and their carers, cerebal pelsy
                ,cervical cancer and asthma in children.

          4.    7 public health exhibitions were set up

          Programme in 1999 to 2000
          1. Anti-smoking program of the year: 5 school talks, 7 smoke free patrol in
              hospital, experiential workshop and a anti-smoking ceremony

          2.    5 community health talks which were on mental health, breast cancer, female
                incontinence, cancer prevention and urinary tract stone.

          3.    3 public health exhibitions were set up this year.

     2.2 Road safety for students

          a.    Road safety seminars
                The Tuen Mun Road Safety Group of the Hong Kong Police Force had
                arranged a lot of road safety promotion talks and seminars to students. And a
                total 33 Road Safety Teams had been established for the schools in Tuen Mun
                (10 for secondary schools, 10 for primary schools and 13 for kindergartens).
                The coverage of education for road safety awareness extended from 85% to
                91% in these 3 years.

                Figure : Number of seminars arranged (Source : HK Police Force)
                                                            Year 1999-2000   Year 2000-2001
                No. of schools in Tuen Mun                        150              150
                No. of schools road safety talks provided         128              137
                Coverage                                         85%              91%

          b.    Road Safety Quiz and Essay Competition
                It was organized by the New Territories North Regional Traffic Headquarters
                for the promotion of Road Safety in Tuen Mun Community.

          c.    Road Safety Drawing and colouring competition
                It was organized by the Tuen Mun Road Safety Committee for the promotion of
                road safety in Tuen Mun community.

          d.    Road Safety Town
                A Road Safety Town occupying an area of 0.28 hectares is located in Tuen
                Mun. School children are arranged to tour the road safety town to educate
                them on road safety. Usage of the Town is shown on the following table: -

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                Figure : Number of visitors to Road Safety Town (Source : HK Police Force)
                Years                                 1999           2000           2001
                Number of Attendance                  15,477         15,475         13,710

                Figure : Number of children injured during traffic accidents (Source : Tuen
                Mun Hospital)
                                 Year 1999      Year 2000       Year 2001     Variance (2001 vs 1999)
                Aged 0-5             43            36              29              -14(-32.5%)
                Aged 6-11            62            63              73              +11(+17.7%)
                Aged 12-18          112            90              98              -14(-12.5%)
                    Total           217            189             200              -17(-8.5%)

    2.3   Improvement for the general environment

          To prevent accidents for citizens living in remote villages in the Tuen Mun district,
          the Tuen Mun District Office had co-ordinated numerous improvement projects.

          Table : Improvement works for village inhabitants (Source : Tuen Mun District
          Office)
           Government Departments                Program initiatives Targets achieved
          Works Section, Tuen Mun Construction of pavement, Safe access for 6
          District Office             channel or bridges             villages provided
          Lighting          Division, Village lighting program       142 lamps installed
          Highway Department
          Civil           Engineering Land-slip           Preventive 10 dangerous sites
          Department                  Measures                       improved

          These improvement programs provided safer access with better lighting for the
          villages, which would prevent senior citizens from falling during access of the
          villages in their daily living. The improvement of landslip sites would prevent
          citizens form injuries caused by the landslip accidents.

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          Photo : A village access before and after improvement work. (Source: Tuen Mun
                  District Office) (1) (2)

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    2.4     Estate safety

            The Housing Authority had paid much effort to improve the safety awareness of
            the citizens at the public housing estates. With the co-operation of various public
            and private organizations, various promotional programs were organized within the
            estate.

            Table : Estate Safety Program (Source : Housing Authority)
            Activities                   Name of estate(s) Number        of Date of program
                                                            participants
            Anti-dumping from height Wu King Estate         300 citizens September 2001
            Fire Safety Road-show        On Ting Estate     700 citizens October 2001
                                         Shan King Estate
            Home fire safety Newsletter Shan King Estate 9000 copies December 2001
                                                            distributed

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    Photo :     Fire Safety road-show for estate (1)
                Newspaper on fire safety for estate (Source : Hospital Authority) (2)

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     2.5 Light Rail Safety

          Hong Kong’s Light Rail system, which is the major mode of internal transport for
          the 900,000 residents of the new towns of Tuen Mun, Yuen Long and Tin Shui Wai,
          carries more than 320,000 people a day. Great emphasis is placed on the safety of
          this busy railway system.

          2.5.1 The safety management of the system
                Light Rail's system is designed and constructed in accordance with
                international safety standards. Its safety is closely monitored by the Railway
                Inspectorate appointed by the Government.

                  Light Rail adopts an integrated approach in safety and quality management
                  such that safety requirements are incorporated into all areas as well as the
                  ISO policies and procedures. A risk management programme is being
                  implemented and a hazard analysis is conducted to reduce safety hazards and
                  to improve safety.

          2.5.2 Drivers’ training
                A comprehensive training programme is provided for Light Rail drivers.
                New recruits have to undertake a nine-week comprehensive training
                programme before they can become fully qualified. In order to maintain a
                high standard, all drivers have to attend a refresher-training course every
                year to ensure that they are well aware of the safe operating procedures.

          2.5.3 Emergency drills
                Emergency exercises are conducted at least twice a year in conjunction with
                the emergency rescue team to evaluate the efficiency of staff in handling
                different kinds of incidents, to test their knowledge on emergency handling
                procedures and their proper use of safety equipment. The recent one was
                conducted on 17 May 2002 near Tuen Mun Light Rail Tai Hing (North)
                Stop. The Fire Services Department and the Police also took part in the
                exercise.

          2.5.4 Joint anti-jaywalking operations
                  Regular anti-jaywalking operations are carried out jointly by Light Rail
                  and the Police at major Light Rail pedestrian crossings to warn and
                  prosecute pedestrians and cyclists who fail to observe traffic
                  regulations. Apart from warning the jaywalkers, the Police and Light
                  Rail also praised pedestrians who paid strict attention to the prevailing
                  traffic regulations. The joint operation campaign, which began in 2000,
                  has reduced the number of pedestrian accidents by 30% over the past
                  two years.

          2.5.5   Light Rail Road Safety Campaigns
                  Large-scale public education campaigns are carried out annually to educate

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                         road users on how to use Light Rail service and cross Light Rail junctions
                         safely. The 2001 Light Rail Road Safety Campaign was organised in
                         November and December 2001 and was supported by the Tuen Mun Safe
                         Community project, Hong Kong Housing Authority and the Police.

                         Light Rail also actively participates in regional safety campaign organized by
                         the Police and community organizations to reinforce safety messages.

                         Through these continuous implementation of improvement measures such as
                         the installation of red light cameras at some Light Rail/ road junctions by the
                         Government, improvement of signage, intensive training, emergency
                         exercises and public education, Light Rail has been consistently attaining a
                         good safety record and has the lowest accident record amongst all road-based
                         public transport systems.

                                     Passengers and public injuired
                                            (Per million passengers carried)

                          1
                               0.8   0.75   0.76
                                                          0.69
                                                                   0.58
           Injury Rate

                                                   0.45
                         0.5                                              0.37   0.44

                                                                                        0.23    0.3

                          0
                               92    93     94     95     96     97       98     99     '00    '01

                                                            Year

     Source : KCRC Light Rail

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    Photo :      Road safety carnival by Light Rail Train (1) (2)

    2.6   Fire safety

          2.6.1 Response to Emergency Calls
                In Tuen Mun district, there are five fire stations namely Tuen Mun,
                Castle Peak Bay, Fu Tei, Pillar Point and Tai Lam Chung Fire Station to
                serve the community. The locations of these stations are strategically
                located to cover every part of the district by ensuring prompt response of
                fire service personnel to an emergency. For urban area, the fire
                appliances are aimed to arrive at the address of incident within 6 minutes
                from the report of the incident. The strength of the fire stations
                comprises 283 personnel, officers and firemen together and 16 units of
                fire fighting and rescue appliances are normally stationed to serve the
                Tuen Mun community by responding to fire and special service calls of
                various categories.
          2.6.2 Death & Injury in Fires
                Notwithstanding that there is a slight increase in the total number of total
                fire calls as a result of substantial increase in the population and the

                                               TotalFire Calls
              Number
              3000
                                                                            2553
              2500
                                                      2258
              2000
                              1627
              1500

              1000

               500

                0
                Year          1999                    2000                  2001

                     proliferation of building structures in Tuen Mun, the fatality and injury
                     figures in fire incidents have manifested in a steady and descending trend
                     for the past few years. The declining figures against positive growth in
                     population and buildings would indicate that Tuen Mun is a safe
                     community in terms of fire protection for life and property. The statistics
                     on fatality and injury in fires from 1999 to 2001 are given below.

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                                                   Building Fire Calls
     Num ber
     2200
     2000
                                                                                   1864
                                                        1814
     1800
     1600
                      1274
     1400
     1200
     1000
     800
     600
     400

     200
         0
                          1999                           2000                      2001
         Year

                                 Injuries & Fatalities in Fire Incidents
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  4              8
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             2.6.3 199
                   9
                                             200
                      Countryside Fire Protection
                                             0
                                                                   200
                                                                   1
                      The local fire station personnel are equally concerned in rural area fire
                      protection. As a result of concerted efforts being contributed by the
                      concerned government departments since 1999, the hill fire statistics has
                      been steadily kept low in year 2000 and 2001. Further, due to prompt
                      response and dedication of the Fire Services personnel in fire fighting
                      operations, the hill fires have always been quickly put under control from
                      developing into a serious magnitude to threaten nearby life and property.
                      The statistics on hill fires from 1999 to 2001 are given below.

                                                    Hill
Numb                                                Fires
er
40
0
35
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30
0                    24                                                                            22
25                   4
0
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0                                                       12                          13
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          2.6.4 Fire Protection and Fire Safety
                 Apart from responding to all emergency calls, the Fire Services
                 personnel in Tuen Mun district are also responsible for conducting fire
                 protection inspections to abate situations of ‘Fire Hazard’ which includes
                 floating obstructions on the ‘Means of Escape’, locked roof exit, locked
                 ground floor exit etc. All these inspections which very often include
                 response to complaints about fire safety would be initially conducted
                 within 24 hours from the time of receiving the report to ascertain the
                 nature for proper follow up enforcement action. The following table
                 shows the number of inspections and enforcement actions taken against
                 irregularities of a fire hazard nature.

                                   No. of
                  Year                                 No. of FHAN* issued   No. of Prosecution
                                 Inspection
               1999                  211                        37                 4
               2000                  260                        32                 9
               2001                  252                        10                 1
          *FHAN – Fire Hazard Abatement Notice

          2.6.5   Inspections and visits to special risk locations and premises for fire
                  prevention

                  In discharging the duties of Fire Services Department to render Tuen
                  Mun to be a safe community in terms of protection from fires and other
                  calamities, the local fire station personnel have always adopted a
                  proactive approach by conducting regular inspections and visits to
                  familiarize themselves with the special risk locations and premises to
                  enhance the awareness of the occupants towards good fire protection and
                  safety standard. During these inspections and visits, we have established
                  close co-operation in disseminating correct fire safety messages to the
                  residents, staff and management towards the common objective in
                  making Tuen Mun a safe community. In infra-structural projects such as
                  the West Rail lines in Tuen Mun area, we have been frequently visiting
                  the construction sites to achieve the aforesaid fire protection objectives.
                  The following table shows the inspections and visits to the various kinds
                  of special risk premises and locations.

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Year         West Rail         PHIs*       Suspected       Hospital/     Home      Others
            Construction                 Illicit Fueling Institutional   for the
                Site                          Spots       premises #      Aged
  1999              4           106            84               27         62       231
  2000             15            98           123               29         94       489
  2001             34            84           165               28        130       820

*            Potentially Hazardous Installations
#            Hospitals, Correctional Institutions, University
Others- e.g. Dangerous goods godown, Emergency Vehicular Access, Cyber Café, Places of Public
             Entertainment and Karaoke Establishments.

          2.6.6   Fire Safety Publicity and Education

                  a. Fire Drills/Fire Safety Talks/ Seminars/Exhibitions/Carnivals/Visits
                     to Fire Stations
                     The local fire station personnel are regularly engaged in fostering fire
                     safety publicity and education in the community. In doing so, we
                     have extensively participated in organizing fire drills, demonstration
                     of fire fighting equipment, static displays and exhibitions and
                     conducting fire talks to the residents and various organizations, such
                     as homes for the aged, department stores, building management staff
                     and members of housing estate management committees. From time
                     to time, in conjunction with the Tuen Mun District Fire Safety
                     Committee, we have held fire safety seminars and carnivals to arouse
                     the residents’ interest toward fire protection and safety measures. In
                     addition, we frequently entertain requests from the public to visit our
                     fire stations, and during these opportunities, the relevant knowledge
                     and practical demonstration on the proper use of fire extinguishers
                     and fire hose reel are taught. We appreciate that fire prevention is an
                     ongoing process to make Tuen Mun a safer place to work and live.
                     Therefore, the tasks of conducting fire safety talks, seminars and fire
                     drills at the work places, schools and housing estates etc. have been
                     our paramount missions to educate the people on how to prevent the
                     occurrence of a fire and what to do in case of an emergency. By
                     entertaining the visits to the fire stations by the students, it is
                     beneficial to impart them with the correct fire safety knowledge at
                     their young days. The table below shows the total number of fire
                     prevention activities for the past three years.

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         Year Fire/Evacuation      Fire Safety    Static      Fire                    No. of
                     Drills &    Talks/Seminars Displays/    Safety                  Person
                  Demonstrations                Exhibitions Carnivals              Visited Fire
                                                                                     Station
          1999            92                  78                2          1           4188
          2000            91                  79                2          2           3910
          2001           108                 143                2          1           4239

                  b. Co-ordination of the Fire Prevention and Publicity Work
                     The Tuen Mun District Fire Safety Committee (TMDFSC) was
                     established in 1998 to promote fire safety matters in Tuen Mun. The
                     TMDFSC comprising representatives from various government
                     departments and members from the public has a conferred mission to
                     promote fire safety through a yearlong programme that includes fire
                     prevention campaigns, seminars, exhibitions and carnivals. Being the
                     core member in the TMDFSC, the Fire Services personnel posted to
                     the fire stations in Tuen Mun district play a leading role and tender
                     full support in implementing the various associated activities in
                     addition to their prime fire fighting and rescue duties. Apart from
                     attending the regular TMDFSC meetings, we have also participated
                     in job related meetings with various local organizations and public
                     utility companies in enhancing fire safety standards and measures.

                  c. Fire Safety Ambassador Scheme
                     The territory wide scheme was implemented in 1997 by the Fire
                     Services Department and is aimed to recruit and train persons from
                     all walks of life from the age of 12 and above as Fire Safety
                     Ambassadors (FSA) who have to go through a one-day training
                     course at a fire station. After passing the end of course test, they will
                     be qualified as Fire Safety Ambassadors to join and assist in the
                     various fire publicity events with members of the public and Fire
                     Services personnel.

                       Through the enthusiastic participation in educational visits and
                       various fire publicity activities, e.g. visits to the Tuen Mun Rival
                       Terminal, Light Rail Depot, the local fireboat station and Fire
                       Prevention Campaign for the fishing population at the typhoon
                       shelter during the Fishing Moratorium period etc, they get to know
                       more about the local organizations and contribute their efforts for the
                       well being of the Tuen Mun community at large. In addition, the
                       qualified FSAs have the following civic duties to perform: (i) to
                       disseminate fire protection messages to the general public; (ii) to
                       promote fire safety awareness among citizens; and (iii) to report and
                       help abate fire hazards.

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                        In the year 2001, we have successfully trained a total of 401 FSAs in
                        Tuen Mun. There were over two thousand trained FSAs in Tuen
                        Mun at the end of 2001 and more FSAs training courses would be
                        arranged. The significant contribution of the FSAs and the
                        recognized success of the scheme have added new drive in promoting
                        overall fire safety in Tuen Mun and thus making the community ever
                        safer than before.

       (1)                                                (2)

     Photo : Fire safety Carnival (1)
             Visit to a fire station by students (2)

             2.6.7   Way Forward – Future Programme

                     a. Rural                             Fire                            Safety
                        We are determined to continue our efforts in the protection of life and
                        property and will further enhance the network in promoting all
                        aspects of fire protection and fire safety matters. In 2002, we are
                        prepared to enhance the fire safety awareness of the residents in rural
                        areas in Tuen Mun district by coordinating with the village
                        representatives to embark on a series of activities and initiatives, e.g.
                        fire talks, roving exhibitions and fire prevention campaigns etc.

                     b. Fire Safety Ambassador Scheme
                        Training of FSA would continue to be the key programme in
                        promoting fire safety for years to come. In 2002, we are targeted to
                        train 340 FSAs with more educational visits to enhance fire safety
                        publicity                       and                      awareness.

                     c. Fire     drills/Fire  Talks/Seminars/Exhibitions    and     Publicity
                        For fire safety publicity, education and necessary practices, we aim
                        for the following achievements for 2002:

             Fire/Evacuation Drills            - 110 nos.
             Fire Safety Talks/Seminars and Exhibitions - 150 nos.
             Fire Safety Carnival                       - 1 no.

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     2.7 Electricity Safety

          Electricity Safety is of vital importance to the community. As such, a series of
          promotional campaigns on electricity safety were organized by the Electrical Safety
          Workgroup in collaboration with power company and various public organizations.
          These campaigns aimed at arousing community awareness in power safety. Various
          activities have been organized including safety talks, game booths, road shows and
          safety quizzes conducted at different locations in Tuen Mun since June 2000.

          2.7.1   Safety Talks
                  A total of 11 safety talks and seminars have been organized in 2000 in
                  conjunction with the Tuen Mun District Council, the Tuen Mun District
                  Office, the Tuen Mun Girl Guides, and seven other secondary schools to
                  deliver the safety message to the residents of Tuen Mun.

                  Seven of the talks were held at CLP Power’s Castle Peak Power Station,
                  while the others were held in housing estates as well as Tuen Mun Town
                  Hall. The themes for these talks were “Electricity Safety at Home” and
                  “Building Maintenance”. Over one thousand residents including students
                  and girl guides attended these events.

                  In 2001 and 2002, 6 talks were held with focus either on introducing
                  electricity safety, or on electricity installation and maintenance in high-rise
                  buildings to Tuen Mun residents including 60 Occupational Safety and
                  Health Ambassadors. Jointly organized by Hong Kong Construction Industry
                  Professional Plant Operations and Mechanics’ Association, another talk has
                  been scheduled for this October, on prevention measures against accidental
                  damage to overhead power lines and underground cables.

                         Year            No. of Safety Talks    No. of residents participated
                         2000                    11                         1130
                         2001                     2                          250
                         2002                     4                          660

          2.7.2   Game Booths
                  Game booths were organized in 2000 and 2001 at Tuen Mun Town Plaza and
                  different locations on the theme of electricity safety at home with total
                  attendance exceeded 6,800 in 10 occasions.

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                   Starting from January 2002, five campaigns with the use of game booths
                   were organized to promote electricity safety at home. Among these, game
                   booths were put up on 2 occasions at Tuen Mun Town Plaza, each attended
                   by about 1,000 residents, while another three occasions will be set up at
                   Tuen Mun Town Plaza, Marina Garden Club and Siu Hei Court towards the
                   end of the year.

                  Year               No. of Game Booths            No. of residents
                                                                    participated
                  2000                          3                       2800
                  2001                          7                       4000
                  2002                          2                       2000

          2.7.3    Road shows
                   Two road shows on electricity safety at home were held in 2001 in
                   conjunction with the Tuen Mun District Council, in Tin King Estate and
                   Tuen Mun Town Plaza respectively. These events attracted a total of 1,000
                   residents to participate.

                   In 2002, we continue to run road shows to reinforce messages of electricity
                   safety at home. One took place at Tuen Mun Town Plaza in January with
                   about 1,000 residents attended, while another two road shows will be
                   organized this September.

          2.7.4    Safety Quizzes
                   With the support of Tuen Mun District Council, two “CLP Cup” safety
                   quizzes were organized in 2001. With “Occupational Safety and Health” as
                   the theme, these were held at Tuen Mun Town Plaza and a total of 1,000
                   residents participated.

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                  By end of this year, a Safety Quiz will be held at Tuen Mun Town Plaza to
                  further boost awareness of occupational safety and health.

          2.7.5   CLP Volunteers
                  Apart from the above activities, the CLP Volunteers also provided free
                  rewiring services to the elderly living alone in the last two years.

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3. Programs that target high-risk groups and environments, and programs
   that promote safety for vulnerable groups.

     3.1 Children home safety

          Through education by nursing staff to parents of new born, particularly those new
          migrants from Mainland China, the incidence of domestic injuries for children
          handled at the Emergency Department of Tuen Mun Hospital had been decreasing
          for the past 3 years. Further promotion and education through exhibition board of
          home safety for children improved the public awareness much.

            Figure : Number of children in home injuries (Source : Tuen Mun Hospital)
                             Year 1999     Year 2000    Year 2001   Variance (2001 vs 1999)
            Aged 0-5           1496          1184          991           -505(-33.7%)
            Aged 6-11           557           467          426           -131(-23.5%)
            Aged12-18           405           309          278           -127(-31.3%)
                               2458          1960         1695            -763(-31%)

                   (1)

                   (2)

          Photo : Home safety pamphlet for parents (Source : Tuen Mun Hospital) (1)
                Board exhibition for home safety for parents (Source : Tuen Mun Hospital) (2)

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     3.2 Senior citizen (above 65 of age)

          3.2.1   Fall prevention

                  a. Awareness for risk of fall
                     The Community Geriatric Assessment Service had regularly arranged
                     education talks to Care & Aged Homes, Hostels and Day Care Centres
                     etc boosting up the awareness of the risk of falling to the senior citizens
                     in the Tuen Mun community. The establishment of the Fall Clinic at the
                     Geriatric Day Hospital of Tuen Mun Hospital also provided timely
                     intervention for those clients who might have a high risk of fall at home.
                     More over, the team of Community Nursing Service also contributed to
                     identify, educate and refer risk clients for timely intervention.

                  b. Home exercise and home modification
                     The Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists would provide
                     intervention sessions for clients at the Day Care Centres and Hostels to
                     decrease the risk of fall. The Occupational therapist would provide
                     Assessment for Activities of Daily Living and recommend for any home
                     safety modification e.g. handrail in bathroom and no-slippery tape or
                     sheet to help enhancing the home safety for senior citizens. The
                     Physiotherapists would re-educate and strengthen clients’ postural
                     muscles improving the balance and she would also recommend Hip-
                     protectors to high-risk clients to minimize injury of fall.

                  c. Victims of home injury (Source : Tuen Mun Hospital)
                                     Year 1999    Year 2000     Year 2001      Variance
                                                                            (2001 vs 1999)
                       Aged >65         935          735          829        -106(-11.3%)

         (1)                                           (2)

        Photo : Education of home safety (1)
                Teaching balance exercise for fall prevention (2)

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4. Programs that document the frequency and causes of injuries.

     4.1    For information collection, Tuen Mun Hospital had convened a working group,
            under the Tuen Mun Safe Community Steering Committee, comprising the
            Occupational Safety and Health Council and the government departments as
            members. The data collection mechanism involved mainly the Emergency
            Department and the Health Information & Records Office of the hospital where the
            data were retrieved, analyzed and categorized.

     4.2.   All traumatic injuries consulting the Emergency Department of Tuen Mun Hospital
            would be recorded into the Information System. The information collected became
            a Registry of Injury Incidents, including demographic data. The linking of data
            from emergency department automatically connected to the admitted clinical data
            once the patients were hospitalized. The data were then coded to a clinical
            modification of 9th version of the International Classification of Disease (ICD-9-
            CM) that included diagnosis, external cause. Other useful information, such as
            survival data and sick leave days were also captured in the Information System.

     4.3    On the other hand, those information collected by respective public or private
            organizations would be provided to the Committees as necessary to help
            monitoring the safety of the community and to provide data for future strategic
            planning.

     4.4    The information was conveyed through publication, local newsletter and regular
            meetings for the Safe Community Steering and Working committees.

     4.5    All data was conveyed to the working groups and hospital service-chiefs for
            targeted programs of improvement.

     4.6    All data would be evaluated in relation the program initiatives.

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5. Evaluation measures to assess their programs, processes and the effects of
   change.

     5.1 Crime

          A progressive reduction in crimes recorded during the past three years is noticeable.
          The following tables show the total crimes recorded during the past three years as
          well as those committed by juvenile offenders (under the age of 18) and violent
          crimes: -

          Table A - Overall Crimes (Source : HK Police Force)
           Year                                1999              2000       2001
           Number of crimes recorded           5404              5207       4110
           Percentage change                    ----            -3.7%      -21.1%

          Table B - Juvenile Crimes (Source : HK Police Force)
           Year                                1999             2000        2001
           Number of crimes committed          887              892         813
           by juvenile (under 18)
           Percentage change                    ----            +5.6%       -8.9%

          Table C – Violent Crimes (Source : HK Police Force)
           Year                                1999              2000       2001
           Number of violent crimes            1238              1117        857
           Percentage change                    ----            -9.8%      -23.3%

          5.1.1 Crime Prevention Initiatives

                 The Police in Tuen Mun District, assisted by other government departments
                 and Non-Government Organizations (NGO), has launched a number of anti-
                 juvenile crime initiatives in the past few years with a view to reduce the
                 number of instances of young people committing crimes: -

                 a. Project X
                    “Project X” is an early intervention program aimed at engaging volunteer
                    students from Lingnan University as role models to counsel, support and
                    provide guidance to youths at risk so as to prevent them from delinquency
                    and crime. Up to 25 freshmen are selected annually from Lingnan
                    University to participate as mentors in the scheme. They are provided
                    training by representatives from Lingnan, the Police, District Fight Crime
                    Committee, Social Welfare Department, Education Department and NGOs
                    to equip them with the skills in mentoring two adolescent youths each for
                    a period of three years. Since 1997, 114 students have become mentors
                    and 228 young people have already benefited from their mentorship in this
                    project.

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                 b. Junior Police Call
                    The Junior Police Call Scheme (JPC) was formed in 1974 by the Police to
                    promote law-abiding among young people in Hong Kong. At present,
                    8623 young people have enrolled as JPC members and 864 as JPC leaders
                    in Tuen Mun.

       (1)                                                  (2)

Photo : Visit to Police Museum by Junior Police Call (1)
        Report of Project X (2)

                 c. Open-Scout Group 33
                    This Open Scout Group was pioneered in 1989 by Police Officers from
                    Tuen Mun District in partnership with the Tuen Mun District Fight Crime
                    Committee and a number of local enthusiastic Scouters. Delinquent
                    juveniles who have committed minor offences are, following the
                    administration of formal caution by a Police Superintendent, introduced to
                    scouting activities as a means to prevent recidivism. Since inception, 151
                    young people have benefited from the scheme.

                 d. Secondary School Ambassadors Program
                    This Program was launched by the police in Tuen Mun in 1998 to enhance
                    communication with local schools. A Police Officer is assigned, on a
                    voluntary basis, to each of the 39 secondary schools in Tuen Mun to
                    establish a discreet line of communication between his Divisional
                    Commander and the school. As ambassadors they will regularly visit the
                    school and disseminate crime prevention messages to the students, also
                    provide advice and assistance to the Headmasters in handling problem
                    related to students, such as truancy and conflicts among students.

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                   e. School Newsletter
                      A quarterly newsletter is published since June 1997 by Police Officers
                      from Tuen Mun District to disseminate crime prevention messages to
                      students of local schools. 10,000 copies are published on each issue and
                      teachers, social workers and, at times, students are invited to contribute
                      articles to the School Newsletter. To attract young students to read the
                      newsletter, quiz with prize is included in the newsletter.

             (1)                                                  (2)

Photo : Newspaper to promote crime prevention (1)
        Contribution from student to the newspaper (2)

     5.2 Traffic accidents

          The number of traffic accidents recorded over the past three years is shown in
          following table: -

          Table D - Overall Traffic Accident Statistics (Source : HK Police Force)
           Years                                 1999               2000            2001
           Number of deaths                       14             9 (-55.6%)      3 (-200%)
           Number of serious injuries            140            129 (-8.5%)    196 (+34.2%)
           Number of slight injured              488            540 (+9.6%)     572 (+5.6%)
           Total                                 642            678 (+5.3%)    771 (+12.1%)

          Table E - Traffic Accidents Involving Pedestrians (Source : HK Police Force)
           Years                                 1999               2000            2001
           Number of deaths                       4              2 (-100%)        1(-100%)
           Number of serious injuries             48              49 (+2%)       47 (-4.3%)
           Number of slight injuries             101            128 (+21.1%)     132 (+3 %)
           Total                                 153            179 (+14.5%)    180 (+0.6%)

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          Table F - Traffic Accidents Involving Bicycles (Source : HK Police Force)
          Years                              1999            2000          2001
          Number of death                      1          0 (-100%)     1 (+100%)
          Number of serious injuries          25          26 (-3.8%) 31 (+ 16.1%)
          Number of slight injuries           66          65 (-1.5%)   90 (+38.5%)
          Total                               92          91(-1.1%) 122 (+25.4%)

          5.2.1 Promotional Efforts

                 a. Road Safety Patrol Teams
                    The Police have assisted local schools including kindergartens, primary
                    and secondary schools to form Road Safety Patrol Teams to help promote
                    road safety among young people. A total of 33 Teams (10 in secondary
                    schools, 10 in primary schools and 13 in kindergartens) have been
                    established with 902 members participating regularly. In the meantime,
                    Police Officers from the Road Safety Section regularly conduct school
                    talks to promote road safety consciousness among students.

                     Table G - Number of School Talks (Source : HK Police Force)
                      School Years                         1999/2000       2000/2001
                      Number of schools                       150             150
                      Number of school talks                  128             137
                      Coverage                               85%             91%

                 b. Road Safety Ambassador
                    A total of 100 Road Safety Ambassadors, mostly senior citizens, have
                    been recruited to help the police in promoting road safety in Tuen Mun
                    District. They are regularly engaged to help distribute road safety leaflets
                    to members of the public and to educate them on the proper use road
                    crossings.

                 c. Road Safety Education and Traffic Enforcement Campaign
                    Police in Tuen Mun mount fortnightly campaigns each month to educate
                    road users on road safety. Police Officers and Traffic Warden are engaged
                    at traffic accident black spots to enforce traffic violations as well as issue
                    verbal warnings for minor breaches while Junior Police Call members and
                    Road Safety Ambassadors are engaged to promote proper use of road
                    crossings.

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           (1)                                                  (2)

     Photo : Road Safety Patrol team promotion road safety (1)
             Young Road Safety Ambassador promoting road safety (2)

     5.3 Drugs abuse

          According to the Central Registry of Drug Abusers, drug abuse is not regarded as a
          serious problem in Tuen Mun District, a significant reduction in the arrest of drug
          addicts can be found over the past three years: -

          Table I - Number of Drug Addicts Arrested (Source : HK Police Force)
           Years                                       1999           2000     2001
           Number of arrests (over 21)                  114            63       62
           Number of arrests (under 21)                 15             11       11

          5.3.1 Promotional Efforts

                 a. School Newsletters
                    Articles on narcotic substances abuse regularly appear on the School
                    Newsletters to discourage young people from taking or experimenting
                    with psychotropic drugs. Posters carrying anti-drug abuse messages are
                    produced for display at schools to compliment such efforts.

                 b. Joint-Seminars
                    Police formed partnership with NGOs to conduct joint seminars targeted at
                    students to educate them on the pitfalls of drug abuse. Rejuvenated drug
                    addicts are invited as guest speakers to share their painful experience with
                    attendants of these seminars.

                 c. Green Haven Program
                    The Green Haven Program was launched by the Correctional Services
                    Department in 2001 to discourage drug abuse and to promote
                    environmental protection awareness among young people. Police in Tuen
                    Mun District participated in Green Haven Program and organized visits by

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                     local students to Hei Ling Chau Drug Addiction Treatment Center where
                     they are shown life examples of the drawbacks of drug addiction. 60
                     students from Tuen Mun District have so far took part in such visits. After
                     taking part in a visit, students may be appointed Fight Drugs Ambassadors
                     to help disseminate the drugs prevention messages to other young people
                     within the District.

                 d. Anti-Drugs Training Camp
                    Training camps are arranged for students and Junior Police Call members
                    to discourage them, through participation in healthy sporting activities and
                    role-playing, from taking drugs during summer holidays.

                 e. Anti-Drugs Carnival
                    Annual Anti-Drug Carnivals are held when artistes are engaged on live
                    performances to promote drug-free living and to instill positive values
                    among young people.

   (1)                                                (2)

Photo : Anti-drug carnival (1) (2)

5.4 Occupational safety & health

     The Occupational Safety and Health Council dedicate to further the safety and health
     development in Hong Kong. In 2000 the first affiliate safe community support centre in
     Asia inaugurated in Hong Kong. The Council is proud to have taken part in this Safe
     Community development. In the same year, the very first safe community in China-
     Tuen Mun Safe Community has been established with the purpose to build the safety
     culture within the community.

     Tuen Mun is one of the satellite cities in Hong Kong. Facilitated with housing estates,
     industrial centers, schools and sophisticated traffic network, Tuen Mun is a well-
     established community where people live, work and play here.

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     The establishment of Tuen Mun Safe Community is to facilitate the development of
     safety awareness amongst members of the community. The Council supports the Tuen
     Mun Safe Community and takes the initiatives to strengthen the awareness of safety and
     health amongst public through multi-facets activities. On top of the general promotional
     items, we organize special promotional campaigns with specific topics which focusing on
     general public, people working in the high-risk industry and the youth.

     5.4.1   High-risk Industry

             The Construction Safety Promotional Campaign focuses on promoting safe
             working cycle, safety of working at height, confined space, and the importance of
             wearing personal protective equipment. In 2001 the Council organized a
             Competition on Safe Working Cycle in September which proved to be a very
             successful one with 50 companies implemented safe working cycle into their
             routine. This activity raised the safety awareness amongst the industry.

             The Council organized the Catering Safety and Health Seminar on January and
             July 2001 to remind the people working in the high-risk industry the importance
             of safety and health. The seminar highlighted the measures to prevent major
             hazards and encouraged companies to establish a good management practice.

               (1)                                              (2)

             Photo : OSH promotion for Construction and catering industries (1) (2)

     5.4.2   Promotional Programme

             The OSH Enhancement Forum encouraged benchmarking of the best practice
             of good safety and health practice amongst different organizations and trades.
             The Council organized the Occupational Safety & Health Enhancement Forum on
             June 2001, providing a platform for the organization to share their experiences on
             the continuous safety improvement. The influence on building a safety culture is
             evidently not only in their workplace but also in the community.

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