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CHINESE NEW YEAR ROAD SAFETY CAMPAIGN

Event Date
26th January 2011 - Wednesday
 

On the 26th of January 2011 Grand Saga Sdn Bhd and Majlis Keselamatan Jalan Raya Selangor (MKJR) jointly organized Road Safety Campaign Selangor Level at the Batu 11, Toll Plaza in conjunction with the Chinese New Year festivity.

The Road Safety Campaign was officiated by the guest-of-honour Y.A.B. Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Abd. Khalid Ibrahim, Dato’ Menteri Besar Selangor and accompanied by YBhg. Datuk Suret Singh, Director General, Jabatan Keselamatan Jalan Raya Malaysia as well as Selangor State Exco namely Y.B. Dato’ Dr. Hassan Mohd Ali, Y.B. Tuan Dr. Xavier Jayakumar, Y.B. Dr. Yaakob Sapari and Y.B. Tuan Ir. Iskandar bin Abdul Samad.  Other dignitaries are YBhg. Dato’ Hj. Zainal Abidin Aala, District Officer of Hulu Langat, YBhg. Dato’ Hassan Nawawi bin Abd. Rahman, President, Kajang Municipal Council, MKJR Selangor representatives and Polis Diraja Malaysia. Also present from Grand Saga were Mr. Chee Lean Thong, Executive Director and Mr. A. Rajasolan, Senior General Manager. 

The theme for Road Safety Campaign this year was “Use public transport to reduce accidents”, particularly if you are going outstation during the Chinese New Year holidays. In addition, two more themes have been added i.e. “Use a child seat” and “Buckle Up”. 

Y.A.B. Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Abd. Khalid Ibrahim in his speech mentioned that the State Government has identified that roads at Kuala Selangor, Sabak Bernam and Hulu Selangor are accident prone areas in the state during the festive season.  He also mentioned that for Ops Sikap 2010 during Chinese New Year in Selangor, showed an increase in fatalities by 8.5%.

During the speech, he advised motorcyclists to wear proper safety helmets and also to fasten it securely to provide protection in the event of an accident.

He also highlighted that although the Government, individuals, NGOs and the private sector had taken concerted efforts in promoting safety campaigns, accidents continue to happen due to human error and indifference.

This years’s Road Safety Campaign held at Grand Saga was also been sponsored by Puspakom, Esso Malaysia Berhad, Nestle, F&N and Continental Sime Tyre PJ.

The honourable guests distributed goodie bags consisting mandarin oranges, IKS product, safety leaflets, drinks, etc. to our road users as well as giving out 20 new helmets to the motorcyclists.


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