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| GOOD START: Children of SJK Chung Hua Asajaya which emerged overall team winner (primary school category) with the guests. |
KOTA SAMARAHAN: Some 272 school children from 17 secondary and primary schools (six secondary and 11 primary schools) in Samarahan division participated in the Shell Traffic Games at the Civic Centre here.
Yesterday’s event was participated by hearing-impaired children from Samarahan Special School.
According to Shell Malaysia Upstream Corporate Affairs senior manager Peing Tajang, this was the first time the event was participated by these special children.
She encouraged the participation of more such children in the future.
Assistant Youth Development Minister Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah officiated at the closing ceremony.
Peing said road safety was a key focus area in the company’s corporate social responsibility.
“We spend over RM1 million every year to implement the games (Shell Traffic Games) across the country, and for Sarawak we allocate over RM300,000 annually.”
Hoping this will help make roads safer, Peing said the company was embarking on a survey to review the effectiveness of the games.
Peing said to commemorate the golden jubilee of the games, Shell was running a road safety campaign and poster drawing competitions.
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