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FRIDAY, LAY 17, 1974
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GOOD RESPONSE TO INDOOR DRIVING COURSES
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THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT TODAY BEGAN ACCEPTING ENROLMENTS
· FOR ITS NEW INDOOR DRIVING INSTRUCTION CENTRE FOR LEARNER DRIVERS.
THE CENTRE, WHICH IS EQUIPPED WITH 16 SIMULATORS, BEGIN OPERATING FROM JUNE 1.
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THE OFFICER IN CHARGE, AR. HENRY KU, SAID TODAY THAT THE
BY MID-AFTERNOON, INITIAL RESPONSE WAS MUST ENCOURAGING. CLASSES FUR THE FIRST COURSE VERE ALMOST FILLED AND HANY PEUPLE HAD EITHER DOEN TELEPHONING OR CALLING AT THE PUI CHING ROAD CENTRE IN KOULOON FOR INFORMATION ON THE NEW SYSTEM. THERE HAD ALSO BEEN SUME ADVANCE BOOKINGS FOR FUTURE COURSES.
MR. KU SAID THAT THE EVENING LESSONS WERE PROVING VERY POPULAR. ALL THE EVENING CLASSES FOR THE FIRST COURSE, FROM JUNE 1 TO JUNE 15, WERE FULLY BOOKED. HOWEVER, THERE WAS STILL ROOM FOR CANDIDATES IN CLASSES BEING HELD THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
THE 15-HOUR COURSES SPREAD OVER AS MANY DAYS WILL TRAIN LEARNER-DRIVERS IN THE USE OF VARIOUS CONTROLS, RECOGNITION OF, TRAFFIC SIGNS AND NORMAL REACTIONS TO DIFFERENT TRAFFIC SITUATIONS.
THE COURSE, ALL THIS IS DONE INSIDE A SIMULATED CAR. COSTING $200, INCLUDES LECTURES BY TRAINED INSTRUCTORS, SPECIAL FILMS AND SIMULATOR DRIVING.
THOSE WISHING TO APPLY MUST ALREADY HAVE PASSED THE WRITTEN TEST ON THE HIGHWAY CODE. THEY SHOULD BRING WITH THEM THEIR PROVISIONAL DRIVING LICENCE, HONG KONG IDENTITY
THE SPECIAL CARD AND TWO RECENT COPIES OF THEIR PHOTOGRAPH. APPLICATION FORM CAN BE COMPLETED AT THE OFFICES.
MR. KU SAID THAT THOSE WHO PASS THE SIMULATOR TEST AT THE END OF THE COURSE WILL BE PLACED ON A SPECIAL SHORT WAITING
ONCE THEY HAVE COMPLETED LIST FOR THE COMBINED ROAD TEST. THE NECESSARY ON-ROAD DRIVING TRAINING THEY WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO TAKE THE COMBINED ROAD TEST WITHIN A PERIOD OF 11 OR 12
SUBSTANTIALLY LESS THAN THE NORMAL WAITING TIME FOR
WEEKS
KOWLOON.
CLASSES AT THE CENTRE WILL BEGIN AT 7 A.M. AND END AT 11 P.M. EACH DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
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