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HONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1974
INDOOR DRIVING TRAINING COURSES
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THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT WILL START ENROLLING 168 CANDIDATES FROM TOMORROW COCTOBER 15) FOR THE NEXT SERIES OF INDOOR DRIVING TRAINING COURSES DUE TO BEGIN IN MID-NOVEMBER.
SINCE ITS OPENING IN JUNE, THE INDOOR DRIVING INSTRUCTION CENTRE AT PUI CHING ROAD, KOWLOON, WHICH IS EQUIPPED WITH
16 DRIVING SIMULATORS, HAS PROVIDED BASIC TRAINING FOR MORE THAN 1,200 CANDIDATES.
A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY THE COURSES HAD PROVED VERY POPULAR AND CLASSES WERE NORMALLY FULLY BOOKED.
HE SAID CANDIDATES WERE TAUGHT THE USE OF VARIOUS CONTROLS, RECOGNITION OF TRAFFIC SIGNS AND NORMAL REACTIONS TO DIFFERENT TRAFFIC SITUATION. TRAINING WAS SUPPLEMENTED BY FILMS AND LECTURES TOO, HE ADDED.
THOSE WISHING TO APPLY MUST HAVE PASSED THE PART A CHRITTEN) TEST FOR PRIVATE CARS. THEY SHOULD BRING WITH THEM THEIR PROVISIONAL DRIVING LICENCE, HONG KONG IDENTITY CARD AND TWO RECENT COPIES OF THEIR PHOTOGRAPH.
CLASSES, EACH COMPRISING 15 ONE-HOUR LESSONS, ARE HELD BETWEEN 7 A.M. AND 11 P.M. EACH DAY. THE FEE IS $200.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID: +AT THE END OF THE COURSE, CANDIDATES WILL SIT FOR A SIMULATOR TEST. THOSE WHO PASS THE TEST WILL BE PLACED ON A SEPARATE WAITING LIST FOR THE COMBINED ROAD TEST, AND ONCE THEY HAVE FINISHED THEIR OWN ON-ROAD DRIVING LESSONS, THEY WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO TAKE THE COMBINED DRIVING TEST. THE FINAL TEST CAN NORMALLY BE TAKEN ABOUT THREE MONTHS AFTER COMPLETION OF THE INDOOR DRIVING TRAINING COURSE.+
EMERGENCY RELIEF FOR FLOOD VICTIMS
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ABOUT 130 PEOPLE WHOSE HOMES WERE FLOODED DURING ABNORMAL HIGH TIDE ON LANTAU ISLAND YESTERDAY (SUNDAY), HAVE BEEN PROVIDED WITH EMERGENCY RELIEF BY THE TAI O AND TUNG CHUNG RURAL COMMITTEES.
** MEANWHILE, STAFF OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT HAVE STARTED REGISTRATION WORK WITH A VIEW TO GIVE FURTHER ASSISTANCE TO THOSE AFFECTED WHILE THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTHENT IS ASSESSING THE DAMAGE TO CROPS AND FISHES.
A SPOKESMAN FOR NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION SAID TODAY THAT THE OVERALL SITUATION WAS NOT AS SERIOUS AS HAD BEEN REPORTED. +NO REPORT OF SERIOUS DAMAGE TO HOUSES WAS RECEIVED AND THERE WERE NO CASUALTIES,+ HE ADDED.
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