TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 1981
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NEW DRIVING SIMULATORS
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TWENTY NEW DRIVING SIMULATORS CAME INTO USE FOR THE FIRST TIME TODAY (TUESDAY) AT THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT'S INDOOR DRIVING INSTRUCTION CENTRE AT PUI CHING ROAD, HO MAN TIN.
THE NEW EQUIPMENT INCLUDES ONE SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR USE BY HANDICAPPED PERSONS, AND IS COMPLEMENTED BY NINE NEW TRAINING FILMS, IN ENGLISH AND CANTONESE VERSIONS, FOR THE NEW SIMULATOR PROGRAMME.
THE OVERALL COST WAS NEARLY $1 250 000.
THIRTEEN INDOOR DRIVING CLASSES ARE NOW BEING CONDUCTED DAILY AT THE CENTRE BETWEEN 7.30 AM AND 10.30 PM, INCLUDING SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS, EXCEPT LUNAR NEW YEAR AND CHRISTMAS.
REGISTRATION FORMS FOR THE INDOOR DRIVING SIMULATOR
CLASSES MAY BE OBTAINED AT PUI CHING ROAD DRIVING TEST OFFICE IN KOWLOON ONLY BY THOSE WHO HAVE PASSED THE WRITTEN TEST (PART A OF THE DRIVING TEST).
TEMPORARY MARINE OFFICE IN TUEN MUN
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A TEMPORARY MARINE OFFICE WILL BE OPENED ON FRIDAY (APRIL 10) AT SAM SHING ESTATE, TUEN MUN, SO AS TO BRING THE WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT CLOSER TO FISHERMEN. IT WILL PROVIDE ALL THE SERVICES OF THE OLD OFFICE ON CASTLE PEAK ROAD WHICH HAS BECOME MORE DISTANT FROM THE WATERFRONT BECAUSE OF EXTENSIVE RECLAMATION WORK.
A NEW PERMANENT MARINE OFFICE WILL BE BUILT ON THE WATERFRONT NEAR THE SAME ESTATE BY 1986.
THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE MR P.E.J. DAVY, THE CHAIRMAN OF TUEN MUN RURAL COMMITTEE, MR LAU WONG-FAT AND THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR BILLY LAM WILL OFFICIATE AT THE OPENING OF THE TEMPORARY OFFICE.
NOTE TO EDITORSI
YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE OPENING OF THE TEMPORARY MARINE OFFICE IN TUEN MUN WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE AT 11 AM ON FRIDAY (APRIL 10) AT UNITS 6 AND 7, GROUND FLOOR, CHUN YU HOUSE, SAM SHING ESTATE.
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