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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1986
THE TRAINING OFFICER OF THE DEPARTMENT, MR SO KEUNG-FAI SAID THE WHEELCHAIR CONSISTS OF A MECHANICAL TRANSMISSION UNIT, AN ELECTRICAL POWER SUPPLY AND A MOTOR CONTROL SYSTEM.
+ THE CONTROL SYSTEM CONTAINS A 16-BIT SINGLE BOARD MICRO- COMPUTER WITH A USER-DEPENDENT SPEECH RECOGNITION CARD, HE SAID.
+THIS IS CAPABLE OF INTERPRETING THE PRE-ASSIGNED COMMANDS GIVEN BY THE USER AND ACTIVATES THE ELECTRO-MECHANICAL PARTS OF THE WHEELCHAIR ACCORDINGLY.
+ ALL THESE ARE ASSEMBLED IN A COMPACT CASE AND CAN BE MOUNTED ON A CONVENTIONAL WHEELCHAIR WITHOUT DIFFICULTY, HE SAID,
MR SO SAID THE WHEELCHAIR HAD TO UNDERGO A PERIOD OF +LEARNING MODE+ DURING WHICH THE USER'S SPEECH COMMANDS FOR DIFFERENT MOTIONS WOULD BE ANALYSED AND STORED IN ITS MEMORY.
A VERBAL COMMAND MUST MATCH WITH ANY OF THE PRE-STORED SPEECH PATTERNS TO ENABLE THE WHEELCHAIR TO MOVE ACCORDING TO INSTRUCTIONS, HE SAID.
IT COSTS $2 500 IN SPARE PARTS, TOGETHER WITH A BORROWED WHEELCHAIR AND A COMPUTER, TO ASSEMBLE THE PACKAGE NEEDED TO DEVELOP THE SCPW.
THE WHEELCHAIR STOPS AUTOMATICALLY WHEN CLOSE TO AN OBSTRUCTION.
JACKIE CHAN HELPING TO DRAW ELECTORS
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WORLD-RENOWNED KUNG FU FILM STAR JACKIE CHAN, A REGISTERED VOTER HIMSELF TOOK TIME OFF FROM HIS BUSY SCHEDULE TODAY (THURSDAY) TO RECORD A MESSAGE TO PROMOTE THE URBAN COUNCIL AND REGIONAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS ON MARCH 6.
HE WILL BE ADDING TO THE PUBLICITY WHICH WILL GO INTO FULL SWING AFTER THE CHINESE NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS,
IN HIS MESSAGE JACKIE CHAN APPEALS TO ALL REGISTERED ELECTORS TO CAST THE IR VOTES FOR THE CANDIDATE OF THE IR CHOICE WHO CAN HELP IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN HONG KONG.
THE TAPE WILL BE PLAYED BY FOUR BROADCAST VEHICLES OF THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION AND THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT, WHICH WILL TOUR THE 19 DISTRICTS FROM FEBRUARY 20 TO MARCH 6 - TO REMIND PEOPLE OF THE ELECTION DAY.
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