WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1987
INTERVIEWS FOR THE FIRST LOT OF APPLICANTS WILL START NEXT MONDAY (FEBRUARY 16) AND ROAD TESTS ARE SCHEDULED TO BEGIN AT THE END OF THE MONTH. IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE FIRST DRIVING INSTRUCTORS' LICENCE FOR ARTICULATED VEHICLES COULD BE ISSUED BY THE END OF MARCH.
THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT THE MOVE TO LICENSE DRIVING INSTRUCTORS FOR ARTICULATED VEHICLES IS TO TIE IN WITH THE EXPIRY OF THE THREE-YEAR TRANSITIONAL PERIOD STIPULATED IN THE ROAD TRAFFIC (DRIVING LICENCES) REGULATIONS AFTER WHICH HOLDERS OF THE +ALL GOODS VEHICLES+ DRIVING LICENCE ISSUED BEFORE AUGUST 25 1984 WILL NO LONGER BE ALLOWED TO DRIVE ARTICULATED VEHICLES.
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+WHEN THE GRACE PERIOD EXPIRES ON AUGUST 24 THIS YEAR THOSE LEARNING TO DRIVE ARTICULATED VEHICLES WILL HAVE TO BE ACCOMPANIED BY LICENSED DRIVING INSTRUCTORS JUST AS PRIVATE CAR LEARNER DRIVERS ARE,+ HE NOTED.
EDUCATION BOARD MEMBERS VISIT SEX EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTRE
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SEVEN MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION THIS (WEDNESDAY) MORNING VISITED THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S SEX EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTRE AT NORTH POINT WHICH PROVIDES CENTRAL REFERENCE, INFORMATION AND ADVISORY SERVICES ON THE TEACHING OF SEX EDUCATION IN SECONDARY AND PRIMARY SCHOOLS.
THEY WERE MISS MARION FANG, PROFESSOR B.L. COOKE, MR CHAN YING-LUN, MR TAM MAN-KWAN, MR TIMOTHY HA, MRS PEGGY LAM AND MR M. PAGLIARI.
ACCOMPANYING THE MEMBERS ON THE VISIT WERE THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (CHIEF INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS), MR SO FAI-CHO, AND PRINCIPAL INSPECTOR (GEOGRAPHY, SOCIAL STUDIES AND HEALTH EDUCATION), MR CHU SAU-KUEN.
THE MEMBERS SHOWED INTEREST IN THE DISPLAY AT THE CENTRE WHICH INCLUDED A VARIETY OF RESOURCE MATERIALS AND AUDIO-VISUAL AIDS SUCH AS BOOKS, TEACHING KITS, MODELS, TAPES AND SLIDES.
THE VISITORS WERE TOLD THAT MORE THAN 530 TEACHERS HAD VISITED THE CENTRE, INCLUDING 12 GROUP VISITS, SINCE THE CENTRE OPENED IN EARLY DECEMBER.
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