10

SUNDAY, APRIL 29,

1990

WHEN THE AIR-CONDITIONED VEHICLE WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO TRANSPORT HIM FROM THE OFFICE TO SCHOOLS TO

OF HIS

PARTS AVOID FURTHER BREAKDOWNS

DUE TO INTENSE

SUMMER SIKAT, SHE ADDED.

"HIS 'WALKING LEGS' HAD TO BE REPLACED SOMETIME AGO

THAT AN NOW WE ARE HOPING MOTOR WORE OUT.

ELECTRONIC

SALLE)

TO MISS CHUNG SUI-YEE, THE PRINCIPAL OF CHAN SUI KI (LA PRIMARY SCHOOL, THE "ROBOTCOP" SCHEME IS UNDOUBTEDLY A GREAT SUCCESS.

ΤΟ HONG KONG, MRS RECOUNTING THE INTRODUCTION OF "ROBOTCOP"

THE TANG SAID THE IDEA OF PURCHASING THE ANIMATED ROBOT FOR SPREADING

BY MR JOHN NORMAN, STAFF CRIME PREVENTION MESSAGE WAS ORIGINATED OFFICER OF THE CRIME PREVENTION BUREAU.

HE CAME ACROSS SUCH A ROBOT AT AN EXHIBITION WHILE ATTENDING CRIME PREVENTION CONFERENCE IN CANADA IN 1987.

A

AFTER

FUNDING, SECURING

THE

EVENTUALLY MACHINE

ARRIVED

ON DECEMBER 1, 1988 FROM ITS "HOMELAND" IN TEXAS.

A "ROBOTCOP" TEAM COMPRISING MRS TANG, TWO STATION SERGEANTS, A THE BUREAU TO LAUNCH SERGEANT AND A POLICE CONSTABLE WAS SET UP BY THE "ROBOTCOP" SCHEME WHICH CELEBRATED ITS FIRST ANNIVERSARY RECENTLY.

HAS VISITED OVER 150 PRIMARY SINCE ITS ARRIVAL, "ROBOTCOP" SCHOOLS AND ATTENDED MORE THAN 20 PUBLIC FUNCTIONS SUCH AS FIGHT CRIME CARNIVALS AND FAMILY DAYS.

KNOWN IS

THE

SO FAR AS

ROBOT, WHICH COST ABOUT $200,000 EDUCATIONAL ANIMATED ROBOTIC (FREIGHT COSTS INCLUDED), IS THE FIRST SYSTEM TO BE INTRODUCED ANYWHERE OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.

KIDDIES WHO ARE

BUT CONVEY,

NOT

-- SHE

"OUR TARGET AUDIENCE ARE PRIMARY TWO TO FOUR

WE WHAT

ARE TRYING TO OLD ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND SOPHISTICATED ENOUGH TO UNVEIL THE GIMMICKS BEHIND THE SYSTEMS, EXPLAINED.

AND

THEY THE VHS

"THE CHILDREN ARE USUALLY AMUSED BY THE BUILT-IN CAMCORDER

THE SCREEN. COLOUR TV THROUGH WHICH THEY CAN SEE THEMSELVES ON ALSO PAY FULL ATTENTION TO THE ANTI-SHOPTHEFT FILM PLAYED ON PLAYER.

"

GIVING AWAY SOME OF THE

SECRETS BEHIND "ROBOTCOP" MRS EXPLAINED THAT IT TAKES AT LEAST THREE PERSONS TO MAKE IT "LIVE".

"[ AM THE HOST THROUGHOUT

TANG

THE KIDDIES ASKING THE SHOW CONVERSE то

AND INTERACT WITH THE QUESTIONS AND ENCOURAGING THEM "ROBOTCOP" WHILE ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES MANIPULATES THE MOVEMENTS WITH A REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE.

"THAT'S THE MAGIC BEHIND HANDS OR HANDING OUT OF LEAFLETS.

THE NODDING OF THE

HEAD, SHAKING

/"ANOTHER COLLEAGUE

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