14
THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1990
LAST 12 MONTHS
MAY 89 ΤΟ APR 90
MAY 88
TO APR 89
INCREASE
HK$ MN,
HK$ MN.
HK$ MN.
%
FOMESTIC EXPORTS
221,564
222,846
-1,282
-0.6
RE-EXPORTS
357,218
305,098
52,120
17.1
TOTAL EXPORTS
578,782
527,944
50,838
9.6
IMPORTS
568,152
537,801
30,351
5.6
TRADE BALANCE
10,630
-9,857
20,487
WRITTEN PART OF DRIVING TEST COMPUTERISED
THE TRANSPORT
DEPARTMENT
IS GAUGING
PUBLIC
RESPONSE
COMPUTERISED SYSTEM DESIGNED TO TEST POTENTIAL DRIVERS' KNOWLEDGE UNDERSTANDING OF THE ROAD USERS' CODE.
AT PRESENT, ANYONE APPLYING FOR A DRIVING LICENCE HAS
THE WRITTEN PART OF A DRIVING TEST.
TO A AND
ΤΟ PASS
TEST ONTO
THE DEPARTMENT HAS RECENTLY TRANSCRIBED THE WRITTEN A COMPUTERISED SYSTEM AND IS PUTTING IT ON TRIAL FOR SIX MONTHS.
UNITS HAD BEEN A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID FOUR TEST
AND THE INSTALLED AT THE HONG KONG LICENSING OFFICE AT 2 MURRAY ROAD
CENTRE, NINTH FLOOR, KOWLOON LICENSING OFFICE AT PARK-IN COMMERCIAL FOR THE PUBLIC TO TRY OUT AND GIVE THEIR VIEWS.
EQUIPMENT, ONE
THE COMPUTERISED SYSTEM HAS TWO MODELS OF TEST OPERATED BY TOUCHING THE SCREEN AND THE OTHER BY PRESSING KEYPADS.
LASER
DISPLAY
EACH MODEL IS AN INDEPENDENT UNIT WITH A VISUAL DISPLAY,
COMPUTER HARDWARE AND DISK PLAYER WITH QUESTIONS ON CABINET. FULL OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS ARE DISPLAYED ON THE SCREEN.
DISK,
EITHER QUESTIONS
PRESSING
THE
A PERSON WILL BE GIVEN THE CHOICE OF TAKING THE TEST IN ENGLISH OR CHINESE. HE WILL ANSWER A RANDOM SELECTION OF 10
OR SCREEN BY TOUCHING THE APPROPRIATE APPROPRIATE KEYPAD.
AREAS
ON
THE
WILL WILL BE
AT THE END OF THE TEST, THE PERCENTAGE OF CORRECT ANSWERS
A PASS OR FAIL BE CALCULATED BY THE COMPUTER AND
DISPLAYED.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT CONDUCTING
THE HAVE THE COMPUTERISED SYSTEM WOULD WAITING TIME TO SIT FOR SUCH A TEST.
RESULT
THE WRITTEN TEST THROUGH ADVANTAGE OF REDUCING
THE
/MOREOVER, THE