XN000022-1975-01-19 — Page 3

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SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 1975.

FOR THIS SE JICE, THE ARTICLES

MUST BEAR AN INDICATION THAT THEY ARE 'FIRST DAY COVERS MUST BE ADDRESSED TO A LOCAL DESTINATION=

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MUST NOT BEAR ANY OTHER CANCELLATION-

* MUST NOT BE REGISTERED ITEMS.

SPECIAL POSTING BOXES WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE ON FEBRUARY 5 AT THE GENERAL POST OFFICE, THE KOWLOON CENTRAL POST OFFICE AND THE TSIM SHA TSUI POST OFFICE FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO HAVE THEIR FIRST DAY, COVERS CAREFULLY HAND-POSTMARKED BEFORE DESPATCH TO THE ADDRESS ON THE COVERS.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

COPIES OF A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE TWO SPECIAL LUNAR NEW YEAR STAMPS ARE AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION IN THE G.I.S. PRESS ROOM.

INDOOR DRIVING TRAINING COURSES

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THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT IS NOW ENROLLING CANDIDATES FOR THE NEXT TWO SERIES OF INDOOR DRIVING TRAINING COURSES DUE TO START AT THE END OF THIS MONTH AND SOMETIME AFTER MID-FEBRUARY.

A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY PEOPLE WISHING TO APPLY MUST ALREADY HAVE PASSED THE PART A WRITTEN TEST FOR PRIVATE CARS.

THEY MAY APPLY AT THE LICENSING OFFICE AT PUI CHING ROAD, KOWLOON, BRINGING ALONG THEIR PROVISIONAL DRIVING LICENCE, HONG KONG IDENTITY CARD AND TWO COPIES OF THEIR RECENT PHOTOGRAPH.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE NEXT TWO SERIES WOULD BEGIN ON JANUARY 30 AND FEBRUARY 20 RESPECTIVELY. CLASSES, EACH COMPRISING 15 ONE-HOUR LESSONS, ARE HELD BETWEEN 7 A.M. AND 11 P.M. EACH DAY. THE FEE IS $200.

HE SAID THAT AT THE END OF THE COURSE, CANDIDATES WOULD SIT FOR A SIMULATOR TEST. THOSE WHO PASS THE TEST WILL BE PLACED ON A SEPERATE WAITING LIST FOR THE COMBINED ROAD TEST, HE ADDED.

+THIS MEANS THAT ONCE TMEY HAVE FINISHED WITH THEIR OWN ON-ROAD DRIVING LESSONS, THEY WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO TAKE THE COMBINED ROAD TEST AT A GIVEN DATE EARLIER THAN THE NORMAL WAITING PERIOD FOR SUCH TESTS, HE SAID.

OPENED IN JUNE LAST YEAR, THE INDOOR DRIVING INSTRUCTION CENTRE AT PUI CHING ROAD, HAS TRAINED MORE THAN 1,750 CANDIDATES IN FUNDAMENTAL DRIVING TECHNIQUES BEFORE THEY START UNDERGOING THEIR OWN DRIVING LESSONS ON THE ROAD.

THE CENTRE, EQUIPPED WITH 16 DRIVING SIMULATORS, FILMS AND A COMPUTER-CONTROLLED PANEL, TEACHES CANDIDATES THE USE OF VARIOUS CONTROLS, RECOGNITION OF TRAFFIC SIGNS AND NORMAL REACTIONS TO DIFFERENT TRAFFIC SITUATION.

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