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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