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WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1994

OFF-STREET DRIVING TEST CENTRE TO OPEN NEXT WEEK

THE FIRST OFF-STREET PRIVATE CAR DRIVING TEST CENTRE SET UP THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT WILL BE BROUGHT INTO FULL OPERATION ON 15 THIS YEAR.

THE CENTRE IS AT HAWTHORN ROAD IN HAPPY VALLEY, HONG KONG.

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THE TESTING

A. SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID FACILITIES PROVIDED IN NEWLY RENOVATED CENTRE INCLUDED A COMPOUND DESIGNED FOR THE OF BASIC MANOEUVRING SKILLS SUCH AS REVERSE PARKING, THREE-POINT-TURN ON A NARROW ROAD, STOP AND START ON A SLOPE.

"OFF-STREET DRIVING TEST CENTRE NOT ONLY PROVIDES A SAFER AND BETTER ENVIRONMENT FOR CANDIDATES BUT ALSO REDUCES TRAFFIC CONGESTION ON PUBLIC ROADS," THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

**THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR SUITABLE SITES FOR THE SETTING UP OF SUCH CENTRES, HE ADDED.

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A GROUP OF 18 VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS TODAY (WEDNESDAY) RETURNED TO VIETNAM ON A COMMERCIAL FLIGHT.

COMPRISING TWO MEN, NINE WOMEN, THREE BOYS AND FOUR GIRLS, THEY WERE THE 211ST BATCH TO GO BACK UNDER THE VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION PROGRAMME OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES.

THE GROUP BROUGHT TO 3,879 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS WHO HAD RETURNED VOLUNTARILY THIS YEAR, AND ΤΟ 42,492 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF RETURNEES SINCE THE PROGRAMME STARTED IN MARCH 1989.

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