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December 1 - 7, 2000
Pennsylvania Ends Bilingual Driving Tests
Advocates say newcomers suffer unfairly
Pennsylvania State officials have stopped some foreign-language versions of the written portion of the driving test after deciding that cheating posed a safety concern.
But advocates say the decision to stop offering Chinese, Russian and Vietnamese versions of the test is proving an obstacle to immigrants establishing themselves in a new country.
“They can spend hours and hours studying and still flunk, because they can’t overcome the language,” said Sharon Wong Tong, owner of Chinatown’s Fidelity Driving School, which draws most of its students from the Chinese and Vietnamese communities.
“These are working people,” Tong said. “Having a license is vital to their living.”
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Pennsylvania Ends Bilingual Driving Tests
Advocates say newcomers suffer unfairly
Pennsylvania State officials have stopped some foreign-language versions of the written portion of the driving test after deciding that cheating posed a safety concern.
But advocates say the decision to stop offering Chinese, Russian and Vietnamese versions of the test is proving an obstacle to immigrants establishing themselves in a new country.
“They can spend hours and hours studying and still flunk, because they can’t overcome the language,” said Sharon Wong Tong, owner of Chinatown’s Fidelity Driving School, which draws most of its students from the Chinese and Vietnamese communities.
“These are working people,” Tong said. “Having a license is vital to their living.”
| Singaporean University Students Seeking Community (in National News) Japantown Bowl Fight Not Over Yet Vietnam: An Emerging Market Dan 'The Automator' Nakamura Death and Birth of a Hood: Hunters Point |
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