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Honda driving center holds instructors’ tilt
Parañaque: Honda Safety Driving
Center (HSDC) announced it has concluded its instructors’
competition where it selected the Philippine representatives to the
12th Safety-Japan Instructors Competition in Suzuka, Japan, in
October. HSDC said it has won the championship in the left-hand
drive automobile category of last year’s event.
It added that during the local
competition, instructors placed their mental and technical skills to
the test when they took part in various exercises that involved
driving safety techniques. Automobile exercises included braking and
swerving (accident avoidance); figure driving (precision driving in
tight
spaces); and slalom on wet
surface. Motorcycle exercises, on the other hand, included emergency
braking; staggered and course slalom; and narrow plank riding, HSDC
said.
It said all these exercises are
designed to further enhance instructors’ knowledge and skills on
analytical driving, accuracy driving and balancing, which are all
very crucial to having safer and more efficient drives.
According to HSDC, topping the
event was Hermes Hermano who beat 12 instructors in the automobile
and motorcycle categories.
“I will train very hard to
achieve a decent finish,” Herman said. “More than winning the
competition, my ultimate goal is to learn more about Honda’s
unique approach to effective driver education by exchanging
experiences and insights with my counterparts from other
countries,” he added.
For his part, HSDC President
Kazuhiko Ikezoe said “Honda instructors are awarded with a very
noble mission. We make certain that they are exposed to
international safety standards in order for them to become effective
teachers.”
HSDC General Manager Arnel Doria
said “Organizing friendly competition among instructors is an
integral part of our operations. This is what we deem as our
laboratory of curriculum and training methodologies. This is like
our R&D where, ultimately, students will benefit from.”
The HSDC is at Km. 17 East
Service Road, South Superhighway, Parañaque City. For inquiries,
call 838-0814 and 837-2355 or send e-mail to customer_service@hondasafetydriving.ph.
Petron BPI mastercard
announces promo
Petron BPI Mastercard said it is
now offering more values through its Real Thrills promo as it gives
cardholders free or discounted car maintenance services at
participating Petron Car Care Centers.
Petron said that for a cumulative
fuel purchase of P2,000 at Petron stations, cardholders can avail of
a free car wash and vacuum. With an accumulated P4,000 worth of fuel
purchases on Petron BPI Mastercard, cardholders get free labor on
oil change and tune-up while fuel purchases of P6,000 mean a
50-percent discount on a complete wheel alignment service. Petron
added cardholders only need to keep their proof of purchase every
time they gas up using their Petron BPI Mastercard.
The Petron BPI Mastercard Real
Thrills promo runs until September 30 while the free services and
discounts may be redeemed from Petron Car Care Centers until Novemer
30.
Toyota to donate building in
up diliman
TOYOTA Motor Phils. (TMP) said it
is donating to the University of the Philippines in Diliman a P100
million building for the proposed GT Toyota Asian Center. The
announcement was made by TMP Chairman Dr. George S.K. Ty at the
company’s 20th anniversary celebration where of guests included
President Gloria Arroyo.
“The center will promote
greater awareness and appreciation of Asian cultures and societies
and the Philippines place in Asia,” Ty said. “It will also
encourage dialogue and collaboration with counterpart academic and
cultural Institutions in Japan, China, and other Asian countries.”
Acknowledging the donation, UP
President Emerlinda Roman and UP-Diliman Chancellor Sergio Cao said
the center will strengthen the academic programs that focus on Asia
in terms of teaching and research.
“The center will enhance UP’s
role in national and regional policy formulation with respect to the
country’s Asian linkages,” explained Roman.
TMP said the center will be
constructed on a one-hectare property in the university and will
have an Asian library and resource center with an Asian museum. TMP
added a 500-seat capacity auditorium building is also being eyed for
the project.
The center will also be the
headquarters of the Institute of Asia Pacific Dialogue, Research and
Policy Studies and of the UP Agenda for Asian Cultural Exchange and
Cooperation, TMP said.
The donation is the latest major
contribution from Toyota in its efforts to help in the social
development of the country, TMP bared.
“We derive our resources from
the society. So we should accordingly give back to society,
said Ty. “As we look forward to another 20 years of partnership
with the Philippines, we will continue to strive to contribute to
the country’s development, to the economy as well as to
society.”
According to TMP, earlier this
year it partnered with the Automotive Association Philippines in
launching a P5 million Traffic Safety Model Zone project in UP. 
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