WOODLANDS, Singapore, June 9, 2010 - Singapore Safety Driving Centre
Ltd. (SSDC), a Honda affiliate company, has relocated from Ang Mo Kio
(in central Singapore) to Woodlands (in northern Singapore) and held a
ceremony to commemorate the official opening of its new safety driving
center which includes the first full-scale multi-story driving circuit
in Southeast Asia. Equipped with a 3-story driving circuit that makes
effective use of limited land, the new facility is the only safety
driving center in Singapore which can provide training and testing for
riders and drivers of all types of vehicles from motorcycles to heavy
vehicles including crane trucks.
Since its
establishment in 1983 as the very first safety driving center in
Singapore, SSDC has trained more than 250,000 riders and drivers. In
addition, SSDC has been working together with the Bukit Batok Driving
Centre Ltd. (BBDC), a Honda affiliate company established in 1990, in
Bukit Batok (in the mid-western Singapore), to conduct various road
safety and safety driving activities that are deeply rooted in the local
community. Honda is committed to continue expanding its contribution to
the realization of a safe mobility society in Singapore.
"Honda
hopes this center will establish a new benchmark by making an even
greater contribution to the ideal of safer mobility, because safety is
not only Honda's dream - but the fervent hope of everyone in Singapore
and even throughout Asia," said Fumihiko Ike, Chief Operating Officer
for Honda Regional Operations (Asia & Oceania) at the ceremony.
Since
1964, to fulfill its social responsibility as a company which provides
mobility including motorcycles and automobiles, Honda has been providing
educational opportunities for motorcycle riders and automobile drivers
to learn the proper handling and operation of vehicles and to promote
public understanding of mobility and expansion of safe driving. Honda
will continue its efforts to become a company that society wants to
exist and conduct activities to promote road safety and responsible
driving which will be accepted and trusted by society.