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"Please Let Us Skate""Hey you guys Skating is prohibited in this park. Would you please beso kind and leave. Thanks for cooperating and subscribe to a big(p) day" exclaimed asecurity guard who worked for the park.     App arntly the security guards idea of a great day in the park meansmonk-like silence. With an area restricted on roller-blading and skate-boarding,we are forced to skate elsewhither. "As a security guard for the sometime(prenominal) year, I wantto keep the park as safe as possible," says the security guard. "Skaters get inthe way. Skaters are crashing into other people who are equitable here to relax. Itis very dangerous and it is prohibited in this park."     Well, for one thing, roller-blading hasnt been accepted as a sport herein Hong Kong and will continue to be that way unless something is done about theplaces where skaters are allowed to skate. There are many places where cyclingis allow ed but where skating is not allowed. Why is this? Maybe it is becausepeople here dont feel that we skaters deserve the right any cyclists, oranything on wheels, have. All we ask for is a decent place to skate where wewouldnt have our rights denied.I have been skating for two and a half years now. Until recently, I havestarted to skate with a couple of my friends whenever we have the time to. Therehas never been a time where we havent been stopped and kicked out. This hasbeen very irritating for us and we still dont understand why were not welcomedat any parks, other than the answer we always get, "You business leader hurt someone".Personally, I think the only people that are going to get hurt are the ones withthe skates, us.     Another big problem we Roller-bladers smell here in Hong Kong is the factthat we are not only rejected by society but also by other skaters, skate-boarders. There are many places to skate here in Hong Kong and of those, 90percen t are dominated by local skate-boarding cliques. They dont like the ideaof mixing with those have an superfluous 4 wheels stuck to their feet and usually getrid of us their way. Skate-boarders and Roller-bladers simply cannot get along.Personally, I enjoy the fine art of Roller-blading and