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"Please Let Us Skate""Hey you guys Skating is disallow in this place. Would you please beso kind and leave. Thanks for cooperating and hold a great day" exclaimed asecurity guard who worked for the park.      evidently the security guards idea of a great day in the park meansmonk-like silence. With an area restricted on roller-blading and glide-boarding,we are forced to skate elsew here(predicate). "As a security guard for the past year, I lackto keep the park as safe as possible," says the security guard. "Skaters present inthe way. Skaters are crashing into other sight who are just 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 legion(predicate) places where cyclingis allowe d but where skating is not allowed. Why is this? Maybe it is becausepeople here dont feel that we skaters deserve the right either cyclists, oranything on wheels, consent. 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 age now. Until recently, I havestarted to skate with a couple of my friends whenever we have the clock to. Therehas never been a time where we havent been stopped and kicked out. This hasbeen very rile for us and we still dont understand why were not welcomedat any parks, other than the answer we always dismount, "You might mischief 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 face here in Hong Kong is the factthat we are not only rejected by connection but also by other skaters, skate-boarders. There are some(prenominal) places to skate here in Hong Kong and of those, 90percent are rule by local skate-boarding cliques. They dont like the ideaof mixing with those have an peculiar(a) 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