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Like other treatment and rehabilitation programmes the success of the programme is dependent upon the interest which is taken by the staff and over the years they have given unstinting support to the programme.
Much of its success is due to their efforts.
After-care plays an important role in rehabilitation and no inmate is discharged unless and until he has employment or is enrolled in a school
to further his studies.
RESEARCH
Since 1963, when the department embarked on a planned programme of research, results have played a vital role in assisting members of the staff to get to know and understand many of the problems associated with
drug dependence.
The results of such research is published annually by the department and can be obtained locally through the Government Publications
Centre.
NEW LIFE HOUSE
The New Life House serves as a halfway house project for those discharged from the Training Centre who are considered likely to function better in the community from within a controlled environment. Residents
engage in normal occupations during the day but return to the house in the evenings. Psychological services are available within the programme with an emphasis on individual counselling.
Situated at Victoria Road on Hong Kong Island, the house has accommodation for 24. Normal length of compulsory residence applied while under supervision ranges from one to three months. Since 1969 a total of 232 persons have been in residence for varying periods of their
supervision.