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Role of the Correctional Services Department (CSD)
HKG rightly consider CSD to be the service best suited in Hong Kong to perform difficult task of running closed centres.
CSD administer a variety of institutions, not just prisons: eg
treatment centres for drug addicts, training centres for young
offenders.
Most CSD staff working in closed centres are recruited for this task, and are not trained prison officers; many have social welfare qualifications.
Record of past disturbances in the open centre, which is run by voluntary agencies, suggests that closed centres need to be managed by an experienced and disciplined service such as CSD.
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON VIETNAMESE REFUGEE ISSUE
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Believe that a conference at this time on Vietnamese refugees alone, outside the broader context of the Indo-Chinese refugee situation, would be very unlikely to attract wide international
support.
Conference on Indo-Chinese refugee situation would almost
certainly become enmeshed in Cambodia issue. Best way forward is through continuing discussions with UNHCR and main resettlement
countries.
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