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also received continuation training of a general nature. Under the new arrangement, two companies undergo training in the PTS at any one time and three fully trained companies are available in the PTU. The intention is to increase the total number of com- panies to eight, but this target may take several years to reach.
The length of time personnel stay in the PTU is to some extent variable as it depends on the recruiting figures three years earlier. However the total period spent in the PTS and the PTU is not likely to exceed 40 weeks. Although they may be used for all forms of collective police duty, it is unlikely that these reserve companies will be fully committed operationally throughout their stay in the PTU and a flexible programme has therefore been devised for them. They are stationed successively in the two main urban areas and in the NT, during which time they undergo special training, e.g. in motor-cycle driving, mountain-rescue, first-aid, life-saving, etc. They also undergo a series of company exercises.
The Auxiliary Police successfully underwent their annual training with the usual emphasis on internal security duties.
A major feature of the year's training was a joint seminar on the subject 'Riot', held under the auspices of the University of Hong Kong. This was attended by senior police and army officers, together with a selection of other interested persons. The social and psychological aspects of rioting were studied in some depth, with special reference to the causes, prevention and suppression of public disorder.
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PRISONS
The Commissioner of Prisons is responsible for the administration of 11 institutions in various parts of the Colony with headquarters in Victoria. These consist of a reception and classification centre for men at Victoria; two security prisons, one for men at Stanley, the other for women at Lai Chi Kok; two open prisons for men at Chi Ma Wan and Tong Fuk; a treatment centre at Tai Lam for convicted male prisoners found to be drug-dependent; three training centres for young male offenders at Cape Collinson, Stanley and Shek Pik; a 'Half Way' house for environment rehabilitation; and a training school at Stanley for staff.