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INDUSTRIAL TRAINING.
15. In the Hong Kong Prison the total number of prisoners employed in industries at the end of the year, including printing and laundry, was:—
First Offenders Section 297.
Previous Offenders Section 492.
16. In the Lai Chi Kok Female Prison the daily average number employed in industrial work, including laundry and vegetable gardens, was 157.
17. The principal departmental work, other than industrial, on which prisoners have been employed during the year has been :—
(i) Clearing and preparing the site for the new Isolation Block for convicted lepers and cutting a road to the site.
(ii) Construction of a rifle range.
(iii) Levelling a parade ground for the Indian staff.
(iv) Breaking stone for a new septic tank.
(v) Construction of steps to Chinese and Indian beaches.
(vi) Camouflaging the boundary walls of the prison at the request of the military authorities.
(vii) Trenching and preparation of vegetable gardens inside the Hong Kong Prison and outside the Lai Chi Kok Prison.
SPIRITUAL, MENTAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING.
18. The position with regard to the spiritual, mental and physical training of prisoners has undergone no change since my last report.
PERSONS AWAITING TRIAL.
19. Persons awaiting trial, together with debtors, destitutes and deportees were transferred from Stanley to Victoria Remand Prison, adjoining the Magistrates' courts in Hong Kong, on the 15th October. No persons awaiting trial, except those on a capital charge, are now sent to Stanley.
20. The following is a brief report of the work of the Remand Prison from 16.10.39 to 31.12.39:
(1) Admittances
515 Remands 51 Deportees 6 Debtors 2 Destitutes Total 574(2) Percentage of Remands convicted = 63.69
(3) Daily average muster = 88.
(4) Prison punishments = 2.
(5) Visits--by friends and relatives 618
by solicitors 97
Police enquiries 14
Total 729