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Tuesday, January 23, 1973
FIRST OPEN DAY OF PROBATION SERVICE
Chief Justice To Attend Ceremony At SWD's Begonia Road Home
Sir Ivo Rigby, the Chief Justice, will officiate at the first Open
Day of the Social Welfare Department's Probation and Corrections Division
at the Begonia Road Boys' Home on Thursday (January 25).
On this Open Day, for the first time, all probation offices and
five S.W.D. correctional institutions are joining together to mount. a single
show. The show, which will continue beyond the Open Day itself in other
localities, is aimed at familiarising the public with the aims and objectives
of probation and correctional work.
The five institutions are the Begonia Road Boys' Home, the O Pui
Shan Boys' Home, the Castle Peak Boys' Home, the Ma Tau Wei Girls' Home and
the Kwun Tong Hostel.
Sir Ivo will see in the hall of the Begonia Road Boys' Home an
exhibition depicting visually life in all S.W.D. correctional institutions.
There will be photographs, charts and other material, showing the
trainees at work, at play, and engaged in projects that will have a bearing on
their occupations after their discharge.
In addition, a Cantonese film, made recently by Radio Hong Kong
Television for its drama series "Under the Lion Rock", will be re-screened.
It shows how a probation officer helps prevent a teenage boy from going astray.
Two well-known television personalities, Tsang Kong and Wong Suk-yee,
star in the film. Professional divisional officers assisted in the preparation
of the script.
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