Note to Editors:
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Wednesday, December 5, 1973
PRISONS DEPARTMENT ANNUAL PARADE
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The Governor, Sir Murray MacLehose, will inspect the annual parade of the Prisons Department on Friday (December 7).
Ten contingents comprising about 230 men from various prisons and centres of the department will take part in the parade.
The Governor will present Colonial Prison Service Medals and Clasps to 17 officers.
Lady MacLehose will also attend the ceremony which begins at 4.45 p.m. on the parade ground of the department's Staff Training Institute in Stanley.
Members of the press are invited to cover the event. Transport will be provided. A car will leave Queen's Pier at 3.30 p.m. for Stanley.
Reporters and photographers assigned to
cover the occasion are advised that no one will be allowed to enter the parade area after 4.55 p.m.
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