TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1974
+BUT IF, AT SOME FUTURE DATE, IT WERE TO BE IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST TO REQUIRE THE CORPORATION TO DEPART FROM THIS AIM, IT WILL BE FOR THE GOVERNMENT, AND HENCE QENERAL REVENUE, TO BEAR THE FINANCIAL CONSEQUENCES,+ HE ADDED.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
COPIES OF THE FULL TEXT OF THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY'S SPEECH ARE AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION FROM THE G.I.S. PRESS ROOM, 6TH FLOOR, BEACONSFIELD HOUSE.
COMMUNITY SUPPORT NEEDED TO WIN LONE OFFENDERS
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A LAUNCH PICNIC WILL BE HELD AT LONG KAIR BEACH THIS SUNDAY, CAUGUST 25), TO PROVIDE A DAY OUT FOR 50 PROBATIONERS, THE IR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS.
THE PARTY, ORGANIZED BY THE PROBATION AND CORRECTIONS DIVISION OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, AND SUPPORTED BY THE HONG KONG RECREATION AND SPORTS ASSOCIATION AND THE KOULOON ROTARY CLUB, AIMS AT PROMOTING MEANINGFUL SOCIAL CONTACT FOR THOSE UNDER THE CARE OF THE PROBATION OFFICERS.
MR. LUI SIU-HOI, CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG KONG RECREATION AND SPORTS ASSOCIATION, WILL SPEAK ON HOW THE PUBLIC CAN BEAT CRIME BY SUPPORTING REHABILITATION WORK FOR OFFENDERS, AND ON THE IMPORTANCE OF MEETING THEM AND THEIR PARENTS TOCETHER TO UNDERSTAND AND WIN THEM OVER TO LEAD A SOCIALLY ACTIVE LIFE.
MR. WALLACE LEE, PRINCIPAL PROBATION OFFICER, SAYS THAT THIS ACTIVITY IS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN HONG KONG TO INVITE COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS TO SPEAK TO THE PROBATIONERS AND THEIR PARENTS AT A SOCIAL GATHERING.
THIS APPROACH, JF IT PROVES TO BE EFFECTIVE, WILL BE ENCOURAGED IN LINE WITH THE WORKING MOTTO +TO ASSIST AND BEFRIEND PROBATIONERS+, HE ADDED.
+PROBATIONERS ARE PEOPLE WHO NEEDED TO BE WON OVER TO LEAD NORMAL LIVES. THEY CANNOT BE JUST PUT INSIDE AND FORGOTTEN.
+ONE JUST CANNOT BLAME THE OFFENDERS OR THEIR PARENTS FOREVER, OR LEAVE THEM ENTIRELY TO PROBATION OFFICERS,+ HE SAID.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
THE PARTY WILL LEAVE FROM KOWLOON PUBLIC PIER AT 9.30 A.M. ON SUNDAY, AUGUST 25. REPORTERS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS ARE WELCOME.
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