香港政府
GIS新聞處
DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1976
COMMUNITY'S SUPPORT AND CO-OPERATION - VITAL
IN REHABILITATION OF MINOR OFFENDERS
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THE COMMUNITY'S SUPPORT AND CO-OPERATION ARE VITAL IF THE REHABILITATION OF MINOR OFFENDERS IS TO BE SUCCESSFUL. IT IS THEREFORE IMPORTANT THAT THE PUBLIC SHOULD UNDERSTAND THE REAL MEANING AND VALUE OF PROBATION SERVICES.
MR. MAK WING-HONG, HEAD OF THE PROBATION AND CORRECTIONS DIVISION OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, SAID: +AFTER ALL, THE REAL AIM OF PROBATION SERVICE IS TO HELP INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE AT VARIANCE WITH THE LAW TO PROGRESS FROM DELINQUENCY TO SELF-SUFFICIENCY IN ORDER TO BECOME LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AGAIN.+
EFFORTS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON PROBATION SERVICES TAKE IN THE FORM OF EXHIBITIONS, OPEN DAYS OF CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS, PARTICIPATION OF PROBATIONERS IN COMMUNITY SERVICES AS WELL AS TALKS AND LECTURES TO INTERESTED GROUPS, SCHOOLS AND ORGANISATIONS.
+MOREOVER, WE ARE AT PRESENT TRYING OUT THE APPROACH WHEREBY WE SUPPLY TELEVISION AND FILM COMPANIES WITH LIVE SITUATIONS OF PROBATION CASES WITHOUT IDENTIFYING ANY INDIVIDUAL - TO GIVE A REALISTIC AND EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND TO THEIR ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMMES,+ HE SAID.
+THROUGH THIS WAY, WE HOPE TO GIVE THE PUBLIC, IN AN ENTERTAINING WAY, A MORE REALISTIC IDEA OF THE BACKGROUND OF PROBATIONERS, HOW THEY ARE LED INTO CRIME, AND HOW SOME OF THEM CAN BE HELPED BY THE PROBATION SERVICE,+ HE ADDED.
MR. MAK URGED EMPLOYERS, PARENTS AND TEACHERS TO BE SYMPATHETIC AND UNDERSTANDING TO THE PROBATIONERS SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE THE CHANCE TO START LIFE ANEW.
+TO GET THE MESSAGE ACROSS, OUR PROBATION OFFICERS OFTEN VISIT EMPLOYERS TO PURSUADE THEM TO GIVE ASSISTANCE TO THE PROBATIONERS. NOWADAYS, MORE EMPLOYERS ARE BEGINNING TO ACCEPT PROBATIONERS BECAUSE, BEING UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF A PROBATION OFFICER, THEY OFTEN TURN OUT TO BE VERY WELL BEHAVED, HE SAID.
+THE WORK OF THE PROBATION OFFICERS IS FAMILY ORIENTATED. COUNSELLING IS GIVEN TO THE FAMILY AS A WHOLE DURING THEIR HOME VISITS SO THAT PARENTS CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS AND ASPIRATIONS OF THEIR PROBLEM CHILDREN, HE ADDED. +VERY OFTEN, WE FIND THAT PROBLEM PARENTS YEILD PROBLEM CHILDREN,+
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