WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1978
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MR. DAVIES SAID THE PRISONERS THEMSELVES DID NOT DISCLOSE THE REASONS FOR THEIR ACTIONS AT THE TIME NOR HAD THEY DONE SO SINCE.
+ IT IS BELIEVED THE INCIDENT WAS PARTLY DUE TO A TIGHTENING IN DISCIPLINE IN RECENT WEEKS AND MAY HAVE BEEN INFLUENCED BY THE TRANSFER OF PRISONERS FROM OTHER INSTITUTIONS, MR. DAVIES SAID.
+CHANGES IN DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURES RELATED TO RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND A FEW RECIDIVISTS AGITATED AGAINST THIS. ULTIMATELY PRISONERS IN SEVEN OF THE 12 DORMITORIES REFUSED THE IR MEALS ON THE EVENING OF JANUARY 23.+
MR. DAVIES SAID AS A RESULT OF THE RECENT INCIDENT, 23 PRISONERS HAD BEEN TRANSFERRED TO STANLEY PRISON. HE ALSO EMPHASISED THAT THERE HAS BEEN AND WILL BE NO RELAXATION IN DISCIPLINE AT THE INSTITUTION. +
HE ADDED THAT A NUMBER OF IMPROVEMENTS TO EFFECT BETTER CONTROL OF PRISONERS HAD BEEN CARRIED OUT DURING THE PAST TWO YEARS, INCLUDING THE CONSTRUCTION OF SECURITY LOBBIES IN THE DORMITORIES.
+OTHER WORKS IN HAND INCLUDE THE DIVISION OF THE DORMITORIES INTO TWO SECTIONS AND THE DIVISION OF THE PRISON ITSELF INTO TWO SEPARATE CONTROL ZONES BY AN INTERNAL SECURITY FENCE. THESE WORKS WILL BE COMPLETED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, HE SAID.
IMPROVED CONTROL OVER AD SIGNS UNDER STUDY
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THE LAW ALREADY PROVIDES SOME DEGREE OF CONTROL OVER ALL TYPES OF ADVERTISING SIGNS, THE SECRETARY FOR THE
ENVIRONMENT, THE HON. DEREK JONES, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON. S.L. CHEN, MR. JONES ADDED THAT HE WAS EXAMINING THE WAYS IN WHICH THE EXISTING LEGISLATIVE CONTROLS OVER THESE SIGNS MIGHT BE IMPROVED.
AS IN THE CASE OF CROWN LAND BEING ILLEGALLY OCCUPIED BY THE ADVERTISING SIGNS, MR. JONES SAID THE PROPERTY FROM WHICH THEY PROJECT HAD BEEN RATED UNDER THE RATING ORDINANCE TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF SUCH STRUCTURES AND THE GOVERNMENT RECOGNISED THE IR EXISTENCE BY MAKING A CHARGE IN RESPECT OF THEM.
HE ALSO SAID THE CONSENT OF THE OWNER AND OF THE OCCUPIER MUST BE OBTAINED FOR HOARDINGS, NOTICE BOARDS, OR POSTERS TO BE PLACED UPON OR AGAINST PRIVATE PROPERTY AND USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADVERTISING.
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