NOTE TO EDITORS:
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 1970 ·
SECRETARY OF STATE FOR SOCIAL SERVICES AND MP
TO VISIT HOSPITAL ****
THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR SOCIAL SERVICES, THE RT. HON DAVID ENNALS, AND MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT, MR. RODERICK MACFARQUHAR, WILL VISIT THE QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL TOMORROW (THURSDAY). THEY WILL BE ACCOMPANIED ON THE VISIT BY THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES.
REPORTERS/PHOTOGRAPHERS WISHING TO COVER THE EVENT ARE REQUESTED TO ASSEMBLE AT THE HOSPITAL'S SCHOOL OF GENERAL NURSING AT 10.45 A.M. TOMORROW. SENIOR INFORMATION OFFICER OF THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT, MR. K.Y. MAK, WILL BE PRESENT TO ASSIST THE PRESS.
PROBLEMS FACING PRISON STAFF
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ASSAULTS ON PRISON STAFF OCCUR MUCH MORE FREQUENTLY THAN THE PUBLIC REALISE AND PRISONERS WITH LONG OR INDETERMINATE SENTENCES ARE PRONE TO ACTS OF VIOLENT AND PROVOCATIVE BEHAVIOUR, THE SENIOR SUPERINTENDENT OF PRISON, MR. GARTH HYDES, SAID TODAY.
SPEAKING AT THE LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF HONG KONG ISLAND EAST, MR. HYDES SAID SUCH PRISONERS, WHEN SUBDUED BY THE USE OF NECESSARY FORCE REQUIRED TO STOP AN ATTACK ON PRISON STAFF, REACT BY MAKING FALSE COMPLAINTS ABOUT ILL-TREATMENT TO ANYONE PREPARED TO LISTEN, FORGETTING THEIR ASSAULT ON THE STAFF.
MR. HYDES, WHO WAS UNTIL RECENTLY THE SENIOR SUPERINTENDENT CF STANLEY PRISON AND IS NOW IN CHARGE OF ALL YOUNG OFFENDER INSTITUTIONS, ALSO OUTLINED THE ENORMOUS PROBLEMS FACING PRISON STAFF.
THESE INCLUDED THE DIFFICULTIES IN HANDLING AGGRESSIVE PRISONERS WHO TRY TO MANIPULATE THE STAFF BY USING THE SAME BULLYING TACTICS THEY USED OUTSIDE HOPING TO BRING ABOUT A SITUATION WHEREBY THEY ARE GRANTED CERTAIN THINGS BY JUNIOR STAFF+ THE CHANGING NATURE OF CRIME AND CRIMINALS AS WELL AS THE WORRIES CREATED BY PUBLIC OPINION.
HE SAID: +OVER THE YEARS IT HAS BEEN NOTED BY OUR SERVICE THAT SENTENCE PATTERNS HAVE ZEE' CHANGING, AND THAT GENERALLY SENTENCES IMPOSED BY THE COURTS ARE LONGER.
/+THE MEN