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THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1978
PRISONS DEPARTMENT RECEIVES AWARD
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THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT WAS HONOURED TODAY WHEN IT WAS PRESENTED WITH THE ANNUAL VOCATIONAL SERVICES AWARD FOR 1978, BY THE ROTARY CLUB (KOWLOON) DURING A LUNCH MEETING AT THE PENINSULA HOTEL.
ON BEHALF OF THE KOWLOON ROTARY CLUB, THE AWARD WAS PRESENTED BY MR. IRA KAYE, THE DISTRICT GÖVERNOR OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL.
RECEIVING THE AWARD ON BEHALF OF THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT, MR. CHUI SUM-SING, PRINCIPAL OF THE STAFF TRAINING INSTITUTE, ACKNOWLEDGED THIS PUBLIC RECOGNITION OF THE COMMUNITY SERVICE PROVIDED BY THE STAFF OF THE DEPARTMENT.
HE NOTED THAT SELECTION MUST HAVE BEEN VERY DIFFICULT AS THE WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT IS LITTLE KNOWN TO THE AVERAGE MAN IN THE STREET.
OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS THE AWARD HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT, THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE AND THE URBAN COUNCIL.
+THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT APPRECIATES THAT IT IS A TREMENDOUS HONOUR TO BE ADDED TO THIS ELITE LIST, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY.
ALSO ATTENDING THE LUNCH WERE THE COMMISSIONER OF PRISONS, MR. T.G. GARNER THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, MR. T. ECOB, AND SENIOR MEMBERS OF THE STAFF.
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