FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 1978
GOVERNOR ATTENDS PRISONS DEPARTMENT'S ANNUAL DINNER
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE THIS EVENING ATTENDED PRISONS DEPARTMENT'S 25TH ANNUAL OFFICERS DINNER.
AT THE DINNER, WHICH WAS ALSO ATTENDED BY OVER 600 PRISON OFFICERS AND THEIR WIVES, THE COMMISSIONER OF PRISONS, MR. T.G. GARNER PRESENTED GOVERNOR'S COMMENDATIONS TO THREE PRISON OFFICERS FOR OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE OF DUTY.
MR. GARNER ALSO ANNOUNCED THE PROMOTION, FROM THE RANKS, OF 30 NEW PRISON OFFICERS.
THE THREE OFFICERS, TO WHOM THE AWARDS CAME AS A COMPLETE SURPRISE, WERE EACH PRESENTED WITH THE COVETED 'RED LANYARD' A CERTIFICATE OF AWARD, AND A LETTER OF CONFIRMATION OF THE AWARD FROM THE CHIEF SECRETARY.
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THE AWARD RECIPIENTS ARE MISS JUDY WONG, SUPERINTENDENT OF THE TAI LAM CENTRE FOR WOMEN MR. LAM WAH-PAK, SUPERINTENDENT OF HE LING CHAU DRUG ADDICTION TREATMENT CENTRE AND MR. WU CHUN-KAN, THE CHIEF OFFICER RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL BUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS FOR THE DEPARTMENT.
THE LIST OF THE 30 NEW PROMOTIONS WAS DISPLAYED DURING THE EVENING, ALTHOUGH A NUMBER OF THOSE LISTED WERE UNABLE TO ATTEND BECAUSE OF DUTY COMMITMENTS.
A SPECIAL CEREMONY IN CONNECTION WITH THESE PROMOTIONS WILL TAKE PLACE NEXT WEEK AT THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS.
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