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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1979
NEW DETENTION CENTRE FOR PRISONS DEPARTMENT
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NEI KWU CHAU DETENTION CENTRE OF PRISONS DEPARTMENT ON HEI LING CHAU WAS GAZETTED TODAY (FRIDAY).
THE CENTRE WITH AN ACCOMMODATION FOR 112 INMATES HAS RECEIVED ITS FIRST ADMISSIONS. IT WAS FORMERLY USED BY YOUNG INMATES AT THE HEI LING CHAU DRUG ADDICTION TREATMENT CENTRE. THESE INMATES HAVE BEEN TRANSFERRED TO SEPARATE ACCOMMODATION AT TAI LAM DRUG ADDICTION TREATMENT CENTRE WHERE THEY WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW A SPECIALLY DESIGNED PROGRAMME GEARED TO THEIR REQUIREMENTS.
A PRISONS DEPARTMENT'S SPOKESMAN SAID: THE REASON FOR THE NEED OF A SECOND DETENTION CENTRE IS TO AVOID OVERCROWDING AT SHA TSUI DETENTION CENTRE FOR DETAINEES UNDER THE AGE OF 21 DUE TO INCREASED ADMISSIONS.
+THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT ANTICIPATED THIS PROBLEM SOME TIME AGO AND THEREFORE ACTION WAS TAKEN TO PLAN A SECOND CENTRE TO CATER FOR THE 14 TO 16 AGE GROUP,+ HE SAID.
THE PROGRAMME AT NEI KWU CHAU DETENTION CENTRE FOR THIS GROUP OF DETAINEES WILL BE THE SAME AS THAT AT SHA TSUI DETENTION CENTRE.
LEGCO COUNCILLOR TAKES SALUTE AT IMMIGRATION OFFICERS PASSING OUT PARADE ****
AN UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR. WONG PO-YAN TODAY (FRIDAY) TOLD A GROUP OF IMMIGRATION OFFICERS WHO HAVE COMPLETED THE IR TRAINING THAT THEY WILL NEED PATIENCE, FAIRNESS AND GOOD HUMOUR IN ADDITION TO EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEMS THEY FACE.
HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE PASSING-OUT PARADE OF 79 ASSISTANT IMMIGRATION OFFICERS AND SEVEN IMMIGRATION ASSISTANTS AT THE ROYAL HONG KONG REGIMENT PARADE GROUND IN HAPPY VALLEY. MR. WONG TOOK THE SALUTE AT THE PARADE.
MR. WONG SAID: +EACH DAY, IN THE COURSE OF YOUR WORK YOU WILL BE COMING INTO CONTACT WITH MANY PEOPLE. THESE WILL INCLUDE LEGAL AND ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, WEALTHY BUSINESSMEN AND REFUGEES- PEOPLE FROM MANY COUNTRIES AND ALL WALKS OF LIFE.+
TO DEAL PATIENTLY WITH ALL THESE PEOPLE AND THEIR PROBLEMS TO PROVIDE SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY AND AT THE SAME TIME PROTECT THE COMMUNITY BY ENFORCING THE IMMIGRATION LAW IS INDEED A REAL CHALLENGE, HE NOTED.
*LIKE SO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE IN HONG KONG, I AM SURE YOU HAVE THE DETERMINATION. THE ENTHUSIASM AND THE DEDICATION TO MEET THIS CHALLENGE,+ MR. WÔNG SAID.
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