NOTE TO EDITORS:
THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1980
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PASSING-OUT PARADE OF FIREMEN
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THE CHIEF FIRE OFFICER OF THE FIRE PREVENTION BUREAU,
MR B.G. FENDER, WILL TAKE THE SALUTE AT A PASSING-OUT PARÁDE OF 79 FIREMEN AT THE FIRE SERVICES TRAINING SCHOOL IN PAT HEUNG TOMORROW (FRIDAY) AT 10.30 AM.
THE RECRUITS HAD JUST COMPLETED SIX MONTHS BASIC TRAINING. THE PARADE WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A FIRE-FIGHTING DEMONSTRATION.
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEND A REPORTER AND/OR PHOTOGRAPHER TO COVER THE PARADE.
NEW PRISON OPENS FOR GIRLS
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THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT HAS TODAY (THURSDAY) OPENED A SEPARATE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION FOR YOUNG FEMALE OFFENDERS. THE OTHER CENTRE FOR WOMEN IS AT TAI LAM.
THE NEW TAI TAM GAP CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION, FORMERLY USED FOR HOLDING YOUNG MALE OFFENDERS, IS DIVIDED INTO TWO SECTIONS, A TRAINING CENTRE AND A PRISON FOR PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF 21. IT HAS ACCOMMODATION FOR 160 INMATES AND IS ALREADY RECEIVING THEM.
THE OFFICER IN CHARGE OF THE INSTITUTION IS MR KWONG CHUNG-WING, CHIEF OFFICER, WHO IS ASSISTED BY ABOUT 50 FEMALE SUPPORTING STAFF, INCLUDING THOSE TAKING UP EDUCATION AND NURSING DUTIES.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT POINTED OUT THAT THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF HONG KONG PRISON SERVICE THAT THE DEPARTMENT WAS ADMINISTERING TWO WOMEN'S CENTRES AT THE SAME TIME.
HE SAID THERE WERE DISTINCT ADVANTAGES IN OPENING A SEPARATE INSTITUTION FOR YOUNG FEMALE OFFENDERS SO THAT INDEPENDENT REHABILITATION PROGRAMMES COULD BE IMPLEMENTED.
TAI LAM CENTRE FOR WOMEN WOULD CONTINUE TO OPERATE AS A PRISON FOR ADULT FEMALES AND AS A DRUG ADDICTION TREATMENT CENTRE.
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