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COMMISSIONER OF PRISONS VISITS NEW REFUGEE CAMP
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THE COMMISSIONER OF PRISONS, MR THOMAS GARNER, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) VISITED THE NEWLY-OPENED JUBILEE RECEPTION CENTRE FOR VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN SHAM SHU PO, WHICH IS ADMINISTERED BY STAFF OF THE PRISON SERVICE SECONDED TO THE SECURITY BRANCH.
THE CENTRE NOW HOLDS 575 REFUGEES. IT CAME INTO OPERATION LAST WEEK, WITH THE CLOSURE OF THE CANTON ROAD RECEPTION CENTRE. NEWLY-ARRIVED REFUGEES WILL BE PLACED THERE FOR ABOUT SEVEN DAYS FOR MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS, IMMIGRATION PROCESSING AND DOCUMENTATION BY THE UNHCR BEFORE BEING TRANSFERRED TO OPEN CAMPS.
MR GARNER WAS MET AT THE CENTRE BY MR RICHARD BROOKS, SUPER INTENDENT IN CHARGE. HE TOURED THE CENTRE AND SAW THE FACILITIES PROVIDED, INCLUDING THE ACCOMMODATION, SICK BAY AND RECREATION ROOMS.
HE ALSO TALKED TO VOLUNTEERS FROM THE WORLD RELIEF ORGANISATION, WHO HELP WITH RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND EDUCATIONAL CLASSES FOR THE REFUGEES,
MORE THAN 80 PRISON OFFICERS HEADED BY MR BROOKS HAVE BEEN SECONDED TO ADMINISTER GOVERNMENT CAMPS FOR REFUGEES. APART FROM THE RECEPTION CENTRE, THE OTHER CAMPS ARE THE ARGYLE STREET CAMP AND THE MA TAU WAI CĂMP.
MOST OF THE VIETNAMESE REFUGEES WHO HAVE COME SINCE 1979, HAVE AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER, BEEN IN THE CARE OF PRISON OFFICERS.
STAFF OF THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT ARE ALSO STATIONED IN THE CENTRE TO PROCESS THE REFUGEES.
NICHES AVAILABLE AT KWAI CHUNG COLUMBAR IUM
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THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT WILL BE ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR PERMANENT PLACING OF ASHES OF DECEASED IN THE COLUMBAR FUM OF KWAI CHUNG CREMATORIUM AS FROM APRIL 15.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NTSD SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) A TOTAL OF 3 508 NICHES AT THE KWAI CHUNG COLUMBARIUM WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ON A FIRST-COME-FIRST-SERVED BASIS.
THE CHARGE FOR EACH STANDARD NICHE IN THE KWAI CHUNG COLUMBARIUM, CAPABLE OF HOLDING TWO CINERARY URNS, IS $1 000. AN ADDITIONAL $50 WILL BE CHARGED FOR A COMMEMORATIVE TABLE TO BE FIXED ON THE WALL OF THE NICHE.
+NO STANDARD NICHE CAPABLE OF HOLDING FOUR URNS IS AVAILABLE AT KWAI CHUNG COLUMBARIUM AT THIS STAGE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE KWAI CHUNG CREMATORIUM, PUT INTO OPERATION 17 MONTHS AGO, IS OPEN TO RESIDENTS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES AND URBAN AREAS.
WRITTEN APPLICATIONS, WITH DETAILS OF THE DECEASED AND A COPY OF THE MEDICAL CERTIFICATE (CREMATION), CAN BE MADE TO THE CEMETERIES AND CREMATORIA OFFICE OF NTSD AT 6 CHEONG HANG ROAD, HUNG HOM PUBLIC FUNERAL PARLOUR, HUNG HOM.
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