WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1981
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THAI OFFICIALS SEE HK PRISONS SYSTEM
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SIX OFFICIALS FROM THAILAND'S DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) VISITED THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT'S STAFF TRAINING INSTITUTE TO SEE PRISON OFFICERS UNDERGOING TRAINING, AND ALSO VISITED STANLEY PRISON, A MAXIMUM-SECURITY PRISON.
THE OFFICERS, WHO WILL SPEND FIVE DAYS HERE, WILL ALSO VISIT OTHER CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING A RECEPTION CENTRE, A DRUG ADDICTION TREATMENT CENTRE A DETENTION CENTRE AND A TRAINING CENTRE FOR YOUNG OFFENDERS, AS WELL AS A CENTRE FOR WOMEN.
BEFORE LEAVING HONG KONG, THEY WILL ATTEND A PASSING-OUT PARADE OF PRISON OFFICER RECRUITS AT THE STAFF TRAINING INSTITUTE ON SATURDAY.
YESTERDAY (TUESDAY), THEY CALLED AT PRISONS HEADQUARTERS AND HAD TALKS WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF PRISONS, MR THOMAS GARNER.
NTA LAND EXECUTIVES PASS POLYTECHNIC COURSE
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DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR AUGUSTINE CHUI KAM, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) PRESENTED CERTIFICATES TO 25 NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION LAND EXECUTIVES, WHO HAVE PASSED A TWO-YEAR COURSE IN LAND ADMINISTRATION ORGANISED BY THE NTA AND THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC.
THE PRESENTATIONS WERE MADE AT NTA HEADQUARTERS.
THE PART-TIME, DAY RELEASE COURSE PROVIDES FORMALISED TRAINING IN LAND ADMINISTRATION FOR NEWLY-RECRUITED LAND EXECUTIVES.
SUBJECTS COVERED INCLUDE PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE OF LOCAL SERVICES, LAND SURVEYING AND MAP INTERPRETATION, VALUATION OF LAND AND BUILDINGS, LAW RELATED TO LAND ADMINISTRATION, BUILDING CONSTRUCTION, LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT, ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT, AND ECONOMICS.
SINCE THE COURSE STARTED IN 1974 LAND EXECUTIVES, EXCLUDING THE PRESENT 25, HAVE COMPLETED IT,
A TOTAL OF 85 SERVING WITH 49 OTHERS NOW ATTENDING.
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