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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1982
CORRECTIONAL SERVICES TO HOLD CEREMONIAL PARADE IN STANLEY
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THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT WILL HOLD A CEREMONIAL PARADE ON FRIDAY (MARCH 12) AT ITS STAFF TRAINING INSTITUTE IN STANLEY.
DURING THE PARADE, THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR THOMAS GARNER, WILL PRESENT CLASPS TO THE COLONIAL PRISON SERVICE MEDAL TO 20 OFFICERS FOR THEIR EXEMPLARY SERVICE.
THE RECIPIENTS HAVE TOGETHER SERVED SOME 526 YEARS WITH THE DEPARTMENT,
ON PARADE WILL BE 205 CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS IN SEVEN CONTINGENTS FROM VARIOUS INSTITUTIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT COMMANDED BY THE PRINCIPAL OF THE STAFF TRAINING INSTITUTE, MR JOHN ASHWORTH.
OF THEM, 57 ARE NEW RECRUITS WHO HAVE JUST COMPLETED THE IR SIX MONTHS' BASIC TRAINING.
NOTE TO EDITORS :
YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE CEREMONIAL PARADE AND PRESENTATION OF CLASPS TO THE COLONIAL PRISON SERVICE MEDAL BY THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR THOMAS GARNER, AT 4.15 PM ON FRIDAY (MARCH 12) AT THE PARADE GROUND OF THE STAFF TRAINING INSTITUTE IN TUNG TAU WAN ROAD, STANLEY, MR GARNER WILL ALSO ADDRESS THE CEREMONY.
PRESS TRANSPORT WILL LEAVE THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS AT GUARDIAN HOUSE, 32 01 KWAN ROAD, WAN CHAI AT 3.30 PM SHARP.
HK-US TEXTILE TALKS RESUME
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NEGOTIATIONS FOR A NEW HK-US TEXTILE AGREEMENT, WHICH BEGAN IN WASHINGTON ON FEBRUARY 8, AND WERE RECESSED AFTER FIVE DAYS, WILL BE RESUMED TOMORROW (THURSDAY) IN HONG KONG.
THE COMMISSIONER OF TRADE, MR LAWRENCE MILLS, WILL LEAD THE HONG KONG DELEGATION. LEADING THE US SIDE WILL BE CHIEF TEXTILES NEGOTIATOR, MR PETER MURPHY.
THE CURRENT FIVE-YEAR AGREEMENT EXPIRES AT THE END OF THIS YEAR, AND HAS TO BE REPLACED WITH NEW ARRANGEMENTS NEGOTIATED UNDER THE TERMS OF THE RECENTLY-EXTENDED MFA.
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