THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1982
SIR PHILIP VISITS CIVIL AVIATION HEADQUARTERS AND AIRPORT
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THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, TODAY (THURSDA VISITED THE CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS AND HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
SIR PHILIP WAS MET AT THE HEADQUARTERS IN NEW RODNEY BLOCK BY MR B.D. KEEP, DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION.
HE LATER MET HEADS OF DIVISIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT AND WAS BRIEFED ON ITS ORGANISATION AND FUNCTIONS.
AFTER THE MEETING, SIR PHILIP, ACCOMPANIED BY THE DIRECTOR, VISITED THE AIRPORT TO SEE ITS OPERATION AND FACILITIES.
HE ALSO SAW THE WORK OF THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTION AND THE AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT DIVISION, BEFORE CONCLUDING HIS TOUR WITH A VISIT TO THE AIR CARGO COMPLEX.
CORRECTIONAL SERVICES PRAISED BY AUSTRALIAN CHIEF
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THE VISITING DIRECTOR OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA, MR M.J. DAWES, TODAY (THURSDAY) PRAISED HONG KONG'S CORRECTIONAL SERVICES FOR THE EFFICIENT MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF ITS INSTITUTIONS.
ACCOMPANIED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR THOMAS GARNER, MR DAWES VISITED LAI CHI KOK RECEPTION CENTRE THIS MORNING AND WAS VERY IMPRESSED BY THE FACILITIES IN THE HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS WHICH CAN ACCOMMODATE SOME 960 INMATES.
LATER IN THE DAY HE WENT TO VISIT TAI TAM GAP CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS AND THE STAFF TRAINING INSTITUTE IN STANLEY TO SEE RECRUIT OFFICERS IN TRAINING.
MR DAWES IS IN HONG KONG ON A TWO-DAY OFFICIAL VISIT. HE WILL CONTINUE HIS VISITS TO SEVERAL OTHER DIFFERENT TYPES OF INSTITUTIONS TOMORROW, INCLUDING SIU LAM PSYCHIATRIC CENTRE, TAI LAM CENTRE FOR WOMEN, PIK UK CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION FOR YOUNG OFFENDERS, PIK UK PRISON AND ITS NEWLY-BUILT LAUNDRY.
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