FRIDAY, MAY 28, 1982
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LAST YEAR, FOR INSTANCE, THE DEPARTMENT TOOK OUT 1 128 PROSECUTIONS AGAINST EMPLOYERS IN VARIOUS INDUSTRIES WHO FAILED TO EFFECTIVELY GUARD PLASTIC INJECTION MOULDING MACHINES AND POWER PRESSES.
+HOWEVER, WE HOPE THAT THROUGH YOUR INTEREST AND EFFORTS A MUCH GREATER INFLUENCE CAN BE EXERTED IN THE INDUSTRY THAN CAN EVER BE ACHIEVED BY PROSECUTION ALONE, DR HAYES CONCLUDED.
NEI KWU CHAU DETENTION CENTRE NOW A CORRECTIONAL
INSTITUTION FOR YOUNG OFFENDERS
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NEI KWU CHAU DETENTION CENTRE ON HEI LING CHAU WILL CHANGE ITS ROLE TO A CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION FOR YOUNG OFFENDERS SENTENCED TO IMPRISONMENT WITH EFFECT FROM TUESDAY (JUNE 1).
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID THE CHANGE IS NECESSARY BECAUSE OF THE REDUCING NUMBER OF YOUNG OFFENDERS BEING SENTENCED BY THE COURTS TO A DETENTION CENTRE.
IN THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF THIS YEAR, THE NUMBER OF YOUNG OFFENDERS SENTENCED TO THE SHORT SHARP SHOCK+ DETENTION CENTRE TRAINING HAS DECREASED BY ABOUT 15 PER CENT AS COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR- WHILE THE NUMBER OF YOUNG OFFENDERS SENTENCED TO IMPRISONMENT INCREASED BY ABOUT 25 PER CENT.
+AS LESS THAN 200 OFFENDERS ARE NOW UNDERGOING THE DETENTION CENTRE PROGRAMME, THE MAINTAINING OF TWO DETENTION CENTRES IS NOT JUSTIFIED IN VIEW OF THE DEMAND FOR ACCOMMODATION FOR OTHER TYPES OF PROGRAMMES,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
+THE DEPARTMENT WILL NOW CENTRALISE ALL THOSE SENTENCED TO DETENTION CENTRE TRAINING AT SHA TSUI DETENTION CENTRE WHICH IS SITUATED ON LANTAU ISLAND, HE ADDED.
FURTHERMORE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE USE OF NE1 KWU CHAU AS A PRISON WILL HELP TO RELIEVE THE GROWING PRESSURE ON OTHER INSTITUTIONS CAUSED BY AN INCREASE IN THE PRISON POPULATION, PARTICULARLY YOUNG PRISONERS, AND THE LOSS OF ACCOMMODATION USED TO HOUSE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
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