WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1982
JAPANESE IMPRESSED BY SERVICE FOR YOUNG OFFENDERS
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EIGHT VISITING JAPANESE SCHOLARS WERE VERY MUCH IMPRESSED BY THE AFTERCARE SERVICE FOR YOUNG OFFENDERS IN HONG KONG'S PENAL SYSTEM DURING THEIR VISIT TO THE LAI KING TRAINING CENTRE ADMINISTERED BY THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT THIS (WEDNESDAY) MORNING.
LED BY PROFESSOR Y. OBATA AND PROFESSOR G. TAKASHIMA, THE GROUP FROM THE LAW FACULTY OF THE RYUKOKU UNIVERSITY IN KYOTO ARE ON A FOUR-DAY OFFICIAL VISIT TO HONG KONG.
THEY WERE TAKEN TO LAI KING TRAINING CENTRE WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SAFE CUSTODY OF ALL YOUNG MALE OFFENDERS REMANDED UNDER THE TRAINING CENTRES CRDINANCE, PENDING SUITABILITY REPORTS ON THEM FOR ADMISSION TO A TRAINING CENTRE.
HERE THEY HEARD SUPERINTENDENT J.A.D.G. DE ASSIS DESCRIBE THE WORK CARRIED OUT BY THE AFTERCARE OFFICERS.
PRIOR TO THIS VISIT, THEY WENT TO THE HIGH-RISE MAXIMUM SECURITY LAI CHI KOK RECEPTION CENTRE, WHERE THEY WERE SHOWN AROUND THE RECEPTION OFFICE, CONTROL ROOM, CELLS, KITCHEN, HOSPITAL AND WORKSHOPS, BY SENIOR SUPERINTENDENT FRANCIS WONG.
THE GROUP LATER HAD DINNER AT THE OFFICERS' CLUB WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR THOMAS GARNER, AND OTHER SENIOR OFFICERS OF THE DEPARTMENT.
THEY WILL BE VISITING MA HANG PRISON AND TAI TAM GAP CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION TOMORROW (THURSDAY) BEFORE LEAVING ON FRIDAY.
RAIN-DAMAGED ROAD QUICKLY REPAIRED
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WO YIP HOP ROAD IN KWAI CHUNG, ONE OF THE ROADS MOST SERIOUSLY DAMAGED BY THE RECENT TORRENTIAL RAINS, WAS REPAIRED AND REOPENED TO TRAFFIC WITHIN ONE WEEK.
DAMAGE WAS SO EXTENSIVE THAT IT WAS INITIALLY ESTIMATED THAT IT WOULD TAKE WEEKS TO REPAIR THE FOUR-LANE ROAD.
+WORK STARTED IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE RAINSTORMS EARLIER THIS MONTH, INVOLVING EXCAVATORS, ROLLERS AND PAVERS,+ THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT HIGHWAY ENGINEER, MR T.S. NG, SAID.
+TO MINIMISE INCONVENIENCE TO MOTORISTS, REPAIR WORK WAS CARRIED OUT ROUND THE CLOCK. OUR CONTRACTORS DID A REMARKABLE JOB AND FINISHED THE WORK WITHIN A WEEK,+ HE SAID.
ABOUT 1 700 TONNES OF BITUMINOUS MATERIAL WERE USED TO RESURFACE THE ROAD, AND THE COST OF THE REPAIR PROJECT WAS ESTIMATED AT $1.5 MILLION.
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