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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1982
HOME OFFICE DIRECTOR-GENERAL PRISON SERVICE ARRIVES
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THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE PRISON SERVICE IN ENGLAND AND WALES, MR D. J. TREVELYAN, ARRIVED IN HONG KONG TODAY (FRIDAY) FOR AN EIGHT-DAY VISIT. HE IS ACCOMPANIED BY HIS WIFE.
DURING HIS STAY, MR TREVELYAN WILL HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR T.G. GARNER, ON THE TREATMENT OF OFFENDERS. HE WILL VISIT A NUMBER OF CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND SEE SOME OF THE PROGRAMMES FOR OFFENDERS RUN BY THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
ON WEDNESDAY (DECEMBER 8), HE WILL BE THE INSPECTING OFFICER AT A PASSING-OUT PARADE OF RECRUIT OFFICERS AT THE DEPARTMENT'S STAFF TRAINING INSTITUTE IN STANLEY.
HONG KONG IS THE LAST LEG OF MR TREVELYAN'S FAR EAST TOUR DURING WHICH HE HAS VISITED CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN MALAYSIA, SINGAPORE AND THAILAND.
HE WILL RETURN TO ENGLAND ON FRIDAY (DECEMBER 10).
NOTE TO EDITORS.
MR TREVELYAN WILL MEET THE MEDIA IN THE GIS THEATRE AT 2.30 PM THURSDAY (DECEMBER 9).
SERVICES TO HELP YOUNG STUDENTS
EFFORTS ARE BEING MADE TO INTEGRATE FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION ELEMENTS INTO THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM TO HELP STUDENTS UNDERSTAND THEMSELVES AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHERS, THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR SELWYN ALLEYNE, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE SPEECH DAY OF CHEUNG CHUK SHAN COLLEGE, MR ALLEYNE SAID THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND THE VOLUNTARY WELFARE AGENCIES WERE WORKING TOGETHER ON THE PLANS.
HE SAID THAT AS FAR AS MANPOWER ALLOWED, THE S.W.D. WAS_TRYING TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION WORKERS AND TO DRAW UP PRIORITIES FOR DEVELOPING RESOURCE MATERIALS SO AS TO MAKE THE SERVICE MORE EFFECTIVE.
HE NOTED THAT YOUNG PEOPLE EXPERIENCED A SERIES OF PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL CHANGES WHEN THEY STEPPED INTO ADOLESCENCE, WHICH WAS SOMETIMES CALLED AN AGE OF STORM AND STRESS+.