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MONDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1982
UK PRISON CHIEF VISITS INSTITUTIONS
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THE VISITING DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE PRISON SERVICE IN ENGLAND AND WALES, MR DENNIS TREVELYAN, TODAY (MONDAY) VISITED SEVERAL CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT INSTITUTIONS, ACCOMPANIED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR THOMAS GARNER.
MR TREVELYAN FIRST WENT TO LAI CHI KOK RECEPTION CENTRE FOR THE CUSTODY OF ADULTS ON REMAND, ONE OF THE FEW HIGH-RISE PENAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE WORLD.
HE THEN PROCEEDED TO THE DEPARTMENT'S STAFF TRAINING INSTITUTE IN STANLEY AND LOOKED OVER THE TRAINING PROGRAMMES.
LATER, HE VISITED THE MAXIMUM SECURITY STANLEY PRISON AND SAW THE VARIOUS FACILITIES, INCLUDING THE EXTENSIVE INDUSTRIES SECTION WHERE ALL TRAFFIC SIGNS IN HONG KONG ARE MADE.
OTHER INDUSTRIES PROVIDED BY THE SECTION INCLUDE SHOE MAKING, TAILORING, PRINTING, ENVELOPE MAKING AS WELL AS TELEVISION AND RADIO REPAIRING.
MR TREVELYAN IS ON AN EIGHT-DAY VISIT, AND WILL BE TOUR ING OTHER CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS RUN BY THE DEPARTMENT.
AIR SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS
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MR N. LATHAM, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION, WILL REPRESENT HONG KONG AT AIR SERVICES TALKS TO BE HELD IN LONDON FROM TOMORROW (TUESDAY) BETWEEN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.
THE TALKS HAVE BEEN ARRANGED TO REVIEW THE AIR SERVICES ARRANGEMENTS BETWEEN THE TWO GOVERNMENTS.
AFTER THE TALKS IN LONDON, MR LATHAM WILL PROCEED TO BERNE FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF AIR SERVICES TALKS BETWEEN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE SWISS AERONAUTICAL AUTHORITIES.
THE TALKS, STARTING ON DECEMBER 13, WILL BE A CONTINUATION OF THE NEGOTIATIONS HELD IN LONDON LAST MONTH TO REVIEW, AMONG OTHER CIVIL AVIATION MATTERS, AIR SERVICES BETWEEN EUROPE AND HONG KONG.
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