NOTE TO EDITORS:
THIRCDAY, DECEMBER 16, inte
INAUGURATION OF YIN NGAI SOCIETIES
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- LADY YOUDE WILL OFFICIATE AT A JOINT INAUGURATION CEREMONY OF FIVE YIN NGAI SOCIETIES AT PAK TIN COMMUNITY CENTRE, PAK TIN ESTATE, SHAM SHUI PO, AT 11 AM ON SATURDAY (DECEMBER 18).
THEY ARE THE ON TING/YAU OI, TAI YUEN, SHUI PIN WAI, OI MAN AND PAK TIN ESTATES YIN NGAI SOCIETIES.
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE INAUGURATION. A 14-SEATER GOVERNMENT VAN WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THE PRESS AND LEAVE KOWLOON PUBLIC PIER AT 10:15 AM FOR THE CEREMONY.
NEW PRISON COMES AT RIGHT TIME'
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THE NEW, MINIMUM-SECURITY TUNG TAU CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION IN STANLEY CAME +AT A MOST APPROPRIATE TIME+, WHEN THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN THE PRISON POPULATION, THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR THOMAS GARNER, SAID TODAY.
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HE WAS SPEAKING AT A FORMAL CEREMONY MARKING THE HANDING OVER OF THE INSTITUTION TO THE DEPARTMENT BY THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT ARCHITECT, MR JOSEPH LEI.
MR GARNER EXPLAINED THAT THERE HAD BEEN A DECREASE IN THE AVERAGE DAILY PRISON POPULATION UNTIL 1979. AFTER THAT, THE AVERAGE DAILY POPULATION BEGAN TO INCREASE BY JUST OVER SIX PER CENT IN 1980 AND AGAIN IN 1981.
HOWEVER, THIS YEAR, AND PARTICULARLY DURING THE PAST SIX MONTHS, THERE HAS BEEN A TEN-PER CENT INCREASE IN THE AVERAGE DAILY POPULATION, HE SAID.,
ALSO AT THE CEREMONY, IN WHICH THE KEY TO THE MAIN GATE OF THE INSTITUTION WAS HANDED TO MR GARNER, WERE THE, DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THAILAND'S DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, MR DHAVEE CHOOSUP, AND FOUR OF HIS SENJOR OFFICERS, WHO HAD COME SPECIALLY FOR THE OCCASION.
THE NEW INSTITUTION, WHICH IS ADJACENT TO STANLEY PRISON, IS A MINIMUM-SECURITY PRISON FOR MALE FIRST OFFENDERS AND HAS ACCOMMODATION FOR 240 PRISONERS.
IT CONSISTS OF A SINGLE SIX-STOREY STRUCTURE WITH FULL SUPPORTING FACILITIES, INCLUDING KITCHEN, DINING ROOM, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRY AND A CHAPEL.