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HE ALSO SAID THAT ONCE THE OFFICE-BEARERS OF THE NEW ASSOCIATION HAD BEEN APPOINTED, THE EXISTING JUNIOR AND SENIOR DEPARTMENTAL CONSULTATIVE COUNCILS WOULD BE DISSOLVED.
++ AM SURE THAT THE ASSOCIATION WILL PLAY ITS FULL PART IN THE WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT AND WILL BE ABLE TO COMPETENTLY REPRESENT THE STAFF AT ALL LEVELS ON THE VARIOUS MATTERS WHICH COME WITHIN THE AMBIT OF ITS CONSTITUTION, HE REMARKED.
MR GARNER WAS SPEAKING AT THE PRESENTATION TO 34 OFFICERS OF FIRST AND SECOND CLASPS TO THE COLONIAL PRISON SERVICE MEDAL.
THE EVENT WAS HELD AT THE STAFF TRAINING INSTITUTE IN
STANLEY.
ON PARADE WERE 205 CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS IN SEVEN CONTINGENTS FROM VARIOUS INSTITUTIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT, COMMANDED BY SENIOR SUPERINTENDENT ALOYSIUS WONG.
MR GARNER ALSO SAID THAT THERE ARE OVER 350 VISITS BY JUSTICES OF THE PEACE TO THE VARIOUS INSTITUTIONS EACH YEAR.
THESE VISITS WERE VERY IMPORTANT TO THE WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT AND IN PARTICULAR ENSURED THAT PRISONERS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOICE ANY COMPLAINT THEY MAY HAVE, HE SAID.
+ IN EVERY INSTITUTION THERE ARE NOTICES PROMINENTLY DISPLAYED DRAWING THE ATTENTION OF PRISONERS TO THE FACT THAT THEY ARE ALLOWED, WITHOUT PRIOR NOTIFICATION, TO APPROACH THE VISITING JUSTICES OR THE COMMISSIONER TO MAKE ANY REQUEST OR COMPLAINT IF THEY WISH TO DO SO, HE SAID.
HE SAID ALSO THAT THE INSTITUTE PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE TRAINING OF STAFF AT ALL LEVELS IN MANY DIFFERENT SPHERES. PROFESSIONAL CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS TRAINED THERE COULD ATTAIN A STANDARD SECOND TO NONE IN COMPARISON TO THEIR COUNTERPARTS ANY WHERE IN THE WORLD, HE ADDED.
CONSTRUCTION OF SEAWALL AND BREAKWATER FOR CHAJ WAN
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THE CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE OF THE ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SEAWALL AND A BREAKWATER IN CHAI WAN.
ON COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT, THE AREA BEHIND THE SEAWALL WILL BE RECLAIMED TO FORM ABOUT SEVEN HECTARES OF LAND FOR INDUSTRIAL USE.
THE 180-METRE-LONG BREAKWATER WILL PROVIDE SHELTER FOR VESSELS ANCHORED INSIDE THE CHAI WAN CARGO HANDLING BASIN DURING TYPHOONS.
WORK ON THE PROJECT WILL START IN MAY AND IS EXPECTED TO TAKE ABOUT 26 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
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