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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1983
HE POINTED OUT THAT THE NEW APPROACHES WERE EFFECTIVE, AS SHOWN BY THE HIGH SUCCESS RATE OF THE TRAINING AND DETENTION CENTRE PROGRAMMES.
NEARLY 65 PER CENT OF PEOPLE DISCHARGED FROM THE TRAINING CENTRES ARE NOT RE-CONVICTED WITHIN A THREE-YEAR FOLLOW-UP PERIOD- WHILE FROM THE DETENTION CENTRE, AT THE END OF A ONE-YEAR AFTER-CARE PERIOD, IT IS AS HIGH AS 94.5 PER CENT.
HE SAID MEMBERS OF THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT COULD GET IMMENSE JOB SATISFACTION BECAUSE THEY WOULD BE CONTRIBUTING TO THIS EFFORT.
MR SANDBERG WAS THE INSPECTING OFFICER AT THE PASSING-OUT PARADE HELD AT THE DEPARTMENT'S STAFF TRAINING INSTITUTE IN STANLEY.
ON PARADE WERE 27 OFFICERS AND 116 ASSISTANT OFFICERS WHO HAD JUST COMPLETED THEIR SIX-MONTH BASIC TRAINING.
HE ALSO PRESENTED SILVER WHISTLES TO THE TWO BEST ALL-ROUND RECRUITS, MR LAU CHUNG-YIN AND MR LUI SHIU-CHOY.
BUS STATION TO BE BUILT IN TUEN MUN
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THE CIVIC AND CULTURAL COMPLEX NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN THE CENTRAL AREA OF TUEN MUN NEW TOWN IS TO INCLUDE A NEW BUS STATION.
TENDERS FOR THE WORK ARE BEING INVITED NOW BY THE ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE OF THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THE COMPLEX INCLUDES AN AUDITORIUM, GOVERNMENT OFFICES, LAW COURTS, A MULTI-STOREY CARPARK, A LIBRARY, A POST OFFICE AND A MARRIAGE REGISTRY, ALL OF WHICH WILL SURROUND A LANDSCAPED GARDEN.
HE SAID ALL THESE BUILDINGS WERE AT DIFFERENT STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT.
THE SIX-LANE BUS STATION, OCCUPYING ABOUT 8 250 SQUARE METRES, WILL BE COVERED WITH A LANDSCAPED PODIUM LINKED BY COVERED WALKWAYS TO BUILDINGS WITHIN THE COMPLEX AND ALSO TO TUEN MUN TOWN PARK AND THE SURROUNDING COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL BLOCKS. IT WILL INCLUDE A BUS CREW CANTEEN AND A REGULATOR'S OFFICE.
WORK IS EXPECTED TO START EARLY NEXT YEAR AND BE COMPLETED IN 18 MONTHS. THERE ARE ALREADY FOUR OTHER BUS STATIONS IN TUEN MUN.
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