FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1984
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CERTIFICATES OF ATTENDANCE WILL BE ISSUED TO PARTICIPANTS WHO HAVE FOLLOWED THE COURSE REGULARLY.
NOMINATIONS SHOULD REACH THE SENIOR EDUCATION OFFICER (FURTHER EDUCATION), EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, LEE GARDENS, 2/F, HYSAN AVENUE, CAUSEWAY BAY, HONG KONG ON OR BEFORE MARCH 24.
SCHOOLS WILL BE INFORMED IN MID-APRIL WHETHER THEIR TEACHERS HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED.
ENQUIRIES CONCERNING THE COURSES MAY BE MADE TO GRANTHAM COLLEGE OF EDUCATION ON TEL: 3-910012 OR 3-910043, AND ENQUIRIES REGARDING REPLACEMENT TEACHERS TO THE DISTRICT EDUCATION OFFICER CONCERNED.
VISITORS IMPRESSED WITH CORRECTIONAL SERVICES
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THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT IN HONG KONG IS TIPTOP, MALAYSIA'S DIRECTOR GENERAL OF PRISONS, DATO' IBRAHIM B.HJ. MOHAMED, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
DATO' IBRAHIM SAID HE WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE MODERN FACILITIES AND EFFICIENT MANAGEMENT AT THE DEPARTMENT'S CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND STA TRAINING INSTITUTE HE HAD VISITED.
DATO' IBRAHIM IS CURRENTLY LEADING A DELEGATION OF 15 SENIOR MALAYSIAN PRISON OFFICERS ON A TOUR TO STUDY CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND PROGRAMMES IN KOREA, HONG KONG AND THAILAND.
ACCOMPANIED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR THOMAS GARNER, THE DELEGATION TODAY FIRST VISITED THE VARIOUS TRAINING FACILITIES AT THE STAFF TRAINING INSTITUTE.
NEXT, THEY PROCEEDED TO THE NEARBY MAXIMUM SECURITY STANLEY PRISON WHERE THEY INSPECTED ITS CELLULAR ACCOMMODATION AND SAW PRISONERS AT WORK IN VARIOUS WORKSHOPS.
THEY ALSO TOURED THE ADJACENT TUNG TAU CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION TO LOOK AT ITS DORMITORIES, CHAPEL, LIBRARY, SICK BAY AND WORKSHOPS.
THE DELEGATION THEN VISITED THE TAI TAM GAP CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION WHERE THEY SAW SOME YOUNG FEMALE OFFENDERS RECEIVING VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND OTHERS ATTENDING EDUCATIONAL CLASSES.
TOMORROW, THEY WILL VISIT THE NEWLY BUILT SHEK PIK PRISON, HEI LING CHAU ADDICTION TREATMENT CENTRE AND LAI SUN CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION.
THE DELEGATION ARRIVED HERE YESTERDAY (THURSDAY) AND WILL LEAVE FOR BANGKOK ON MONDAY.
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