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TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 1984

NEW PRISON TO BE OPENED ON LANTAU

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THE NEWLY-BUILT MAXIMUM SECURITY SHEK PIK PRISON ON LANTAU ISLAND, ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST MODERN PRISONS, WILL BE OFFICIALLY OPENED BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, ON SATURDAY (APRIL 28) AT 3 PM,

YOU ARE INVITED TO NOMINATE A REPORTER OR PHOTOGRAPHER TO COVER THE CEREMONY.

AFTER THE CEREMONY, A TOUR WILL BE CONDUCTED ROUND THE VARIOUS FACILITIES OF THE INSTITUTION.

NO PHOTOGRAPHING OF FACILITIES INSIDE THE INSTITUTION WILL BE ALLOWED. THE PHOTOGRAPHS WILL BE ISSUED BY THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

A LAUNCH WITH 25 AVAILABLE SEATS WILL TAKE THE PRESS TO LANTAU ISLAND TO COVER THE EVENT.

DUE TO LIMITED SEATING, MEDIA ORGANISATIONS WISHING TO COVER THE EVENT SHOULD TELEPHONE THE NAME AND IDENTITY CARD NUMBER OF THE IR REPRESENTATIVES TO THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT PUBLIC RELATIONS UNIT (5-757195 EXTENSION 24 OR 25) DURING OFFICE HOURS, BUT NOT LATER THAN 5 PM ON FRIDAY (APRIL 27). SEATS WILL BE RESERVED ON A FIRST-COME-FIRST-SERVED BASIS.

NOMINATED MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES SHOULD ASSEMBLE AT QUEEN'S PIER BEFORE 12.45 PM ON SATURDAY, WHEN THE LAUNCH WILL LEAVE FOR LANTAU ISLAND.

SPECIAL LAPEL BADGES WILL BE ISSUED AT THE ASSEMBLY PLACE.

PROPER JEWELLERY INDUSTRY TRAINING URGED

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JEWELLERY MANUFACTURERS WERE URGED RECENTLY TO START PROPER APPRENTICE TRAINING SCHEMES TO ENSURE THAT THE INDUSTRY WILL HAVE ENOUGH WELL-TRAINED MANPOWER IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS.

MAKING THE CALL, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JEWELLERY INDUSTRY TRAINING BOARD, MR HUI CHECK-WING SAID, THE TRAINING BOARD STRONGLY RECOMMENDS THAT PROPER APPRENTICESHIP IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE AND ECONOMIC WAY TO TRAIN CRAFTSMEN AND TECHNICIANS FOR THE JEWELLERY INDUSTRY.+

PROPER APPRENTICESHIP REQUIRED A TRAINEE TO UNDERGO THREE TO FOUR YEARS ORGANISED ON-THE-JOB TRAINING AND TO ATTEND RELATED PART-TIME DAY RELEASE COURSE OFFERED AT TECHNICAL INSTITUTE, HE SAID.

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