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HE CONGRATULATED THE SENIOR SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF OF STANLEY PRISON, PARTICULARLY THE TEACHERS AND INSTRUCTORS, AND SAID THEY SHARED IN THE CREDIT FOR THIS ACHIEVEMENT.
THE RECIPIENTS, AGED BETWEEN 22 AND 30, ARE SERVING SENTENCES RANGING FROM 5 TO 14 YEARS AND ARE ALL DUE FOR DISCHARGE WITHIN THE NEXT 24 MONTHS.
THEY HAD ALSO EARNED REMARKABLE RESULTS - 21 DISTINCTIONS AND THREE CREDITS - IN THE FIRST YEAR EXAMINATIONS HELD LAST DECEMBER.
MR GARNER ALSO SAID THAT DURING THE PAST TWO YEARS, A TOTAL OF 152 CANDIDATES FROM DIFFERENT INSTITUTIONS HAD SAT VARIOUS EXAMINATIONS AND HAD ACHIEVED A PASS RATE OF OVER 90 PER CENT,
SEMINAR TO FIGHT CRIME
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A CRIME PREVENTION SEMINAR FOR CARETAKERS AND WATCHMEN IN THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICTS WILL BE HELD TOMORROW (SATURDAY) EVENING AT THE WESTERN DISTRICT COMMUNITY CENTRE,
THE ANNUAL SEMINAR IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE AND THE MULTI-STOREY BUILDING OWNERS ASSOCIATIONS OF BOTH DISTRICTS.
THE SEMINAR WILL START WITH A 30-MINUTE FILM SHOW ON METHODS OF CRIME PREVENTION. OFFICERS FROM VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS WILL THEN GIVE TALKS ON THE SUBJECT.
MEMBERS OF MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES, OWNERS CORPORATIONS AND BUILDING OWNERS ASSOCIATIONS HAVE ALSO BEEN INVITED TO ATTEND THE SEMINAR.
GUEST SPEAKERS WILL INCLUDE THE POLICE REGIONAL CRIME PREVENTION OFFICER, CRIME PREVENTION BUREAU, (HONG KONG ISLAND), MR C.N. IP; THE FIRE STATION OFFICER OF THE FIRE PROTECTION BUREAU, MR LEUNG KWONG-SAK THE CHIEF BUILDING SURVEYOR OF THE BUILDING ORDINANCE OFFICE, MR PATRICK AU AND A MEMBER OF THE DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE, MR MA CHING-YUK.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN CRIME PREVENTION SEMINAR WHICH WILL BE HELD AT 8 PM TOMORROW (SATURDAY) AT THE WESTERN DISTRICT COMMUNITY CENTRE, ROOM 203, 105 THIRD STREET, WESTERN DISTRICT.
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