TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1985
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CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS COMMENDED
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NINE STAFF MEMBERS OF THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT WERE TODAY COMMENDED FOR EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE OF DUTIES,
AT A SPECIAL CEREMONY HELD AT THE DEPARTMENT'S HEADQUARTERS IN WAN CHAI, THEY WERE PRESENTED WITH THE COMMISSIONER'S COMMENDATION CERTIFICATES BY ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR BARRY HIGGINBOTTOM.
MR HIGGINBOTTOM SAID THE AWARDS WERE GIVEN IN RECOGNITION OF ACTIONS +FAR ABOVE AND BEYOND THE NORMAL CALL OF DUTY+.
+ IT IS ONLY ON RARE OCCASIONS SUCH AS THIS THAT THE ATTENTION OF THE PUBLIC CAN BE DRAWN TO THE DILIGENCE, DEVOTION TO DUTY AND, ON MANY OCCASIONS, ACTUAL BRAVERY SHOWN BY OFFICERS WHOSE WORK MUST, BY ITS VERY NATURE BE PERFORMED BEHIND CLOSED DOORS MOST OF THE TIME, + MR HIGGINBOTTOM SAID.
THE AWARDS WERE A CLEAR INDICATION OF THE PRIDE THEY TOOK IN THE IR WORK AND IN RETURN THE DEPARTMENT WAS PROUD OF THEM, HE SAID.
AWARD RECIPIENTS WERE PRINCIPAL OFFICER KWONG YIU-WING, ASSISTANT OFFICERS MANUEL DA SILVA, CHAN KAI-KUEN, CHU KWOK-LEUNG, TSUI KAM-CHIU, YEUNG YIU-TING AND LAM CHIU-CHUNG, TECHNICAL INSTRUCTOR LAM KWONG, AND SENIOR MASTER CHEUNG KAI-KWONG.
THE SENIOR MASTER WAS COMMENDED FOR HIS EXCEPTIONAL INTEREST, DEDICATION AND CONTRIBUTION TO PROMOTING PRISONERS' EDUCATIONAL CLASSES IN STANLEY PRISON+.
THE TECHNICAL INSTRUCTOR WAS COMMENDED FOR THE EXCEPTIONAL WAY IN WHICH HE HAD APPLIED HIS PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE IN ASSISTING WITH BUILDING WORK ON HEI LING CHAU ISLAND- ASSISTANT OFFICERS YEUNG YIU-TING AND LAM CHIU-CHUNG WERE COMMENDED FOR THE IR EXCEPTIONAL ZEAL AND DEDICATION IN SUPERVISING AND DIRECTING INMATES ON THE ISLAND'S CONSTRUCTION WORK.
THE OTHERS WERE COMMENDED FOR TRACING AND APPREHENDING AN ESCAPEE, SEIZURE OF DANGEROUS DRUGS AND PREVENTING A SUICIDE ATTEMPT BY A PRISONER.
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