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MR THOMAS SAID HE WAS IMPRESSED BY THE HIGH MORALE OF THE PROFESSIONAL OFFICERS, THE MODERN STANDARDS OF CELLS AND WASHING ACCOMMODATION, AND THE STRIKING RANGE OF WORK OPPORTUNITIES FOR PRISONERS.
HE ALSO PAID TRIBUTE TO THE WORK WHICH THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR THOMAS GARNER, HAD UNDERTAKEN FOR THE DETENTION AND SUPERVISION OF MORE THAN 5 000 VIETNAMESE IMMIGRANTS IN CLOSED CAMPS.
+THE PROFESSIONAL COMMITMENT OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF HIS STAFF IS WORK WELL DONE EVEN IF THE IR PRAISES ARE RARELY SUNG, HE SAID. +THESE UNFORTUNATE VIETNAMESE PEOPLE HAVE ASPIRATIONS FOR RESETTLEMENT THAT ARE VERY DIFFICULT FOR GOVERNMENTS TO SATISFY HERE, IN COMPETITION WITH THE SPLIT CHINESE FAMILIES SEPARATED BY THE GUANGDONG BORDER OR ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD, IN COMPETITION WITH THE RANKS OF THE UNEMPLOYED AND OTHER IMMIGRANTS, MR THOMAS SAID.
COMMONWEALTH CORRECTIONAL ADMINISTRATORS MEETING OPENS
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THE INAUGURAL MEETING OF COMMONWEALTH CORRECTIONAL ADMINISTRATORS WAS OFFICIALLY OPENED TODAY (MONDAY) BY THE CHIEF JUSTICE, SIR DENYS ROBERTS, IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL CHAMBER.
IN HIS WELCOMING ADDRESS, THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR THOMAS GARNER, SAID THAT THIS MEETING WAS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND FOR THE MOST SENIOR ADMINISTRATORS IN CHARGE OF PRISONS AND CORRECTIONAL SERVICES WITHIN THE COMMONWEALTH OF NATIONS COMING TOGETHER TO DISCUSS VARIOUS MATTERS RELATING TO PRISON ADMINISTRATION AND THE OTHER AREAS IN WHICH THEY WORKED.
HE SAID THE MEETING WAS ALSO THE LARGEST EVER OF CORRECTIONAL ADMINISTRATORS ON A WORLD-WIDE BASIS COMMONWEALTH OR OTHERWISE OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED NATIONS CONGRESS WHICH TOOK PLACE EVERY FIVE YEARS.
HE THANKED THE PARTICIPANTS FOR CHOOSING HONG KONG TO HOST THIS FIRST MEETING FROM MARCH 18 TO 22.
MR GARNER IS THE CONVENOR OF THE MEETING, AND ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR BARRY HIGGINBOTTOM, THE SECRETARY; THE DIRECTOR OF THE LEGAL DIVISION, COMMONWEALTH SECRETARIAT, MR JEREMY POPE, THE CO-SECRETARY; PROFESSOR WILLIAM CLIFFORD, FORMERLY THE DIRECTOR OF THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF CRIMINOLOGY, IS THE CONSULTANT AND RAPPORTEUR.
/THE MEETING