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THE ISLAND WAS TAKEN OVER FROM THE LEPROSY MISSION (HONG KONG AUXILIARY) AND GAZETTED AS A DRUG ADDICTION TREATMENT CENTRE ON APRIL 10, 1975.
AT PRESENT, THERE ARE FOUR INSTITUTIONS ON THE ISLAND COMPRISING A CLOSED CENTRE FOR REFUGEES, A MEDIUM SECURITY INSTITUTION FOR YOUNG PRISONERS AND TWO DRUG ADDICTION TREATMENT CENTRES INCLUDING ONE FOR YOUNG INMATES UNDER 21 YEARS OF AGE. SOME 600 STAFF ARE WORKING ON THE ISLAND LOOKING AFTER MORE THAN 2 600 INMATES.
LATER IN THE EVENING, A FAREWELL PARTY WAS HELD ON THE ISLAND FOR SUPERINTENDENT CHUN CHAK-LAM OF HEI LING CHAU CLOSED CENTRE WHO WILL SOON BE RETIRING AFTER 31 YEARS' SERVICE WITH THE DEPARTMENT.
DB MEMBERS LEARN ABOUT POLICE OPERATIONS
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MEMBERS OF THE NEW KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD THIS (WEDNESDAY) AFTERNOON LEARNED ABOUT POLICE OPERATIONS AND THE CRIME SITUATION IN KWUN TONG.
ACCOMPANIED BY THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR KEVIN MAK, THE 23 BOARD MEMBERS VISITED THE KWUN TONG POLICE STATION, AND MERE BRIEFED BY THE POLICE DISTRICT COMMANDER (KWUN TONG)
MP ROBERT STEELE, ON THE FUNCTIONS OF THE POLICE AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL.
BOARD MEMBERS WERE TOLD THAT A REPORT ON THE LAW AND ORDER SITUATION IN THE DISTRICT OVER THE PAST YEAR HAD BEEN SUBMITTED FOR THEIR DISCUSSION AT THE FIRST KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD MEETING ON MAY 6.
THEY WERE ALSO INTRODUCED TO THE NEW POLICE DISTRICT COMMANDER OF SAU MAU PING DISTRICT, MR TEDDY U.
AFTER THE BRIEFING, THE PARTY TOURED THE POLICE STATION TO SEE THE VARIOUS FACILITIES AND OPERATION OF THE STATION.
TODAY'S VISIT WAS PART OF THE FOUR-MONTH FAMILIARISATION PROGRAMME FOR BOARD MEMBERS. SIMILAR ACTIVITIES TO INTRODUCE OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS WOULD BE ARRANGED IN NEXT FEW MONTHS.
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