WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1985
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RECRUITS COMPLETE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES TRAINING
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EIGHTY-TWO CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT RECRUITS WHO HAVE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE ORIENTATION TRAINING COURSES WERE AWARDED CERTIFICATES TODAY.
THEY RECEIVED THEIR CERTIFICATES FROM A SUPERINTENDENT OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR CHAN CHUN-YAN, AT A CEREMONY HELD AT THE STAFF TRAINING INSTITUTE IN STANLEY.
THE RECIPIENTS, COMPRISING 10 OFFICERS AND 72 ASSISTANT OFFICERS, PASSED THE EXAMINATION ON COMPLETION OF THE YEAR-LONG COURSES.
CONDUCTED BY THE STAFF TRAINING INSTITUTE, THE COURSES CONSISTED OF THREE STAGES AND WERE INTERSPERSED WITH TWO PERIODS OF FIELD TRAINING IN VARIOUS PENAL INSTITUTIONS. THEY WERE AIMED AT DEVELOPING THE TRAINEES LEADERSHIP SKILLS AS WELL AS AN UNDERSTANDING OF CRIME, THE DYNAMICS OF HUMAN BEHAVIOUR AND TREATMENT OF OFFENDERS.
TODAY'S RECIPIENTS HAD ALSO PASSED TWO YEARS' PROBATION PERIOD AND ARE NOW WORKING AT VARIOUS INSTITUTIONS OF THE DEPARTME .T.
MOBILE AIR QUALITY LAB A BIG HELP
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THE NEW, MOBILE AIR QUALITY MONITORING LABORATORY WOULD GREATLY HELP THE EFFORTS BEING MADE TO PROVIDE A BETTER INSIGHT INTO ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY IN HONG KONG, THE ACTING PRINCIPAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OFFICER, MR FRED TROMP SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AT A PRESS BRIEFING, HE SAID THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY'S MOBILE LABORATORY WOULD BE USED AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS AROUND HONG KONG TO MONITOR AMBIENT AIR QUALITY, AUTOMATICALLY, DOWN TO MINUTE CONCENTRATIONS.
THE MOBILE LABORATORY WOULD AUGMENT THE MONITORING CAPABILITY OF THE EPA'S NETWORK OF SIX AIR QUALITY MONITORING STATIONS WHICH ARE GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE ROOF TOPS OF BUILDINGS, HE SAID.
TO HELP WITH IDENTIFICATION OF POLLUTION SOURCES, THERE WAS PROVISION TO MEASURE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION, SOLAR RADIATION AND TEMPERATURE THROUGH THE USE OF A TELESCOPIC MAST WHICH COULD BE RAISED UP TO TEN METRES ABOVE GROUND LEVEL.
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