FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1985
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MR GARNER POINTED OUT THAT THE NEW WORKSHOP WOULD FREE FOR USE ALL DORMITORY ACCOMMODATION AND SO ENLARGE THE PRISON TO TAKE UP TO 600 PRISONERS.
+ THE PRISON, THEREFORE, HAS DEVELOPED FROM THAT OF A CAMP TO AN INDUSTRIAL PRISON, AND IS THE FIRST TO BE REFERRED TO AS SUCH IN THE DEPARTMENT.
+IT WILL PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR THE GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT OF OFFENDERS IN AN INDUSTRIAL SETTING, AND AT THE SAME TIME ENABLES THEM TO HAVE THE BENEFIT OF INDUSTRIAL TRAINING AND SO CULTIVATE GOOD WORK HABITS,+ MR GARNER SAID.
CAS HOLDING NT EXERCISE *****
THE CIVIL AID SERVICES WILL HOLD A NEW TERRITORIES REGIONAL EXERCISE IN TUEN MUN ON SUNDAY (MAY 5).
THE EXERCISE WILL TAKE PLACE AT TWO SITES YUEN TUN TRAINING CAMP, FROM 9.45 AM TO 6 PM.
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SO KWUN WAT AND
OVER 300 CAS VOLUNTEERS AND CADETS WILL ENGAGE IN THE EXERCISE, WHICH CONSISTS OF A MOCK RAINSTORM AND LANDSLIP EMERGENCY OPERATION INVOLVING LARGE-SCALE SEARCH AND RESCUE WORK, CASUALTY EXCAVATION AND HANDLING.
THE PURPOSE IS TO TEST THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF CAS INCIDENT CONTROL, AS WELL AS MOBILISATION AND DEPLOYMENT OF MANPOWER AND RESOURCES, AND CASUALTY EXCAVATION.
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