FRIDAY, MAY 24, 1985
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GURKHA COMMANDER SEES CORRECTIONAL WORK
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THE COMMANDER GURKHA FIELD FORCE, BRIGADIER PETER DUFFELL, TODAY (FRIDAY) VISITED FOUR INSTITUTIONS RUN BY THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO HAVE A FIRST-HAND LOOK AT THE DAILY LIVES OF PRISONERS, DRUG ADDICTION TREATMENT CENTRE INMATES AND CLOSED CENTRE REFUGEES.
ACCOMPANIED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR THOMAS GARNER, THE COMMANDER FIRST WENT TO THE MAXIMUM SECURITY STANLEY PRISON, WHICH NOW HOLDS OVER 1 400 ADULTS. HE TOURED THE VARIOUS FACILITIES AND SAW PRISONERS AT WORK IN FULL INDUSTRIAL SETTINGS.
HE THEN FLEW BY HELICOPTER TO HE! LING CHAU, TO SEE THE HEI LING CHAU CLOSED CENTRE FOR VIETNAMESE REFUGEES, THE LAI SUN CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION FOR YOUNG PRISONERS AND THE HEI LING CHAU DRUG ADDICTION TREATMENT CENTRE.
DURING THE TOUR, BRIGADIER DUFFELL WAS BRIEFED ON THE VARIOUS PROGRAMMES PROVIDED BY THE DEPARTMENT FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF
INMATES.
HE LEARNED THAT YOUNG PRISONERS UNDERGO A PROGRAMME OF HALF-DAY EDUCATION AND HALF-DAY VOCATIONAL TRAINING, DRUG DEPENDENTS RECEIVE WORK THERAPY AND COUNSELLING, AND THAT REFUGEES CAN MOVE VERY FREELY WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE CENTRE.
AFTER THE VISIT, HE SAID HE WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE WAY CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS WERE RUN IN HONG KONG. HE NOTED THE GOOD ADMINISTRATION OF THE DEPARTMENT, HIGH MORALE AMONG THE STAFF AND GOOD RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE STAFF AND THE PRISONERS. HE ALSO SAID THAT THE DEPARTMENT GAVE MUCH ENCOURAGEMENT TO THE PRISONERS, WITH HOPE FOR THE FUTURE.
DB MEMBERS TO DISCUSS ERP ****
VIEWS ON THE ELECTRONIC ROAD PRICING SYSTEM WILL BE SOUGHT FROM THE 19 DISTRICT BOARDS IN THE FINAL ROUND OF CONSULTATION DURING THE NEXT THREE WEEKS.
BEGINNING ON TUESDAY (MAY 28) IN WAN CHAI, BOARD MEMBERS #ILL DISCUSS THE ELECTRONIC ROAD PRICING PILOT SCHEME RESULTS BRIEF AND CONSULTATION DOCUMENT AT SPECIALLY ARRANGED OR REGULAR DE MEETINGS.
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