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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1985
AT SUFFOLK ROAD, THEY VISITED THE SITE OF A PROPOSED LINK ROAD WITH NORFOLK ROAD WHICH WILL PROVIDE EASIER ACCESS BETWEEN NORTHWEST KOWLOON TONG AND SOUTHEAST KOWLOON TONG.
THE $7 MILLION PROJECT, INCLUDING IMPROVEMENT TO THE SURFACE OF NORFOLK ROAD AND THE RAIN-WATER DRAINAGE SYSTEM IN THE AREA, IS EXPECTED TO START NEXT SEPTEMBER AND TAKE ABOUT A YEAR TO COMPLETE.
WALKING ALONG WATERLOO ROAD, MEMBERS INSPECTED LOCATIONS OF THE PROPOSED ELEVATED VEHICULAR LINKS BETWEEN EAST AND WEST KOWLOON TONG AND FOOTBRIDGES ACROSS WATERLOO ROAD AT DERBY ROAD AND DURHAM ROAD.
THE $8 MILLION PROJECT WILL IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW ALONG WATERLOO ROAD BY REDUCING THE NUMBER OF GROUND-LEVEL CROSSINGS. WORK IS EXPECTED TO START IN SEPTEMBER NEXT YEAR AND BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF 1987.
BOARD MEMBERS THEN WENT TO PERTH STREET TO INSPECT THE SITE OF A PROPOSED REFUSE COLLECTION POINT.
VALUE OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING FOR OFFENDERS STRESSED
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THE IMPORTANCE OF PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES, PARTICULARLY VOCATIONAL TRAINING FOR YOUNG OFFENDERS IN THE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS, WAS STRESSED TODAY BY THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR CHAN WA-SHEK.
SUCH EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES HELPED IN THE REHABILITATION OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE AND IN PREPARING THEM FOR THE IR RETURN TO SOCIETY, MR CHAN SAID IN A LUNCHEON TALK TO THE ROTARY CLUB OF KOWLOON EAST.
THROUGH EDUCATION, THE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO DEVELOP A BETTER SENSE OF INTEGRITY, HE SAID.
THERE ARE AT PRESENT OVER 1 400 PERSONS OUT OF 1 524 UNDER 21 YEARS OF AGE TAKING VARIOUS GENERAL EDUCATION AND VOCATIONAL COURSES RUN BY QUALIFIED, FULL-TIME TEACHERS IN THE INSTITUTIONS, HE SAID.
IN ADDITION, 1 300 ADULT PRISONERS, OUT OF SOME 6 700, ARE TAKING SOME FORM OF EVENING REMEDIAL EDUCATIONAL COURSES, CORRESPONDENCE COURSES, AND SELF-STUDY COURSES.
/GIVING EXAMPLES