THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1985
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SIR DAVID VISITS FACILITIES AT STANLEY
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THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, HAD A LOOK AT THE WORK OF THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT DURING A VISIT TO STANLEY PRISON AND THE DEPARTMENT'S STAFF TRAINING INSTITUTE TODAY.
ACCOMPANIED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR CHAN WA-SHEK, HE WAS SHOWN AROUND THE PRISON'S CELLS, WORKSHOPS, CHAPEL, KITCHEN AND HOSPITAL.
SIR DAVID WAS TOLD THAT PRISONERS THERE HAD TO BE DETAINED IN MAXIMUM SECURITY CONDITIONS AND THERE WERE OVER 1 400 PRISONERS AT STANLEY.
SIR DAVID LEARNED THAT THE INMATES PREPARED THE IR OWN MEALS UNDER SUPERVISION BY CATERING INSTRUCTORS.
MOST OF THE PRISONERS ALSO WORKED IN A WIDE VARIETY OF TRADES INCLUDING SHOE-MAKING, TRAFFIC-SIGN MANUFACTURING, CARPENTRY AND GARMENT MAKING.
SIR DAVID THEN WENT TO THE STAFF TRAINING INSTITUTE IN STANLEY AND WAS BRIEFED ON THE BASIC TRAINING PROGRAMMES FOR RECRUITS AND DEVELOPMENTAL COURSES FOR SERVING OFFICERS.
HE SAW OFFICERS UNDERGOING TRAINING IN CLASSROOMS, THE GYMNASIUM AND INDOOR SHOOTING RANGE. HE ALSO TOURED OTHER FACILITIES INCLUDING THE TRAINING COURT ROOM, CONTROL ROOM, NURSING TRAINING WARD, TRAINING CELLS AND THE MUSEUM.
SIR PETER VISITS PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES *****
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BRITISH HONG KONG PARLIAMENTARY GROUP, SIR PETER BLAKER, TODAY (THURSDAY) VISITED A VARIETY OF PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECTS,
SIR PETER AND LADY BLAKER FIRST CALLED AT THE HOUSING AUTHORITY HEADQUARTERS WHERE THEY WERE WELCOMED BY THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF HOUSING (OPERATIONS), MR HAIDER BARMA.
THEY WERE BRIEFED BY MR BARMA ON THE EVOLUTION AND LATEST DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG'S PUBLIC HOUSING PROGRAMME.
ACCOMPANIED BY SENIOR OFFICIALS OF THE DEPARTMENT, THE VISITORS THEN WENT TO CHUK YUEN (SOUTH) ESTATE TO VIEW THE FIRST BATCH OF CONVERTED FLATS SPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR SINGLE PERSONS IN NEW ESTATES.
/SIR PETER