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FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1986
+THOSE WHO AIM FOR THE NORMAL SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS ARE GIVEN EVERY ENCOURAGEMENT AND HELP TO ACHIEVE THEIR GOAL,+ MR CHAN SAID. +HOPEFULLY, WE WILL SEE MORE ACADEMIC HONOURS IN THE COMING YEAR.+
AT PRESENT, MORE THAN 900 PERSONS OUT OF ABOUT 1 300 YOUNG INMATES UNDER 21 YEARS OF AGE ARE TAKING VARIOUS GENERAL EDUCATION AND VOCATIONAL COURSES.
IN ADDITION, MR CHAN SAID THE DEPARTMENT HAD PLANS TO INTRODUCE SCOUTING ACTIVITY IN THE TRAINING CENTRES AS A +WORTHWHILE+ SUPPLEMENT.
SEVEN CONTINGENTS, COMPRISING 204 OFFICERS FROM VARIOUS INSTITUTIONS INCLUDING 30 RECRUITS WHO COMPLETED THEIR SIX-MONTH BASIC TRAINING, TOOK PART IN THE PARADE AT THE STAFF TRAINING INSTITUTE IN STANLEY,
THE PARADE, COMMANDED BY SENIOR SUPERINTENDENT LAM WAH-PAK, WAS IN HONOUR OF 22 VETERANS WHO WERE AWARDED CLASPS TO THE COLONIAL PRISON SERVICE MEDAL.
WHILE PAYING TRIBUTE TO THEM FOR THE IR MANY YEARS OF LOYALTY AND DEDICATION TO THE IR WORK+, MR CHAN SAID THE MANAGEMENT AND STAFF OF THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT +HAVE WORKED IN CLOSER COOPERATION THAN EVER BEFORE TO MAINTAIN ORDER WITHIN PENAL INSTITUTIONS. THUS CONTRIBUTING SIGNIFICANTLY TOWARDS THE STABILITY OF THE TERRITORY.+
MR CHAN TOLD OFFICERS ON PARADE THAT THEIR JOB HAD BECOME MORE DEMANDING.
+THE NUMBER OF PRISONERS SERVING LIFE IMPRISONMENT AND OTHER INDETERMINATE SENTENCES HAS RISEN FROM 146 FIVE YEARS AGO TO 248 TODAY, HE SAID.
THERE WERE ANOTHER 1 425 SERVING SENTENCES OF SIX YEARS AND OVER, 60 PER CENT OF WHOM ARE FOR VIOLENT OFFENCES.
MR CHAN SAID THAT ABOUT $126 MILLION IN COMMERCIAL VALUE OF GOODS AND SERVICES WERE PROVIDED LAST YEAR T ROUGH THE CONTINUING EXPANSION AND DIVERSIFICATION OF THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES INDUSTRIES WHICH EFFECTIVELY EMPLOYED ABOUT 6 500 INMATES.
+ IT IS EXPECTED THAT THIS WILL INCREASE TO ABOUT $136 MILLION IN THE NEXT FINANCIAL YEAR, MR CHAN SAID.
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