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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1986
THE RECIPIENTS, AGED 19 TO 24, SAT FOR THE EXAMINATIONS LAST YEAR WHILE SERVING AT THE PIK UK CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION. FIVE OF THEM HAD SINCE BEEN DISCHARGED.
BETWEEN THEM, THEY EARNED 29 DISTINCTIONS, FIVE CREDITS AND 34 PASSES IN MATHEMATICS, PHYSICAL SCIENCE, BOOK-KEEPING, ENGLISH FOR COMMERCE AND ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE.
MR LEUNG PAID TRIBUTE TO THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR EFFORTS IN PROVIDING INMATES WITH COURSES THAT LED TO VARIOUS PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS.
+SUCH POSITIVE EFFORTS TO DEVELOP THE POTENTIALS OF INMATES AND PREPARE THEM FOR BETTER SOCIAL INTEGRATION LATER IN LIFE ARE WORTHY OF ADMIRATION, HE REMARKED.
THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR CHAN WA-SHEK, SENIOR OFFICERS AND MASTERS OF THE DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS FRIENDS AND RELATIVES OF THE RECIPIENTS ATTENDED THE CEREMONY.
CLOSURE OF ILLEGAL STRUCTURES SOUGHT
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THE BUILDING AUTHORITY IS SEEKING CLOSURE OF A NUMBER OF ILLEGAL STRUCTURES ON THE MAIN ROOF OF BUILDINGS AT 14-20, TAK WAH STREET, TSUEN WAN, SO THAT DEMOLITION CAN BEGIN.
THE ACTION IS BEING TAKEN TO ENFORCE ORDERS ISSUED UNDER THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE IN FEBRUARY 1985 REQUIRING DEMOLITION OF THE ILLEGAL STRUCTURES.
A NOTICE OF INTENTION TO APPLY FOR A CLOSURE ORDER FROM TSUEN WAN DISTRICT COURT AT 9.30 AM ON MAY 28 WAS POSTED ON THE STRUCTURES TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
DEMOLITION WORK WILL BE CARRIED OUT ONCE THE CLOSURE ORDER IS OBTAINED.
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