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+ THE INCLUSION OF SUCH AN ACTIVITY IN THE TRAINING CENTRES WILL SUBSTANTIALLY HELP TO ACHIEVE THE DESIRED RESULTS OF CORRECTIONAL PROGRAMMING.
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+ HOPE THEY WILL BE PREPARED TO ACCEPT THE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES WHICH LIE AHEAD. BY HOLDING THEIR HEADS HIGH, THEY WILL LEARN TO BECOME USEFUL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY ON THEIR RELEASE.+
MR CHAU SAID HE WAS HAPPY TO SET UP THE NEW GROUP JOINTLY WITH THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
+BY PROMOTING SCOUTING, MORE YOUNG PEOPLE CAN SPEND THEIR TIME AND ENERGY ON MORE MEANINGFUL ACTIVITIES, HE SAID.
A TOTAL OF 78 INMATES WERE AFFIRMED AS SCOUTS OR VENTURE SCOUTS DURING THE CEREMONY. THEY WERE SELECTED FROM MORE THAN 200 APPLICANTS IN THE LAI KING TRAINING CENTRE AND THE CAPE COLLINSON CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION.
NINETEEN CORRECTIONAL SERVICES STAFF WHO HAD BEEN TRAINED AS SCOUT LEADERS WERE ALSO FORMALLY APPOINTED.
SCOUTING ACTIVITIES HAS EXISTED IN CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS AS EARLY AS IN 1950, WHEN THE 8TH HONG KONG GROUP WAS FOUNDED AT THE THEN STANLEY TRAINING CENTRE WITH ABOUT 40 MEMBERS. THE GROUP WAS DISBANDED IN 1973 FOLLOWING THE CLOSURE OF THE CENTRE.
TECHNICAL STUDENTS EXCEL IN UK EXAMS *****
FIVE STUDENTS FROM THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES OF THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL WON HIGH HONOURS IN THE LONDON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRIES EXAMINATIONS CONDUCTED LAST YEAR.
IN THE WORLD AGGREGATE EXAMINATION RESULTS RELEASED RECENTLY FOK YUEN-BING OF THE MORRISON HILL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE CAME SECOND IN THE HIGHER COST ACCOUNTING PAPER FOR SPRING 1985,
TSANG PUI-YI, ALSO FROM THE INSTITUTE'S COMMERCIAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT, WAS PLACED SECOND IN THE INTERMEDIATE BOOK-KEEPING EXAMINATION FOR SUMMER 1985.
CHAU PUI-SIM, A CLASSMATE OF MISS TSANG, GAINED THE HIGHEST MARK IN THE INTERMEDIATE ECONOMICS EXAMINATION FOR SUMMER 1985.
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