WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1986
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INMATES DO WELL IN UK EXAMINATION
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THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT'S ACADEMIC TRAINING FOR OFFENDERS WAS PRAISED BY A SENIOR EDUCATOR TODAY (WEDNESDAY) AT A PRESENTATION OF CERTIFICATES AT STANLEY PRISON.
THE PRESENTATION MARKED THE SUCCESS ACHIEVED BY PRISONERS IN THE CITY AND GUILDS OF LONDON INSTITUTE'S PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATION TECHNICIAN EXAMINATION IN MAY.
THE PRISONERS, AGED BETWEEN 26 AND 35, TOOK 22 SUBJECTS IN THE EXAMINATION AND SCORED FULL PASSES WITH 12 DISTINCTIONS AND 10 CREDITS.
PRESENTING CERTIFICATES TO THE GROUP, SENIOR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (SERVICES AND INSTITUTIONS) OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, MR R.M. CAMERON, SAID THE CEREMONY MARKED THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF ANOTHER COURSE OF TRAINING FOR OFFENDERS.
MR CAMERON SAID THAT TO BE SUCCESSFUL A TRAINING COURSE HAD TO BE INTERESTING, PRACTICAL, INFORMATIVE, AND MOST OF ALL, PROPERLY GEARED TO THE ABILITIES OF PARTICIPANTS.
+THE TELECOMMUNICATION TECHNICIANS' COURSE CLEARLY MEETS ALL THESE REQUIREMENTS, AND I CONGRATULATE THE DEPARTMENT ON ITS WISE CHOICE, AND THE PARTICIPANTS' HERE TODAY FOR HAVING BEEN SENSIBLE ENOUGH TO JOIN THE COURSE, HE ADDED.
MEETING TO FOCUS ON FOOTBRIDGE EXTENSION
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THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT BOARD WILL CONSIDER AN APPEAL FROM RESIDENTS AGAINST THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PEDESTRIAN FOOTBRIDGE EXTENSION ACROSS ON LING ROAD AT A MEETING ON THURSDAY (DECEMBER 4).
THE EXTENSION PROPOSAL, ENDORSED AT A RECENT TOWN PLANNING AND AREA DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING, WAS INCLUDED IN THE AGENDA FOLLOWING OBJECTIONS FROM NEARBY RESIDENTS FOR ITS CLOSE PROXIMITY AND POSSIBLE OBSTRUCTION TO RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION CREATED.
MEMBERS WILL ALSO CONSIDER 13 PROGRESS REPORTS FROM VARIOUS COMMITTEES AND AN INTERIM REPORT ON THE WORK OF REGIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE PAST SIX MONTHS, SUBMITTED BY DR TANG SIU-TONG.
NOTE TO EDITORST
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE MEETING WHICH BEGINS AT 9.30 AM ON THURSDAY IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM OF THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT BOARD, 13TH FLOOR, TAI KIU GOVERNMENT OFFICES BUILDING, YUEN LONG.
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