THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1987
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LAST PUBLIC FUNCTION FOR TEIT CHIEF
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THE DIRECTOR OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND INDUSTRIAL TRAINING, MR MORRIS MORGAN, WILL SPEAK AT A SEMINAR ON INDUSTRIAL TRAINING ON SATURDAY JANUARY 24.
THE SEMINAR WILL BE HELD IN THE AUDITORIUM OF KWAI CHUNG TRAINING CENTRE COMPLEX, 13-19 SUN KWAI STREET, KWAI CHUNG, STARTING AT 9.30 AM.
THIS WILL BE MR MORGAN'S LAST PUBLIC FUNCTION BEFORE HE RETIRES.
NOTE TO EDITORS :
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE SEMINAR.
CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS COMPLETE AFTERCARE COURSE ****
TWENTY-FIVE CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS TODAY (THURSDAY) RECEIVED CERTIFICATES AFTER COMPLETING A 10-WEEK IN-SERVICE TRAINING COURSE IN SOCIAL WORK AND AFTERCARE.
SUCH EXTENSION COURSES ARE REGULARLY PROVIDED BY THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT (CSD) TO PROMOTE STAFF KNOWLEDGE. AND SKILLS IN DEALING WITH AND REHABILITATING OFFENDERS.
THE COURSE WAS ORGANISED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC, AND SPECIALLY TAILORED FOR CSD STAFF OF OFFICER RANK.
AREAS IT COVERED INCLUDED SOCIAL WORK METHODS, SOCIAL GROUP WORK COMMUNITY WORK, HUMAN BEHAVIOUR, CRIMINOLOGY AND PSYCHO- SOCIAL PATHOLOGY.
MORE THAN 150 OFFICERS AND ASSISTANT OFFICERS OF THE CSD HAVE COMPLETED SIMILAR COURSES SINCE 1978 AND MORE ARE EXPECTED TO BE HELD AS THE DEPARTMENT PLANS TO EXPAND ITS AFTERCARE SERVICE.
PRESENTING CERTIFICATES AT THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC, THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR CHAN WA-SHEK, SAID: +THE TRANSITION FROM INCARCERATION TO FREEDOM IS THE TIME WHEN AN EX-INMATE IS MOST VULNERABLE TO CORRUPTIVE INFLUENCE.
+TIMELY GUIDANCE AND INTERVENTION BY THE AFTERCARE OFFICERS ARE ESSENTIAL FOR A SUCCESSFUL RE-INTEGRATION INTO THE COMMUNITY,
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