WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1987
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INMATES PASS PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS
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NINE INMATES OF A MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISON ON LANTAU ISLAND TODAY (WEDNESDAY) RECEIVED CERTIFICATES FOR PASSING PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS.
THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (DESIGNATE), MR Y. T. LI, AND A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, MR H.N. HARILELA, OFFICIATED AT THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY HELD AT SHEK PIK PRISON.
AMONG THE NINE INMATES WAS A 33-YEAR-OLD PRISONER WHO IS SERVING A LIFE SENTENCE FOR MURDER.
HE SCORED A PASS IN THE SUBJECT OF ENGLISH FOR COMMERCE IN THE LONDON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY EXAMINATION.
THE REST SAT FOR THE PITMAN EXAMINATION IN ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE AND ALL SCORED PASSES.
THEIR AGES RANGE FROM 26 TO 45, AND THEY ARE SERVING SENTENCES OF FROM FIVE TO 20 YEARS FOR VARIOUS OFFENCES INCLUDING POSSESSION OF DRUGS AND MANSLAUGHTER.
MR LI PRAISED THE EFFORTS MADE BY THE INMATES. HE SAID THAT DUE CONSIDERATION SHOULD BE PAID TO THE BACKGROUND OF THE INMATES, FOR THEY WERE NOT STUDENTS GROOMED IN GOOD ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS, BUT INMATES OF A MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISON.
CONSIDERING THEIR SPECIAL BACKGROUND, +WE SHOULD APPRECIATE THAT THOUGH THE ACHIEVEMENT MIGHT HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED PLAIN TO MANY, IT IS PARTICULARLY ENCOURAGING TO THE CERTIFICATE RECIPIENTS, + MR LĪ SAID.
MR LI ALSO COMMENDED THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR ITS WORK IN REFORMING THE OFFENDERS. APART FROM PROVIDING VARIOUS VOCATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMMES, THE DEPARTMENT ALSO EMPHASISED THE CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT AND ACADEMIC ADVANCEMENT OF THE INMATES, HE SAID.
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