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FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1987
+PARTICIPATION HAS BEEN MOST ENCOURAGING,+ MR CHAN SAID, ADDING THAT THE CAPABILITIES AND ENTHUSIASM OF THE INMATE SCOUT GROUP HAD BEEN HIGHLY PRAISED AT THE RECENT DIAMOND JUBILEE JAMBOREE.
MR CHAN SAID GUIDING ACTIVITIES HAD BEEN INCLUDED IN THE CORRECTIONAL PROGRAMME FOR FEMALE INMATES, AND A GIRL GUIDE GROUP WAS DUE TO BE FORMED AT TAI TAM GAP CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION NEXT MONTH.
FURTHERMORE, MR CHAN SAID, IN AN ATTEMPT TO ENHANCE THE PHYSICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG INMATES THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S AWARD SCHEME HAD RECENTLY BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THE CURRICULA AT TRAINING CENTRES.
+A DEPARTMENTAL OPERATING AUTHORITY WAS SET UP TO MONITOR ALL LEISURE-TIME ACTIVITIES UNDER THE SCHEME, AND TO ASSESS THE PROGRESS OF THE PARTICIPANTS, HE SAID.
WITH THE SETTING UP OF THE +YOUNG OFFENDERS ASSESSMENT PANEL+ IN EARLY APRIL, THE COURT WOULD BE PROVIDED WITH ASSISTANCE AND ADVICE ON THE MOST APPROPRIATE+ PROGRAMME FOR CONVICTED YOUNG OFFENDERS, MR CHAN SAID.
THE PANEL WAS TO BE OPERATED JOINTLY WITH THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, HE ADDED.
MR CHAN ADDED THAT A PAROLE SYSTEM KNOWN AS THE +RELEASE UNDER SUPERVISION SCHEME+ AND A +PRE-RELEASE EMPLOYMENT SCHEME+ WOULD BE INTRODUCED IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
+ IN ORDER TO TAKE ON THIS VERY CHALLENGING TASK, THE DEPARTMENT'S AFTERCARE SERVICE IS BEING CRITICALLY REASSESSED TO AIM AT IMPROVEMENTS IN QUALITY AND SKILL, HE SAID.
THE PARADE TODAY WAS TO HONOUR 42 VETERAN CORRECTIONAL STAFF AWARDED CLASPS TO THE COLONIAL PRISON SERVICE MEDAL.
THE CEREMONY ALSO MARKED THE PASSING-OUT OF 31 RECRUITS WHO HAVE COMPLETED THEIR SIX-MONTH BASIC TRAINING AT THE DEPARTMENT'S STAFF TRAINING INSTITUTE.
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