WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1987
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GOVERNOR TO VISIT TAI PO FACTORIES
THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, WILL VISIT THE TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE ON FRIDAY (AUGUST 28
TWO FACTORIES IN AFTERNOON.
HONG KONG CAD/CAM
PRESS FACILITIES WILL BE PROVIDED AT THE SERVICES LTD AT DAI WANG STREET, TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE.
TRANSPORT (AM 5895) FOR MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES WILL DEPART FROM MIDDLE ROAD (NEXT TO Y.M.C.A.), TSIM SHA TSUI AT 2.30 PM ON THAT DAY.
YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND.
SIR DENYS VISITS CORRECTIONAL SERVICES CENTRES
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SIR THE CHIEF JUSTICE,
DENYS ROBERTS, AND HIS WIFE, LADY ROBERTS, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) VISITED TWO DRUG ADDICTION TREATMENT
CENTRES AND A CLOSED CENTRE FOR VIETNAMESE REFUGEES ON HEI LING CHAU.
ALL THREE INSTITUTIONS ARE RUN BY THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES
DEPARTMENT.
ACCOMPANIED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR CHAU CHAN WA-SHEK, SIR DENYS AND LADY ROBERTS FIRST TOURED HEI LING DRUG ADDICTION TREATMENT CENTRE WHERE ADULT MALE DRUG OFFENDERS ARE ACCOMMODATED. THEY TOURED THE HOSPITAL, DORMITORIES, KITCHEN, LAUNDRY,
SECTION OF AND VARIOUS WORKSHOPS, INCLUDING THE PIGGERY
THE
CHAPEL CENTRE.
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AT NEI KWU CHAU DRUG ADDICTION TREATMENT CENTRE, SIR DENYS LADY ROBERTS VISITED THE ADMINISTRATION BLOCK, ASSEMBLY YARD, DINING HALL, KITCHEN, DORMITORIES, TREATMENT ROOM, CLASSROOMS, RECREATION HALL AND GARDEN. THIS CENTRE CATERS FOR YOUNG MALE DRUG OFFENDERS.
THE VISITORS WERE TOLD THAT INMATES OF BOTH CENTRES RECEIVED TREATMENT FROM TWO TO 12 MONTHS, FOLLOWED BY ONE YEAR'S COMPULSORY SUPERVISION AFTER RELEASE. THE TREATMENT PROGRAMME IS BASED ON DISCIPLINE AND OPEN-AIR PHYSICAL ACTIVETY INCLUDING WORK PROGRAMMES AND THERAPY AND IS SUPPORTED BY A COMPREHENSIVE AFTERCARE SERVICE.
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SIR DENYS AND LADY ROBERTS WOUND UP THEIR VISIT AT HEI LING CHAU CLOSED CENTRE WHERE THEY TOOK A LOOK AT THE DINING HALL, KITCHEN, DORMITORIES, HOSPITAL AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING WORKSHOP. THEY ALSO TOURED THE SCHOOLS AND TALKED WITH TEACHING STAFF IN THE CENTRE.
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