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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1987
CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS COMPLETE SOCIAL WORK COURSE
THIRTY CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS
AFTER
WERE TODAY
PRESENTED (TUESDAY)
WITH CERTIFICATES
COMPLETING A 12-WEEK IN-SERVICE TRAINING COURSE ON SOCIAL WORK AND AFTER-CARE.
THE COURSE WAS ONE OF MANY THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT REGULARLY PROVIDED TO PROMOTE STAFF'S KNOWLEDGE AND IN HANDLING AND REHABILITATING OFFENDERS.
THE
SKILLS
WITH
THE
HUMAN
THE PRESENT EXTENSION COURSE WAS ORGANISED IN CONJUNCTION
POLYTECHNIC, HONG KONG
AND
FOR TAILORED IS SPECIALLY
THE AREAS IT COVERED INCLUDED CORRECTIONAL STAFF OF OFFICER RANK. SOCIAL
METHOD, SOCIAL GROUP WORK, COMMUNITY WORK, BEHAVIOUR, CRIMINOLOGY AND PSYCHO-SOCIAL PATHOLOGY,
WORK
(PSYCHOLOGICAL 'THE COURSE STAFF IN
PRESENTING CERTIFICATES AT THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC,
COMMISSIONER ASSISTANT
OF
SERVICES CORRECTIONAL SERVICES AND PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT), DR R.G. ANDRY, SAID, "THE
THE SKILLS
OF AND TECHNIQUES HAS
THE HELPED IMPROVE INTERACTION WITH PRISONERS AND INMATES."
OVER 200 OFFICERS AND ASSISTANT OFFICERS OF THE DEPARTMENT BEEN TRAINED BY SIMILAR COURSES SINCE 1978.
HAD
WONG TAI SIN POLICE STATION TO BE REFURBISHED
SIX CONTRACTS, TOTALLING ABOUT $5.7 MILLION, HAVE BEEN
AWARDED
BY THE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR THE REFURBISHMENT OF WONG TAI SIN POLICE STATION AT SHA TIN PASS ROAD.
OUT AT THE OFFICES, WILL BE CARRIED WORK REFURBISHMENT
FACILITIES BARRACKS, MESSES, CANTEENS AND THE WELFARE AND RECRUITMENT OF THE STATION WHICH WAS BUILT MORE THAN 20 YEARS AGO.
OF
ONE
EMERGENCY
GENERATOR, LIFT AND ONE
UPGRADING OF THE AIR-CONDITIONING
THE REPLACEMENT ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS AND THE SYSTEM ALSO FORM PART OF THE PROJECT.
THIS PROJECT IS PART OF AN ON-GOING
INCLUDING
WORK TO OLDER POLICE STATIONS, TRAINING ROOMS IN EXISTING STATIONS.
PROGRAMME OF IMPROVEMENT
THE PROVISION OF
FITNESS
WORK IS EXPECTED TO COMMENCE ON SEPTEMBER 15 AND TAKE ABOUT MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
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