FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1988
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REPATRIATION OF PRISONERS ACT EFFECTIVE ON FEBRUARY 1
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THE REPATRIATION OF PRISONERS ACT 1984, WHICH HAS EXTENDED TO HONG KONG TO ENABLE THE TERRITORY TO PARTICIPATE IN THOSE INTERNATIONAL ARRANGEMENTS ON THE TRANSFER OF SENTENCED PERSONS TO WHICH THE UNITED KINGDOM IS A PARTY, WILL COME INTO FORCE ON FEBRUARY 1.
THE COMMENCEMENT DATE WAS ANNOUNCED IN THE REPATRIATION OF PRISONERS ACT 1984 (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER 1988 PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE TODAY (FRIDAY).
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL ARRANGEMENT TO APPLY TO HONG KONG WOULD BE THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE CONVENTION ON THE TRANSFER OF SENTENCED PERSONS WHICH WOULD ALSO TAKE EFFECT ON FEBRUARY 1.
THE OTHER COUNTRIES THAT ARE PARTIES TO THE CONVENTION AUSTRIA, CANADA, CYPRUS, DENMARK, FINLAND, FRANCE, SPAIN, SWEDEN THE UNITED STATES.
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"THE APPLICATION OF THE CONVENTION TO HONG KONG WILL ENABLE SENTENCED PERSONS TO BE TRANSFERRED BETWEEN HONG KONG AND THESE COUNTRIES," THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
"IT IS BELIEVED THAT SUCH ARRANGEMENTS WOULD BE MORE CONDUCIVE TO REHABILITATION OF PRISONERS WHO MAY THEN BE ABLE ΤΟ SERVE THEIR SENTENCES IN THEIR HOME ENVIRONMENTS, RATHER THAN IN FOREIGN PLACES WHERE THE CULTURE AND LANGUAGE MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR TO THEM, HE ADDED.
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21 PASS MEDICAL EXAMINATION
THE LICENTIATE COMMITTEE OF THE MEDICAL COUNCIL OF HONG KONG ANNOUNCED TODAY (FRIDAY) THAT 21 CANDIDATES HAD PASSED PART I OF THE LICENTIATE EXAMINATION FOR UNREGISTRABLE DOCTORS.
A TOTAL OF 225 CANDIDATES SAT THE MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTION PAPER ON PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE ON JANUARY 5.
PART II OF THE EXAMINATION, DESIGNED TO TEST THE CANDIDATES' ENGLISH FOR PROFESSIONAL PURPOSES, WILL BE HELD ON MARCH 1 AND MAY 10.
IN ADDITION TO THE 21 SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES FURTHER 13 CANDIDATES WHO FAILED PART 11 IN PREVIOUS SITTING THIS PART OF THE EXAMINATION.
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FROM PART I, A YEARS, WILL BE
CANDIDATES MAY CHOOSE TO TAKE THE EXAMINATION ON EITHER DATE.
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