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FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1990
IN RECENT YEARS WITHIN THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES INSTITUTIONS GREATER EMPHASIS HAD BEEN PLACED ON PROGRAMMES FOR THE REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS AND THIS WAS AN IMPORTANT TASK, HE ADDED.
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"VARIOUS NEW SCHEMES SUCH AS THE PROGRAMMES FOR RELEASE SUPERVISION; THE PRE-RELEASE EMPLOYMENT SCHEME; AND THE YOUNG OFFENDERS ASSESSMENT PANEL ARE ALL NOW MAKING EXCELLENT PROGRESS.
IT IS SIGNIFICANT THE INMATES OF OUR CORRECTIONAL SERVICES INSTITUTIONS HAVE RECENTLY ACHIEVED REMARKABLE RESULTS IN PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS.
"FROM SOME 300 CANDIDATES IN 1989, AMONGST THE 190 RESULTS 90 FAR RECEIVED THERE WERE 13 DISTINCTIONS AND 21 CREDITS, HE NOTED.
SIR DAVID ALSO SAID THAT DESPITE THE REAL STRAINS ON THE DEPARTMENT OVER THE PAST YEAR, 1T WAS IMPORTANT THAT THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD CONTINUE ΤΟ APPROACH TRADITIONAL TASKS WITH A SPIRIT OF INNOVATION.
"AN IMPORTANT EXAMPLE IS THE CORRECTIONAL WHICH HAVE CONTINUED TO DEVELOP AND DIVERSIFY,
SERVICES INDUSTRIES
"PRISONERS AND INMATES PRODUCED GOODS AND SERVICES DURING 1989
TO A COMMERCIAL VALUE OF $210 MILLION.
"THIS WAS A 18 PER CENT INCREASE OVER 1988.
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"THE DEPARTMENT WILL SOON BE TAKING OVER THE OPERATION TUEN MUN HOSPITAL LAUNDRY, ALMOST DOUBLING THE EXISTING CAPACITY THE LAUNDRY.
"THIS CARRIES A DOUBLE BENEFIT FOR US ALL: IT BOTH REDUCES BURDEN ON THE TAXPAYER AND IMPROVES SERVICES ΤΟ THE COMMUNITY, SAID.
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SIR DAVID SAID THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT COULD LOOK BACK ON 1989 AS A YEAR IN WHICH IT HAD CONTINUED TO PERFORM ITS DUTIES WITH GREAT PATIENCE AND EFFICIENCY, AND AT THE SAME TIME HAD FACED NEW CHALLENGES RESOLUTELY AND WITH CONFIDENCE.
"THE NEXT DECADE WILL BE ONE OF IMMENSE IMPORTANCE FOR ALL OF YOU, YOUR FAMILIES, AND YOUR SERVICE, THE GOVERNOR SAID.
AT THE EVENT, SIR DAVID PRESENTED COLONIAL PRISON SERVICE MEDALS TO 36 STAFF MEMBERS WHO HAD GIVEN EXAMPLARY SERVICE OVER THE PAST 18 YEARS.
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