MONDAY, MARCH 26, 1990
MEANWHILE, THE LATEST FIGURES AND INFORMATION CONCERNING LRT ACCIDENTS WILL BE TABLED.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ARE INVITED TO COVER THE MEETING OF THE TUEN MUN/YUEN LONG DISTRICT BOARDS' JOINT COMMITTEE ON MONITORING LRT SERVICES TO BE HELD TOMORROW (TUESDAY) IN THE TUEN MUN DB CONFERENCE ROOM, THIRD FLOOR, TUEN MUN GOVERNMENT OFFICES, 1 TUEN HI ROAD, TURN MUN.
THE MEETING WILL BEGIN AT 10 AM.
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COMMENDATION FOR PRISON VISITORS
THE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE ALLIANCE BIBLE SEMINARY STUDENT EVANGELISTIC BAND WERE AWARDED THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES' COMMENDATION TODAY (MONDAY).
THEY WERE COMMENDED FOR THEIR UNSWERVING COMMITMENT, DEVOTION AND DEDICATION TO THE SPIRITUAL WELFARE OF THE PRISONERS AND INMATES IN THE PAST 30 YEARS.
THE BAND'S MEMBERS ARE AMONG THE PRISON VISITORS IN HONG KONG WHO PROVIDE RELIGIOUS SERVICES, TEACHING, COUNSELLING AND GUIDANCE AND ORGANISE RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE INMATES.
THE PRISON CHAPLAIN OF THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT (CSD), FATHER PETER NEWBERY, SAID THE MAJORITY OF THE VISITORS CAMR FROM RELIGIOUS ORGANISATIONS.
AT PRESENT, THERE ARE 138 PRISON VISITORS, WITH 98 OF THEM COMING FROM THESE ORGANISATIONS. THEY INCLUDE PROTESTANT AND CATHOLIC MEMBERS AS WELL AS PEOPLE FROM THE ISLAMIC UNION OF HONG KONG AND HONG KONG BUDDHISTS.
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FATHER NEWBERY SAID MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS AND THE CARITAS LOK HEEP ASSOCIATION, WHICH OFFERED ASSISTANCE TO DISCHARGED PRISONERS AND EX-DRUG ABUSERS RESPECTIVELY, REGULARLY VISITED INSTITUTIONS TO INFORM THE INMATES OF THE SERVICES THEIR ORGANISATIONS OFFERED.
THEY WERE ISSUED WITH SPECIAL PASSES TO ENTER CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS TO ENABLE THEM TO CONTACT INMATES ABOUT THEIR SERVICES, HE SAID.
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