THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1990
KWOK SAID
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MR HEADQUARTERS AT TAI LAM CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION.
THE CSD HAD PLANS TO SET UP THE UNIT'S
IS
"
"BY THEN, IT
HOPED THAT THE GUARD EXTENDED TO OTHER PRISONS, HE ADDED.
DOG
SERVICE
CAN
BE
TO
APART FROM
ALSO WANTED GUARDING PRISONS, THE DEPARTMENT TRAIN THE DOGS TO PERFORM THE DUTIES OF SEARCHING AND PREVENTING SMUGGLED UNAUTHORISED ITEMS, PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS DRUGS, FROM BEING INTO THE PRISONS.
ABLE TO
"THE DOGS HAVE DONE WELL IN THE TRAINING AND ARE NOW DISTINGUISH A WIDE RANGE OF MATERIALS, INCLUDING DANGEROUS DRUGS.
"GIVEN MORE TIME, WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT THEY COULD BR TRAINED TO BECOME SEARCH/SNIFFER DOGS," MR KWOK SAID.
MANNING THE DOGS WERE 18 CSD OFFICERS WHO ARE TRAINERS AND HANDLERS.
QUALIFIED
DOG
OFFICER MR.
ENJOYED
THE OFFICER-IN-CHARGE OF THE DOG UNIT, PRINCIPAL CHENG KIN SAID HE AND HIS COLLEAGUES WERE DOG-LOVERS AND ALL WORKING THERE.
"IT GIVES US A GREAT SENSE OF SATISFACTION IN TRAINING ORDINARY DOG INTO
VIGILANT AN OBEDIENT AND
DOG PERFORMING MEANINGFUL DUTIES AS GUARDING A PRISON, MR CHENG SAID.
AN
SUCH
ALL DOG HANDLERS HAD TO ATTEND AN BIGHT-WEEK INTENSIVE TRAINING COURSE ON HOW TO HANDLE GUARD DOGS.
NORMALLY, A GUARD DOG HAD TO UNDERGO TRAINING FROM EIGHT TO WEEKS BEFORE THEY COULD BE SENT OUT ON PATROLLING DUTIES.
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NOTE TO EDITORS:
THREE
ON THE CSD DOG UNIT WILL BE PHOTOGRAPHS COLLECTION FROM GIS DUTY OFFICER.
AVAILABLE POR
LAUNCHING CEREMONY OF SCHOOLS CHINESE DRAMA PROJECT
A NEW CHINESE DRAMA THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WILL INTRODUCE
OF CHINESE DEVELOPMENT
LANGUAGE PROJECT THIS YEAR TO ENCOURAGE THE DRAMA AS A REGULAR EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITY IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
PROJECT IS ORGANISED BY THE THE 1990 SCHOOLS CHINESE DRAMA
RAILWAY CORPORATION WITH THE KOWLOON-CANTON EDUCATION DEPARTMENT,
(MTRC) TRANSIT MASS
CORPORATION RAILWAY (KCRC) AND THE CO-ORGANISERS AND SPONSORS.
AS
/TO MARK