SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 1991
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VOLUNTEER SCHEME FOR PROBATIONERS A SUCCESS
PROBATIONERS IS AN R.N. HAWKES, SAID
THE EXPANSION OF THE VOLUNTEER SCHEME FOR
MR MAGISTRATE, INDICATION OF SUCCESS, THE CHIEF
TODAY (SATURDAY).
SPEAKING AT
THE SCHEME'S
CERTIFICATE
PRESENTATION
CEREMONY THAT THE ORGANISED BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, MR HAWKES NOTED
IN OPERATION SINCE 1976 VOLUNTEER SCHEME FOR PROBATIONERS HAD BEEN
STRONG STILL GOING THAT IT WAS
AND WAS AND THAT THE FACT EXPANDING WAS AN INDICATION OF THE SUCCESS IT HAD BEEN.
BVEN
THOSE
WHO
PART IN
VOLUNTEERS HAD TO BE VERY SPECIAL PEOPLE AND ONLY WERE ABLE TO SATISFY STRINGENT CRITERIA WERE INVITED TO TAKE SCHEME, HE SAID.
THAT THEY MUST BR PEOPLE "ONE OF THE CRITERIA IS
OTHERS, WITHOUT WILLING TO GIVE UP THEIR OWN TIME TO HELP HE ADDED.
THAT
WHO ARE PAYMENT,
H
WERE VOLUNTEERS
ABLE ΤΟ MR HAWKES POINTED OUT
ASSIST HELPING WITH HOME WORK, PROBATIONERS IN ALL SORTS OF WAYS, SUCH AS ENCOURAGING THE BETTER USE OF LEISURE TIME AND PROVIDING FRIENDSHIP.
ALSO
EXPRESSED
THE
HE
WORK APPRECIATION FOR
OUTSTANDING PRODUCED THOROUGH AND CAREFUL DONE BY PROBATION OFFICERS, WHO HAD REPORTS FOR ALL COURTS DESPITE THEIR HEAVY WORKLOAD.
IN
SOCIAL INTERESTED IN THE THE DEPARTMENT'S
ALSO SPEAKING AT THE CEREMONY, AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF
TO PEOPLE FUNG, APPEALED WELFARE, MR ALEXANDER REHABILITATION VOLUNTEER SCHEME FOR PROBATIONERS.
OF OFFENDERS
PART TO TAKE
MR HAWKES AND MR FUNG PRESENTED CERTIFICATES TO IN APPRECIATION OF THEIR DEDICATED SERVICE.
46 VOLUNTEERS
THE
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LABOUR TELEPHONE ENQUIRY SERVICE EXTENDED
* * *
LABOUR
DEPARTMENT
HAS RECENTLY
EXPANDED INCREASING
ITS GENERAL DEMAND FROM
ENQUIRY TELEPHONE SERVICE (GETS) TO MEET THE PEOPLE SEEKING INFORMATION ON LABOUR LEGISLATION,
LABOUR INSPECTORS WILL PROVIDE TAPES ON RELEVANT LABOUR SUBJECTS TO ANSWER THE SENIOR LABOUR OFFICER EXPLAINED.
GETS OF "UNDER THE SECOND PHASE
WHICH DIRECT ANSWERS
STARTED OR USE
THE
CALLERS
(LABOUR
INSPECTION),
MR
CHAN
/"THE TAPES
THIS MONTH,
"
PRE-RECORDED QUESTIONS,
KWOK-KUEN,