FRIDAY, MAY 24, 1991
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CORRECTIONAL SERVICES ESSENTIAL TO INTERNAL SECURITY
CORRECTIONAL SERVICES IN HONG KONG IS AN INDISPENSABLE PART OF THE INTERNAL SECURITY SYSTEM, A
COUNCILIOR, MRS MIRIAM LAU, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
LEGISLATIVE
SPEAKING AT A PASSING-OUT PARADE OF THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES
STAFF DEPARTMENT (CSD) HELD AT THE DEPARTMENT'S
TRAINING INSTITUTE, MRS LAU SAID WITH THE APPROACH OF 1997, THE TASK OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES WOULD PROBABLY BECOME MORE ONEROUS.
CRIME RATE OVER 'ALREADY WE HAVE SEEN AN UPSURGE IN THE
THE LARGE INFLUX PAST YEAR OR SO, AND IT LOOKS AS IF WE MAY HAVE ANOTHER OF VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS THIS YEAR, SHE SAID.
"ALL THESE WILL PUT
SERVICES STAFF."
TO
ADDITIONAL
STRAIN ON THE CORRECTIONAL
ONLY HAD MRS LAU NOTED THAT AT PRESENT CSD NOT MANAGING A LARGE PENAL POPULATION LIVING IN OVERCROWDED ALSO TO SUPERVISE AND CONTROL THE EVER-INCREASING VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS FLOWING INTO THE DETENTION CENTRES.
THE
TASK OF PRISONS BUT
OF
NUMBER
"UNDER SUCH ADVERSE CIRCUMSTANCES, CSD MUST BE COMMENDED ITS CONTINUED ABILITY TO PROVIDE EFFECTIVE TREATMENT AND TRAINING THE REFORMATION AND REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS, AND MAINTAIN ORDER AND DISCIPLINE WITHIN THE DETENTION CENTRES," SHE SAID.
EIGHTY-SIX ASSISTANT
OFFICERS
FOR
FOR
GOOD
WHO HAVE JUST COMPLETED SIX MONTHS' BASIC TRAINING TOOK PART IN THE PARADE THIS AFTERNOON.
MRS LAU PRESENTED SILVER WHISTLES TO THE THREE BEST RECRUITS.
BID TO PROMOTE EMPLOYMENT LAW
THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT WILL HOLD AN EXHIBITION TO EXPLAIN THE VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF THE EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE FOR FACTORY PROPRIETORS AND LOCAL WORKERS IN TSUEN WAN FROM TOMORROW (SATURDAY} TO MONDAY (MAY 27).
ORGANISED BY THE LABOUR RELATIONS PROMOTION UNIT, THE EXHIBITION IS AIMED AT INCREASING PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE OF THE STATUTORY BENEFITS FOR WORKERS UNDER THE ORDINANCE, INCLUDING PAID HOLIDAYS, MATERNITY LEAVE, LONG SERVICE AND SEVERANCE PAYMENTS, AND TERMINATION
OF EMPLOYMENT.
THERE WILL ALSO BE ILLUSTRATIONS ON THE ADVANTAGES AND PROCEDURES FOR EMPLOYERS TO SET UP RETIREMENT SCHEMES FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES, WHILE LABOUR OFFICERS WILL BE ON HAND TO ANSWER ENQUIRIES.
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