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NEW SIU LAM EXTENSION OPENS
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 1991
A NEW EXTENSION OF THE SIU LAM PSYCHIATRIC CENTRE (SLPC), WHICH HOUSES MENTALLY DISTURBED PRISONERS, WAS OFFICIALLY OPENED TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
ADDRESSING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE NEW EXTENSION, COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR ERIC MCCOSH, SAID THE EXTENSION PROVIDED SOME MUCH NEEDED ADDITIONAL FACILITIES ACCOMMODATION TO MEET THE GROWING DEMAND.
THE
NEW
AND
HONG
SAW
HE NOTED THAT WITH THE PRESSURES CREATED BY MODERN DAY KONG AND THE VARIETY OF CAUSES LEADING TO CRIME, OUR PENAL SYSTEM
WHO AN EVER INCREASING NUMBER OF PRISONERS
REQUIRED SOME FORM OF PSYCHIATRIC EVALUATION OR TREATMENT.
"PSYCHIATRIC EVALUATION ALSO PLAYS A VERY IMPORTANT PART IN THE DELIBERATIONS OF THE COURTS, " HE SAID.
THE PRESENT SLPC HAD REACHED CAPACITY SOON AFTER ITS OPENING IN 1972 AND WAS SUFFERING FROM OVERCROWDING, NECESSITATING PLANNING FOR AN EXTENSION.
THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW EXTENSION, TO ACCOMMODATE A FURTHER THIS 150 INMATES, STARTED IN AUGUST 1987 AND WAS COMPLETED IN JANUARY YEAR.
THE EXTENSION ENABLES THE CENTRE TO SET UP A FEMALE UNIT AND TO RECEIVE ALL FORENSIC CASES FROM CASTLE PEAK HOSPITAL.
ALSO, THE CENTRE CAN NOW RECEIVE PRISONERS FROM OTHER PENAL
DISORDERS INSTITUTIONS WHO ARE KNOWN TO HAVE PERSONALITY
OR A PAST HISTORY OF MENTAL ILLNESS.
TWO MEMBERS RE-APPOINTED TO CIVIL SERVICE PAY GROUP
THAT THE
GOVERNOR MR NICHOLAS 8. C. CHIU AS CIVIL SERVICE SALARIES AND WHEN THEIR CURRENT TERMS OF
THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (WRDNESDAY) HAS RE-APPOINTED MR DAVID A. MORRIS AND ON COMMISSION MEMBERS OF THE STANDING CONDITIONS OF SERVICE, TO TAKE EFFECT SERVICE EXPIRE ON JULY 1 THIS YEAR.
THE
THE GOVERNMENT COMMISSION STANDING PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES GOVERNING THE PAY AND CONDITIONS CIVIL SERVICE OTHER THAN THE NON-DIRRECTORATE OF THE SERVICES.
ADVISES
ON
THE OF SERVICE DISCIPLINED
MR MORRIS HAS SERVED ON THE STANDING COMMISSION FOR FOUR AND MR CHIU TWO YEARS.
YEARS
THE TERM OF APPOINTMENT FOR BOTH MEMBERS WILL BE FOR TWO WITH EFFECT FROM JULY 1 THIS YEAR.
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