TEXTILE YARN, FABRICS, MADE-UP ARTICLES AND RELATED PRODUCTS
TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND
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15
MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 1992
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SOUND RECORDING AND
REPRODUCING APPARATUS
AND EQUIPMENT
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40,857
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ELECTRICAL MACHINERY,
APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES,
AND ELECTRICAL PARTS
THEREOF
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39,364
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FOOTWEAR
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21,204
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CORRECTIONAL SERVICES TO FACE BUSY YEAR
THIS YEAR WILL BE ANOTHER BUSY YEAR FOR THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES AS THE DEPARTMENT IS EXPECTED TO PLAY A BIGGER ROLE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF DETENTION CENTRES FOR VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS.
THIS WAS STATED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR ERIC MCCOSH, AT A PRESS CONFERENCE THIS (MONDAY) AFTERNOON.
LOOKING AHEAD TO THE YEAR, MR MCCOSH SAID DESPITE THE FACT THAT THERE MIGHT BE A DOWNTURN IN THE VIETNAMESE POPULATION IN HONG KONG, THE DEPARTMENT MIGHT BE CALLED UPON TO FURTHER RELIEVE THE POLICE OF THEIR DUTIES IN MANAGING DETENTION CENTRES.
WHEN THE VIETNAMESE POPULATION DECREASES SIGNIFICANTLY, THERE ARE PLANS TO CLOSE THE HEI LING CHAU AND NEI KWU CHAU DETENTION CENTRES AND CONVERT THEM INTO A MEDIUM AND A MINIMUM SECURITY PENAL INSTITUTIONS RESPECTIVELY.
STAFF AT THE TWO CENTRES WILL BE RE-DEPLOYED ΤΟ OTHER INSTITUTIONS WHERE MORE STAFF ARE NEEDED.
MR MCCOSH SAID BECAUSE OF THE GOVERNMENT'S FINANCIAL STRINGENCY, THE DEPARTMENT IS REQUIRED TO ACHIEVE ONE PER CENT SAVING IN THE NEXT FINANCIAL YEAR.
"WE ARE NATURALLY NOT HAPPY ABOUT THIS BECAUSE IT WILL BRING US PROBLEMS, HE SAID, ADDING HOWEVER THAT THE DEPARTMENT WOULD BE ABLE TO COPE WITH THE CUT WITHOUT COMPROMISING SECURITY AT ITS INSTITUTIONS.
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