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SUNDAY, APRIL 5, 1992
INMATES WIN AWARDS IN PUBLIC EXAMS
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STUDYING BEHIND THE BARS IS NO EASY TASK.
BUT FOR AH MING AND АН KEUNG, TWO INMATES AT THE STANLEY THEIR PRISON, PRISON LIFE CAN HARDLY DAMPEN THEIR LEARNING SPIRIT AND DETERMINATION TO ACHIEVE OUTSTANDING RESULTS IN PUBLIC EXAMINATION.
BRONZE MEDALS BY THE CITY AND PERFORMANCE IN THE
AWARDED THEY WERE RECENTLY
GUILDS OF LONDON INSTITUTE FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING TELECOMMUNICATIONS EXAMINATIONS.
BRONZE MEDALS ARE AWARDED BY THE INSTITUTE то THE BEST ON A CANDIDATES IN EVERY SUBJECT OF THE CITY AND GUILDS EXAMINATIONS GLOBAL BASIS.
AWARD
BOTH INMATES WON THE
FOR THEIR EXCELLENT RESULTS IN MATHEMATICS (LEVEL 2) OF THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNICIANS EXAMINATION FOR WHICH THEY SAT IN DECEMBER 1990.
BESIDES THE BRONZE-MEDAL AWARD, 31-YEAR-OLD AH
SEVEN ATTAINED DISTINCTIONS IN
OTHER SUBJECTS, INCLUDING COMMUNICATIONS SCIENCE, ELECTRICAL PRINCIPLES, ELECTRONICS, TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS AND MICROELECTRONICS SYSTEMS.
MING ALSO PHYSICAL
STUDIES,
28-YEAR-OLD AH KEUNG ALSO OBTAINED CREDIT IN OTHER SUBJECTS OF THE EXAMINATIONS,
THREE
DISTINCTIONS
AND
A
AH MING IS SERVING A JAIL SENTENCE IN THE STANLEY AH KEUNG WAS RELEASED IN OCTOBER LAST YEAR.
PRISON,
BUT
SAID THE MEDAL WAS
A
RECEIVING THE AWARD WITH JOY, AH MING WINDFALL AND AN INVALUABLE GIFT TO HIM.
"NO DOUBT THE PRIZE HAS HELPED RESTORE MY CONFIDENCE AND STRENGTHEN MY DETERMINATION TO TURN OVER A NEW LEAF, AH MING SAID.
J
NOT
AN
HE SAID STUDYING INSIDE A CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION WAS EASY MATTER. IN PARTICULAR, HE HAD TO OVERCOME EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS THAT AN INMATE WOULD EXPERIENCE IN A PRISON ENVIRONMENT.
"FORTUNATELY, I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TIDE OVER THE DIFFICULTIES, MY FAMILY MEMBERS THANKS TO THE SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT GIVEN BY
STAFF,
MING AND THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT'S TEACHING SAID.
AH
TECHNICIANS COURSE
TELECOMMUNICATIONS HE BEGAN THE FIVE-YEAR IN 1988 AND HOPED TO COMPLETE IT BEFORE HIS RELEASE.
NOW
THE COURSE IS INTRODUCED TO THE STANLEY PRISON IN 1982, CONDUCTED BY AN ASSISTANT LECTURER OF THE DEPARTMENT, MR WOO HUNG-KIT,
/MR WOO