SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 1993
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51 INMATES PASS PUBLIC EXAMS
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EVERY EFFORT HAS BEEN MADE BY THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT (CSD) TO TURN PRISONERS INTO LAW-ABIDING AND RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS, THE DEAN OF THE FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND THE HEAD OF DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION OF THE HONG KONG SHUE COLLEGE, DR PETER PF CHAN, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
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SPEAKING AT A CERTIFICATE-PRESENTATION CEREMONY AT SHEK PRISON, DR CHAN SAID THERE WERE A NUMBER OF SERVICES PROVIDED BY CSD TO THE SERVING PRISONERS AND ONE of THE PROGRAMMES WAS TO CORRECT THE PRISONERS' CRIMINAL BEHAVIOUR AND TO HELP THEM GO THROUGH THE REHABILITATION PROCESS.
"THE DEPARTMENT IS MAKING USE OF VARIOUS FACILITIES TO PROVIDE INMATES WITH THE OPPORTUNITIES TO FURTHER STUDY AND ΤΟ OBTAIN RECOGNISED ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS.
"ALL THE CERTIFICATES ARE AWARDED BY LOCAL ACADEMIC BODIES IN RECOGNITION OF THE RESULTS OF UNDERTAKEN BY THE INMATE CANDIDATES. SOME OF THEM ARE DISTINCTIONS AND CREDITS," HE SAID.
AND OVERSEAS THE SUBJECTS EVEN AWARDED
DR CHAN COMMENDED THE INMATES FOR MAKING GOOD USE OF THEIR TIME IN STUDYING. HE SAID THEY HAD CULTIVATED A GOOD LEARNING HABIT AND COULD BE EXPECTED TO HAVE A BRIGHTER PROSPECT IN FUTURE.
HE ALSO PRAISED THE PRISONERS' FAMILIES, RELATIVES AND FRIENDS, WHOSE SUPPORT HAD BEEN MOST VALUABLE IN ENCOURAGING THE INMATES ΤΟ RECEIVE HIGHER EDUCATION.
AT TODAY'S CEREMONY, 51 INMATES WERE PRESENTED WITH CERTIFICATES FOR PASSING PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENTS OF EXTRA-MURAL STUDIES OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, THE HONG KONG EXAMINATIONS AUTHORITY, THE LONDON CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, THE PISTMAN EXAMINATION INSTITUTE AND THE DISTANCE LEARNING INSTITUTE.
THERE WERE ALTOGETHER THREE DISTINCTIONS AMONG A TOTAL OF 59 CERTIFICATES PRESENTED.
FIRE SAFETY ADVICE FOR GRAVE-SWEEPERS
GRAVE-SWEEPERS ARE URGED TODAY (SATURDAY) TO EXERCISE EXTRA CARE IN HANDLING FIRES WHEN THEY VISIT GRAVES IN THE COUNTRYSIDE DURING THE CHING MING FESTIVAL PERIOD.
THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT'S COUNTRY PARKS PROTECTION OFFICER, MR CHAN PING-KWONG, SAID: "FROM MID-SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR TO LAST THURSDAY, THERE WERE 212 REPORTS OF HILL FIRES INSIDE COUNTRY PARKS AFFECTING 2,700 HECTARES OF LAND AND 193,500 TREES."
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