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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1994
IN
EVENING
CLASSES
PRISONERS TOOK
WHILE 420 ADULT CORRESPONDENCE COURSES.
PUBLIC IN PART
ATTENDED 1,136 ADULT PRISONERS 1993-94, PROVIDED BY THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, PRISONERS ENROLLED IN EXTERNAL SELF-STUDY AND TWO HUNDRED
AND TWENTY
ADULT
EXAMINATIONS DURING THIS PERIOD.
THE
SPOKESMAN
SAID
SOME
PRISONERS,
IN
PARTICULAR ADULT PRISONERS, HOWEVER, WERE UNABLE TO PURSUE ACADEMIC STUDIES THROUGH LACK OF MONEY.
"WHILE EVERY ASSISTANCE IS PROVIDED TO THE PRISONERS, IT IS NOT
MEET TO POSSIBLE FOR
SERVICES DEPARTMENT
THE CORRECTIONAL THE
AT AN FINANCIAL NEEDS OF EACH PRISONER, SUCH AS CONDUCTING COURSES
LEVEL
MATERIALS FOR APPROPRIATE
PURCHASING BOOKS PRISONERS, HE SAID.
OR
AND
SIMILAR
THE DONATIONS AMOUNTING TO $1.31 MILLION HAVE BEEN OFFERED BY
SHOPPERS ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB, THE HONGKONG BANK AND DUTY FREE LTD TO SET UP THE PRISONERS EDUCATION TRUST FUND.
PRISONERS FOR
THE FUND WILL PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO
WILL ACADEMIC
AND
ALSO BE USED TO PURSUITS
SET UP APPROPRIATE
FOR USE BY EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES, SUCH AS A COMPUTER LABORATORY, PRISONERS.
TRUSTEE EDUCATION TRUST
THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES WILL BE THE THE FUND, WHICH WILL BE MANAGED BY A PRISONERS' FUND COMMITTEE.
OF
APPOINT THE CHAIRMAN AND A THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY WILL MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE, WHO WILL NOT BE PUBLIC OFFICERS.
BY APPOINTED AN INVESTMENT ADVISORY BOARD, ALSO TO BE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, WILL MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COMMITTEE WAYS TO INVEST THE MONIES IN THE FUND.
OF THE FUND WILL BE TABLED EACH "THE ACCOUNTS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
HE
"
OUT THAT THE PROPOSAL WAS POINTED TOWARDS ENHANCING PRISONERS' REHABILITATION,
THE
ON
YEAR AT
THE
A POSITIVE
INITIATIVE
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