WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1994
PRISONERS' EDUCATION TRUST FUND BILL
FOLLOWING IS THE
FOR SPEECH BY THE SECRETARY ALISTAIR
OF MOVING THE SECOND READING ASPREY, IN
THE PRISONERS'
EDUCATION TRUST FUND BILL IN THE
TODAY LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (WEDNESDAY):
SECURITY,
MR
MR PRESIDENT,
A
HELP
I MOVE THAT THE PRISONERS' EDUCATION TRUST FUND BILL BE READ
TRUST FUND ΤΟ BILL SEEKS TO ESTABLISH A SECOND TIME. THIS PRISONERS WHO WISH TO PURSUE ACADEMIC COURSES WHILE IN PRISON.
HONG KONG HAS
ON A PENAL SYSTEM WHICH PLACES EMPHASIS REHABILITATION. AS PART OF THEIR
PRISONERS ARE REHABILITATION
TO STUDIES
PREPARE ENCOURAGED TO PURSUE ACADEMIC AND VOCATIONAL THEMSELVES FOR REINTEGRATION INTO THE COMMUNITY UPON RELEASE. THIS
THAT PREMISE
PRISONERS WITH BASED ON THE
EDUCATION SUCCESSFULLY ARE BETTER ABLE TO REINTEGRATE SOCIETY UPON THEIR RELEASE.
VOCATIONAL SKILLS
BETTER
IS
AND INTO
DEVELOPED DIFFERENT
THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAS PROGRAMMES OF EDUCATION AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING FOR INMATES AS PART OF THE REHABILITATION PROCESS. YOUNG OFFENDERS AGED BETWEEN 14 AND 21 ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND
TRAINING CLASSES EDUCATIONAL AND VOCATIONAL CONDUCTED IN THE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS.
ON A
OPPORTUNITIES
STUDY ARE OFFERED TO ADULT OFFENDERS FOR VOLUNTARY BASIS. THESE ARE PROVIDED IN THE FORM OF REMEDIAL CLASSES, 1993, 420 CORRESPONDENCE COURSES AND SPECIAL SELF-STUDY COURSES. IN PRISONERS WERE ENROLLED IN CORRESPONDENCE COURSES; 93 IN TECHNICAL ADULT AND COURSES AND 29 IN EXTERNAL DEGREE COURSES. THE RESULTS OF
VERY ENCOURAGING. YOUNG
IN EXTERNAL EXAMINATIONS ARE OFFENDERS 1993, THEY ACHIEVED AN 81% PASS RATE IN THE HONG KONG CERTIFICATE
MOST OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION, AND BETWEEN 60% AND 70% PASS RATE IN
AND INDUSTRY IN THE LONDON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EXAMINATION. THESE RATES ARE BETTER THAN THOSE ACHIEVED BY STUDENTS IN OPEN SOCIETY.
THE
SUBJECTS
IN OF
OF PURSUING ACADEMIC THE BENEFITS TO PRISONERS IN VIEW OF
CORRECTIONAL SERVICES STUDIES, EVERY ASSISTANCE IS PROVIDED BY THE
BOOKS ARE DEPARTMENT то ENCOURAGE MORE PRISONERS TO STUDY. LIBRARY
AND FULL-TIME AVAILABLE IN ALL PENAL INSTITUTIONS, WHILE PART-TIME TEACHERS ARE RECRUITED TO CONDUCT CLASSES AND TO ASSIST PRISONERS THEIR SELF-STUDY COURSES.
CORRECTIONAL
IN
BE
HOWEVER, IT IS NOT POSSIBLE FOR THE
SERVICES IT IS DEPARTMENT TO CATER FOR THE NEEDS OF EACH AND EVERY PRISONER.
EDUCATION TRUST WITH THIS IN MIND THAT I PUT FORWARD THE PRISONERS' FUND BILL. UNDER THIS BILL, A PRISONERS' EDUCATION TRUST FUND WILL ESTABLISHED TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL RESOURSES TO PRISONERS FOR
SUCH STUDIES. IT WILL ALSO BE USED TO SET UP EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES,
THE AS A LANGUAGE LABORATORY AND A COMPUTER ROOM, FOR PRISONERS' USE,
IT IS INTENDED FUND WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR ALL PRISONERS, ALTHOUGH
NO ALTERNATIVE
TO
THOSE
ADULT
PRIMARILY
ASSIST
PRISONERS EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE TO THEM.
WITH
ACADEMIC
/THE COMMISSIONER