Governor visits Drug Addiction Treatment Centre
The Governor, the Rt Hon Christopher Patten, today (Wednesday) visited the Hei Ling Chau Drug Addiction Treatment Centre (HLTC) to see for himself the drug treatment programme and operation of the Centre.
This is the fifth in a series of visits to agencies contributing to the reduction of drug abuse following the summit meeting chaired by the Governor in March.
Accompanied by the Commissioner of Correctional Services, Mr Raymond Lai; the Assistant Commissioner of Correctional Services (Operation), Mr Charles Tsung; and the acting Commissioner for Narcotics, Mrs Sarah Kwok, the Governor toured round the HLTC's main Centre and its annex.
He first visited the main Centre's hospital where adult inmates were being treated. He then visited laboratory, dormitory, and saw some industrial products made by inmates.
The Governor then proceeded to the Centre's annex where young inmates were accommodated. There he saw young inmates receiving physical training after detoxification. Young inmates were playing table tennis inside the indoor gymnasium while some were attending a drill session at the upper assembly yard.
He also visited the annex's book-binding workshop, kitchen and dining hall where young inmates were at work. He also met the Centre's clinical psychologist who briefed him on the counselling services given to the inmates.
The HLTC came to operation since April 1975. The main Centre provides an accommodation for 784 adult inmates. In order to cope with the upsurge of young inmate population, the Nei Kwu Chau Detention Centre which was located at the eastern side of the island, formerly housing Vietnamese migrants, was being converted last April into an annex to the treatment centre for 180 young inmates.
End/Wednesday, July 5, 1995