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Rehabilitation programmes for inmates
The Government has placed a growing emphasis on the rehabilitation of offenders over the years, the Chief Secretary, Mrs Anson Chan, said.
Speaking at the passing-out parade of the Correctional Services Department today (Friday), Mrs Chan pointed out that the work of the department nowadays was no longer simply a matter of maintaining offenders in safe custody. She noted that a range of rehabilitative programmes was provided for adults, juveniles and people with special needs, such as drug addicts and those suffering from mental illness.
"The objective of these programmes is to prepare inmates for their successful re-integration into society as law-abiding citizens," she said.
Turning to prison over-crowding, the Chief Secretary praised the Correctional Services Department for taking the initiative to tackle the problem from within its own resources by developing additional penal accommodation at Nei Kwu Detention Centre and Hei Ling Chau Correctional Institution.
"I want to assure you all that we are actively exploring short-term and long- term measures to increase prison accommodation so as to lighten the burden on you all," said Mrs Chan.
End/Friday, July 21, 1995
Regional control strategy study for Deep Bay
Deep Bay, being one of the most polluted bodies of water in Hong Kong, desperately needs a comprehensive strategy to control polluting inputs to a level that the Bay can absorb, the acting Assistant Director of the Environmental Protection Department (EPD), Dr Malcolm Broom, said today (Friday).
He was speaking after the signing of an agreement between the EPD and a joint venture of AXIS Environmental Consultants Ltd and Consultants in Environmental Sciences (Asia) Ltd for a consultancy study to develop a Regional Control Strategy for Deep Bay.
"The study will draw up strategic options for controlling the polluting inputs into Deep Bay so that the water quality objectives can be met.