"Selected volunteers will be given a thorough briefing before they start to assist the offender through the probation officer," the spokesman said.
Application forms are now available at all Probation Offices of the Social Welfare Department. Completed forms should be returned on or before June 30.
Further enquiries about the scheme may contact the Sha Tin Probation Office on 2603 4171.
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New Harcourt Road post office to open soon
A new post office at Harcourt Road, Central, will open to the public at 9.30 am on June 18 (Tuesday), the Postmaster General, Mr Robert Footman, announced today (Sunday).
The new office, located at G10 to G15, Hutchison House, 10 Harcourt Road, is to replace the existing post office on the ground floor of Beaconsfield House at 4 Queen's Road Central. The Beaconsfield House Post Office will close for business at 6 pm on Friday (June 14).
The business hours and telephone numbers of the new post office will be the same as those of the Beaconsfield House office.
The Harcourt Road Post Office will continue to operate as a philatelic office and a newly designed pictorial postmark featuring the Tea Museum will be introduced for its use from June 18.
A special hand-back service will be available on Friday at the Beaconsfield House Post Office for unregistered covers with full postage prepaid, bearing the superscription "Last Day Cover" and a local address; and on June 18, at the new office for covers bearing the superscription "First Day Cover".
These privately prepared covers will be accepted over the counter, impressed with the normal post office datestamp or the philatelic pictorial datestamp, depending on the collector's choice, and handed back to the person presenting them.