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Friday, December 1, 1972

NEW PRISON AND MAXIMUM SECURITY TRAINING CENTRE

Work will begin early next year on the construction of a

maximum security training centre and a prison compound at Pik Uk in

Sai Kung.

The maximum security centre will provide training facilities

for 400 young offenders under the age of 21 who are found to be unsuitable

for open centres.

The prison compound will have the same capacity as the training

centre, but it will be a minimum security prison.

The training centre will comprise two four-storey cell blocks,

a four-storey dormitory block, an assembly hall, administrative offices

and a hospital.

For recreation there will be a mini-soccer pitch, a basketball

court and a gymnasium.

A 16-foot-high perimeter wall will surround the centre compound.

The inmates will be accommodated in individual cells or dormitories, and

strict discipline will be imposed.

It will generally be run on the same lines as other training

centres, but with less time for recreation and more emphasis on regular

physical training.

The Pik Uk Prison compound will contain two two-storey dormitory

blocks, a dining/assembly hall with kitchen and laundry facilities, and a

two-storey administrative block.

Recreation