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Tuesday, January 23, 1973

FIRST OPEN DAY OF PROBATION SERVICE

Chief Justice To Attend Ceremony At SWD's Begonia Road Home

Sir Ivo Rigby, the Chief Justice, will officiate at the first Open

Day of the Social Welfare Department's Probation and Corrections Division

at the Begonia Road Boys' Home on Thursday (January 25).

On this Open Day, for the first time, all probation offices and

five S.W.D. correctional institutions are joining together to mount. a single

show. The show, which will continue beyond the Open Day itself in other

localities, is aimed at familiarising the public with the aims and objectives

of probation and correctional work.

The five institutions are the Begonia Road Boys' Home, the O Pui

Shan Boys' Home, the Castle Peak Boys' Home, the Ma Tau Wei Girls' Home and

the Kwun Tong Hostel.

Sir Ivo will see in the hall of the Begonia Road Boys' Home an

exhibition depicting visually life in all S.W.D. correctional institutions.

There will be photographs, charts and other material, showing the

trainees at work, at play, and engaged in projects that will have a bearing on

their occupations after their discharge.

In addition, a Cantonese film, made recently by Radio Hong Kong

Television for its drama series "Under the Lion Rock", will be re-screened.

It shows how a probation officer helps prevent a teenage boy from going astray.

Two well-known television personalities, Tsang Kong and Wong Suk-yee,

star in the film. Professional divisional officers assisted in the preparation

of the script.

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