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Note to Editors:
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Wednesday, May 16, 1973
AUSTRALIAN PRISON EXPERT IN HONG KONG
The Commissioner of Corrective Services of
New South Wales, Australia, Mr. W.R. McGeechan, is currently visiting Hong Kong at the invitation of the Commissioner of Prisons, Mr. T. Garner.
During his stay, Mr. McGeechan has been touring
a number of Hong Kong's correctional facilities,
including Stanley Prison, the Staff Training Institute,
the Victoria Detention Centre, and the Tai Lan Addiction
Treatment Centre.
Mr. McGeechan, who is also in charge of probation
and parole in New South Wales, has visited Hong Kong
once before. His current visit is part of a European
tour and is in answer to an invitation extended to him
by Mr. Garner during the latter's visit to New South
Wales last September.
Mr. McGeechan will be holding a Press conference at 12 noon tomorrow (Thursday) when he will talk of his
observations here.
You are cordially invited to send representatives
to attend the conference which will be held in the G.I.S.
theatre on the fifth floor of Beaconsfield House.
Television cameramen are requested to arrive
early to set up their equipment.
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