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香港政府
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DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN
SUPPLEMENT
Friday, December 7, 1973
SPEECH BY H.E. THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, AT
THE ANNUAL INSPECTION OF THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT ON
FRIDAY, 7TH DECEMBER 1973
When I spoke to you last year, we were already planning our measures
to fight violent crime. This fight continues. I know that one result
is to place an added burden on your shoulders not only in prison accommodation,
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but in the type of offender being sent to prison.
The trend is for offenders to be younger, more opposed to authority
and more prone to use violence. You have done well in coping with this
change. From the incidents which have occurred you will have learnt lessons.
The disturbances in April demonstrated the neod to modernise facilitios
there, and to review the organisation and management of the department. Many
changes have been made or are in hand.
Senior management is being strengthened to take care of various
specialised aspects of prison work such as prison industries, vocational
training, nursing and after-care. An inspectorate will shortly be set up to
visit all prison institutions regularly, examining each in depth and reporting
on its efficiency and functioning. A special unit is being planned to co-
ordinate intelligence, and other work in the department, against triads,
narcotics and corruption.
Additional posts are being created at the middle management level
to ensure that specific tasks, particularly dealing with security, receive
closer attention. Coupled with this is the progressive and continuing
introduction of new security measures at Stanley Prison itself.
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Issued by Government Information Services, Beaconsfield House, Hong Kong. Tel: 5-233191
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