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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1974.

ACHIEVEMENTS OF DETENTION CENTRES

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THE CHIEF JUSTICE, SIR GEOFFREY BRIGGS, TODAY SPOKE ABOUT THE ACHIEVEMENT OF HONG KONG'S DETENTION CENTRES AND TRAINING CENTRES.

ADDRESS ING A PASSING-OUT PARADE OF PRISON OFFICERS

AT STANLEY, HE SAID: +IN THE DETENTION CENTRES OVER A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS STATISTICS SHOWED A SUCCESS RATE OF 90 PER CENT. IN TRAINING CENTRES THE SUCCESS RATE WAS OVER 50 PER CENT DURING A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS.

+THESE ARE VERY GOOD RECORDS INDEED, AND NO WHERE

SURPASSED IN THE COMMONWEALTH.+

THE CHIEF JUSTICE POINTED OUT THAT THE NUMBER OF PERSONS SERVING PRISON SENTENCES IN HONG KONG HAS INCREASED AND IS STILL INCREASING.

HOWEVER, HE SAID TWO MORE INSTITUTIONS WOULD BE IN

SERVICE BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT YEAR.

SIR GEOFFREY EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT MORE PRISONS WOULD BE BUILT TO COPE WITH THE NEED FOR MORE ACCOMMODATION.

THE CHIEF JUSTICE CONCLUDED HIS SPEECH BY URGING THE OFFICERS TO STAND FIRM AGAINST SPECIAL REQUESTS MADE BY THE PRISONERS, FOR YIELDING TO THESE THEY WOULD EASILY LEAD THEMSELVES INTO CORRUPTION.

ON PARADE TODAY WERE 16 OFFICERS AND 147 ASSISTANT OFFICERS II.

INTRODUCTION OF A NEW CONSUMER PRICE INDEX

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NOTE TO EDITORS:

THE COMMISSIONER FOR CENSUS AND STATISTICS, MR. DAVID WHITELEGGE, WILL GIVE A PRESS CONFERENCE IN THE THEATRE OF GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES, BEACONSFIELD HOUSE, 5/F, ON MONDAY (OCTOBER 28) AT 3 P.M.

AT THE CONFERENCE, MR. WHITELEGGE WILL ANNOUNCE THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW CONSUMER PRICES INDEX, WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY REPLACE THE EXISTING C.P.1.

REPRESENTATIVES OF MEDIA ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND.

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