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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1975

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PRISONS WORK WINS INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION

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THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT'S PIONEER WORK OF REHABILITATING DRUG ADDICTS HAS DESERVEDLY WON INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION, SAID THE COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS, MR. E. I. LEE TODAY.

HE SAID THE DEPARTMENT HAD ALSO ASSUMED A MOST SIGNIFICANT PART IN THE GOVERNMENT'S PROGRAMMES FOR DEALING WITH THE SOCIALLY. DAMAGING AND CORROSIVE DRUG PROBLEM.

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HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE PASSING OUT PARADE AT THE PRISON STAFF TRAINING INSTITUTE IN STANLEY WHERE 76 ASSISTANT OFFICERS AND 16 PRISON OFFICERS HAD JUST COMPLETED THEIR SIX-MONTH TRAINING.

HE TOLD THE GRADUATES THAT THEY WOULD NEED NOT ONLY TO CONTROL BUT CONSTANTLY TO ENCOURAGE, ADVISE AND GUIDE THOSE UNDER THEIR CHARGE | THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE PAST IN THIS PARTICULARLY DIFFICULT AREA OF WORK WERE TO DE MAINTAINED AND IMPROVED IN THE FUTURE.

MR. LEE SAID THE TASK OF LOOKING AFTER PRISONERS WAS NOT CONFINED TO ENSURING THAT THEY WERE KEPT SECURE AND THAT DISCIPLINE WAS ENFORCED,

+YOUR DUTY GOES FAR BEYOND THIS AND THE WAY IN WHICH YOU CONDI T YOURSELF PERSONALLY CAN HAVE A CONSIDERADLE INFLUENCE IN AFFECTING A PRISON R'S ATTITUDE TO SOCIETY ON RELEASE.

+THIS INVOLVES SHOWING AN EXAMPLE OF PERSONAL INTEGRITY, FAIRNESS, AND JUST-DEALING WHICH AT TIMES YOU WILL FIND DIFFICULT IN THE FACE OF PROVOCATION AND FRESSURE,+ MR. LE TOLD THE GRADUATE >.

NOTE TO DITORS:

COPIES OF MR. LEE'S SPEECH WILL BE DISTRIBUTED SEPARATELY IN THE G.I.S. P.ESS BOXES THIS AFTERNOON.

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