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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1976

TRAINING COURSE FOR OVERSEAS OFFICIALS AT PREVENTIVE SERVICE TRAINING SCHOOL

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THE TWO-YEAR-OLD PREVENTIVE SERVICE TRAINING SCHOOL IN TAI LAM CHUNG, NEW TERRITORIES, IS TO BE THE +CENTRE OF HIGHER TRAINING+ FOR A GROUP OF OVERSEAS OFFICIALS NEXT SUMMER.

THE OFFICIALS WILL BE HERE FOR THE UNITED NATIONS TRAINING COURSE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT INSTRUCTORS WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE BETWEEN JUNE 20 AND JULY 1, NEXT YEAR.

ACCORDING TO THE COMMANDANT OF THE SCHOOL

SUPERINTENDENT

LEE KIN-TAK, A PROPOSAL TO HOLD THE COURSE AT THE SCHOOL WAS MADE BY THE REGIONAL U.N. CO-ORDINATING OFFICER BASED IN BANGKOK, MR. A.H.H. PERERA.

+WE HAVE ACCEPTED THE PROPOSAL, HE SAID. +BUT, AT THE MOMENT WE DO NOT KNOW YET HOW MANY OFFICIALS WILL BE PARTICIPATING.+

THE PROGRAMME OF THE COURSE, IS BEING ARRANGED BY THE U.N. CO-ORDINATING OFFICER.

HOWEVER, HE ADDED, THE PREVENTIVE SERVICE AND THE NARCOTICS BUREAU WOULD PROVIDE LECTURERS ON HONG KONG'S METHODS IN COMBATTING THE TRAFFICKING OF NARCOTICS AND OTHER RELATED SUBJECTS.

+WE WILL ALSO PROVIDE QUARTERS AND OTHER FACILITIES. I AM

SURE THEY WILL BE VERY COMFORTABLE HERE, HE SAID.

THE PREVENTIVE SERVICE TRAINING SCHOOL, BUILT AT A COST OF ABOUT $8 MILLION, WAS OPENED IN JUNE 1974 AND SINCE THEN, NEW RECRUITS AS WELL AS SERVING OFFICERS HAVE UNDERGONE VARIOUS FORMS OF TRAINING.

APART FROM INDUCTION COURSES FOR NEW RECRUITS OF ASSISTANT REVENUE OFFICERS AND REVENUE INSPECTORS, THE SCHOOL ALSO PROVIDES OTHER TRAINING SUCH AS REFRESHER AND EFFICIENCY COURSES.

+WE ARE EXPANDING AT THE MOMENT, BOTH IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES AND IN THE PROVISION OF COURSES, SUPERINTENDENT LEE STATED. AMONG THE NEW COURSES INTRODUCED RECENTLY ARE A LORRY DRIVING COURSE AND PROSECUTING OFFICERS' COURSE.

THE BOUNDARY OF THE SCHOOL HAS ALSO BEEN EXTENDED AND IT IS PLANNED TO BUILD AN OBSTACLE COURSE, A SIX-LANE RUNNING TRACK AND AN ADDITIONAL FOOTBALL FIELD.

SUPER INTENDENT LEE SAID THAT IN ADDITION TO THE MANPOWER PROVIDED BY THE NEARBY TAI LAM PRISON, THE SCHOOL WAS PROVIDING THE NEW FACILITIES WITH ITS OWN RESOURCES. IT'S NOT A DIFFICULT

+ JOB AND AT THE PACE WE ARE GOING, THE ENTIRE PROJECT SHOULD BE COMPLETED EARLY NEXT YEAR, + HE ADDED.

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