WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1977
ALTHOUGH TOO EARLY TO TALK IN CONCRETE TERMS OF RETURNS MR. GARNER SAID THAT GIVEN SUFFICIENT SUPPORT IN STAFF, EQUIPMENT AND WORKSHOP SPACE, THERE WAS LITTLE DOUBT THAT IN ABOUT THREE YEARS FROM NOW THE TOTAL TURNOVER IN FINANCIAL TERMS FROM PRISON INDUSTRIES WOULD DOUBLE BRINGING IT UP TO ABOUT $26 MILLION WITH A PROBABLE NET SAVING TO GOVERNMENT OF AROUND $14 MILLION A YEAR.
+ I HAVE LITTLE DOUBT THAT THIS CAN BE FURTHER EXPANDED SO THE TURNOVER COULD AMOUNT TO SOME $50 MILLION WITH OF COURSE MUCH GREATER SAVINGS TO GOVERNMENT.+
ON THE ROLE OF DRUG ADDICTION TREATMENT CENTRES, THE COMMISSIONER SAID THAT THEY CONTINUE TO CONSTITUTE THE LARGEST TREATMENT FACILITY IN HONG KONG WHICH HAS THE AIM OF TAKING PEOPLE PERMANENTLY OFF DRUGS.
+I HAVE OFTEN SAID, AND I MAKE NO EXCUSE FOR REPEATING IT, THAT IN THIS AREA HONG KONG LEADS THE WORLD FOR ITS ENLIGHTENED APPROACH TO THE TREATMENT OF ADDICTS WHO HAVE BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF A CRIMINAL OFFENCE.+
MAF CREDIT INVESTIGATION
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THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT HE HAS APPOINTED MR. MICHAEL J. JOHNSON, CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT, OF MESSRS. ARTHUR ANDERSEN AND COMPANY AS INSPECTOR TO INVESTIGATE THE AFFAIRS OF MAF CREDIT LIMITED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 143 (C) (11) OF THE COMPANIES' ORDINANCE CAP. 32.
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