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SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 1978

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PASSING-OUT PARADE OF PRISON OFFICERS

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JUDGE COLLIER TODAY TOOK THE SALUTE FROM 127 PRISON OFFICERS AT THEIR GRADUATION CEREMONY AND TOLD THEM THE SATISFACTION A PRISON OFFICER WILL GET FROM HIS WORK IS +NEVER TO SEE ANY PRISONER BACK AGAIN+.

ADDRESSING THE GROUP AT THEIR PASSING-OUT PARADE AT THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT'S STAFF TRAINING INSTITUTE AT STANLEY, JUDGE COLLIER SAID: +IF HE NEVER COMES BACK TO PRISON YOU WILL KNOW THAT YOU HAVE DONE YOUR JOB TO PERFECTION.+

HE SAID: THE PROFESSION THAT YOU HAVE ENTERED IS ONE WHICH WILL PROBABLY BRING YOU MORE BRICKBATS THAN PRATSE.

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+AS YOU KNOW, YOUR WORK IS CARRIED OUT BEHIND CLOSED DOORS AND BEHIND, MOSTLY, HIGH WALLS BEYOND WHICH THE PUBLIC NEVER SEES.+

JUDGE COLLIER ALSO TOLD THE OFFICERS THAT THEY HAVE BECOME MEMBERS OF WHAT IS, PROBABLY, THE BEST PRISON SERVICE IN THE WORLD AND IT IS UP TO THEM TO ENSURE THAT THE SERVICE MAINTAINS THAT STANDARD.

THE OFFICERS WHO TOOK PART AT TODAY'S PARADE COMPRISED 17 PRISON OFFICERS AND 110 ASSISTANT OFFICER IIS, INCLUDING SIX WOMEN OFFICERS, WHO HAVE COMPLETED SIX MONTHS OF BASIC TRAINING.

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OPENING OF NURSERY

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MR. THOMAS LEE, WILL

THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE

OFFICIATE AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE CARITAS DAY NURSERY IN CHAI WAN ON MONDAY (APRIL 17).

THE CEREMONY WILL BE HELD AT 10 A. H. AT YUE WAN COMMUNITY HALL, YUE WAN ESTATE. MR. LEE WILL TOUR THE NURSERY AFTER THE OPENING.

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND THE OPENING CEREMONY.

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