XN000022-1978-05-20 — Page 4

SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1978

PRISONS DEPARTMENT WINS BATTLE AGAINST DRUGS

AND TRIADS *****

THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT WAS PRAISED TODAY FOR SUCCESSFULLY CURBING THE TRAFFICKING OF ILLICIT GOODS AND TRIAD ACTIVITIES IN PENAL INSTITUTIONS.

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG KONG DISCHARGED PRISONERS AID SOCIETY, MR. FREDERICK YU SAK-KWONG SAID THE DEPARTMENT'S CONTINUOUS EFFORTS IN IMPLEMENTING VARIOUS MEASURES DURING THE PAST SIX YEARS TO COMBAT THE ILLICIT TRAFFICKING OF UNAUTHORISED ARTICLES HAS NOW YIELDED FRUITFUL RESULTS IN THE WAY THAT THE PENAL INSTITUTIONS ARE FREE FROM DRUGS.

+ THE DEPARTMENT HAS ALSO WON ANOTHER BATTLE, THAT IS THE SUPPRESSION OF TRIAD AND GANG ACTIVITIES WITHIN PENAL INSTITUTIONS WHICH WERE AN OBSTACLE TO REHABILITATION PROGRAMMES, HE SAID AT THE PASSING-OUT PARADE FOR 93 PRISON OFFICERS AT THE DEPARTMENT'S STAFF TRAINING INSTITUTE IN STANLEY.

MR. YU ALSO POINTED OUT THAT THE WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT HAS NOT ONLY MET WITH LOCAL ACCEPTANCE, ITS ACHIEVEMENTS ARE WELL RECOGNISED BY NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES.

HE SAID: THE 18 INSTITUTIONS ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT ARE FREQUENTLY VISITED BY EMINENT OFFICIALS AND SCHOLARS ABROAD WHO GENERALLY AGREE THAT OUR PRISON ADMINISTRATION IS TAKING THE LEAD IN MOST AREAS, WHEN COMPARED WITH MANY OTHER COUNTRIES.+

THE OFFICERS WHO TOOK PART IN THE PASSING-OUT PARADE TODAY COMPRISED 18 PRISON OFFICERS AND 75 ASSISTANT OFFICERS.

GOLDEN WHISTLES WERE PRESENTED TO THE BEST RECRUITS OF THE TWO SQUADS ON PARADE. THEY WERE MR. WU YING-MING (21) AND MR. CHEUNG KWAN-LUN (26).

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