WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 1978
GOVERNOR VISITS HET LING CHAU *****
THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, TODAY VISITED THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT'S DRUG ADDICTION TREATMENT CENTRE ON HEI LING CHAU AND OFFICIALLY SWITCHED ON THE ELECTRICITY SUPPLY TO THE YOUNG INMATES CENTRE ON THE ISLAND.
ACCOMPANIED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF PRISONS, MR. T.G. GARNER THE GOVERNOR FLEW TO HEI LING CHAU ON A ROYAL HONG KONG AUXILIARY AIRFORCE HELICOPTER WHERE HE WAS MET ON ARRIVAL BY MR. WONG KIAN- FEI, ACTING SENIOR SUPERINTENDENT OF PRISONS (TREATMENT OF DRUG ADDICTS) AND MR. LAM WAH-PAK, THE SUPERINTENDENT OF HEI LING CHAU.
THIS IS THE GOVERNOR'S SECOND VISIT TO THE DRUG ADDICTION TREATMENT CENTRE ON THE ISLAND. HE FIRST VISITED THE CENTRE IN JULY 1975 TWO MONTHS AFTER ITS OPENING.
DURING TODAY'S VISIT, SIR MURRAY WAS SHOWN THE MANY IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED, MAINLY BY THE INMATES THEMSELVES.
HE TOURED THE HOSPITAL, THE AFTER-CARE CENTRE, THE LAUNDRY, CARPENTRY AND TAILORING WORKSHOPS, CLASSROOMS, THE CONSTRUCTION SITE ON WHICH THE INMATES ARE BUILDING A NEW WORKSHOP, THE LIVING ACCOMMODATION, AND THE PIG AND PRODUCE FARM.
SIR MURRAY ALSO VISITED THE YOUNG INMATES' CENTRE ON THE ISLAND, AND OFFICIALLY SWITCHED ON THE ELECTRICITY SUPPLY. THIS CENTRE WAS OPENED IN MARCH 1976 AND SINCE THEN TREMENDOUS DEVELOPMENTS HAVE TAKEN PLACE WITH THE YOUNG INMATES DOING ALL THE WORK APART FROM THE TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF IT.
AT PRESENT THERE ARE 751 ADULT AND 62 YOUNG INMATES ON THE ISLAND,
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