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SATURDAY, JUNE 24, 1978

GENERAL MANAGER OF PRISONS INDUSTRIES APPOINTED ******

A SCOTTISH PRISON INDUSTRIES EXPERT HAS JOINED THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT AS GENERAL MANAGER (PRISON INDUSTRIES).

HE IS MR. TERRY COLLINSON, 49, WHO IS ON SECONDMENT FROM THE SCOTTISH HOME AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT CONTROLLERATE (INDUSTRIES AND SUPPLIES).

MR. COLLINSON VISITED HONG KONG LAST YEAR BETWEEN JANUARY AND APRIL, UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE COMMONWEALTH FUND FOR TECHNICAL CO-OPERATION, AS ADVISOR TO THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT ON PRISON INDUSTRIES MANAGEMENT AND TO CONDUCT A DETAILED REVIEW OF INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES IN THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT.

THE REVIEW WAS MADE AT THE REQUEST OF THE COMMISSIONER OF PRISONS, MR. T.G. GARNER, WHO WISHES TO MODERNISE AND IMPROVE BOTH PRISON INDUSTRIES FÁCILITIES AND PRODUCTION RATES.

DURING HIS SECONDMENT, MR. COLLINSON WILL ADVISE ON AND SUPERVISE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS MADE IN HIS REPORT FOLLOWING THE EARLIER VISIT. IT IS HOPED THAT THIS WILL RESULT IN A SUBSTANTIAL SAVING TO GOVERNMENT.

MR. COLLINSON, WHO IS ACCOMPANIED BY HIS WIFE, HAS WORKED FOR THE SCOTTISH CIVIL SERVICE IN VARIOUS APPOINTMENTS FOR OVER 18 YEARS. HIS LAST APPOINTMENT WAS THAT OF SENIOR PRINCIPAL CONTROLLER OF PRISON INDUSTRIES AND SUPPLIES.

MR. AND MRS. COLLINSON, WHOSE HOME IS IN EDINBURGH, HAVE TWO SONS.