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TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 1980

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PRIMARY SCHOOLS

S.K.H. SHIU KEUNG PRIMARY SCHOOL, BLOCK 15

SAN WUI COMMERCIAL SOCIETY LAM TIN SCHOOL, BLOCK 13

PUI SHING PRIMARY SCHOOL, BLOCK 11

SAU MAU PING ESTATE:

KINDERGARTENS

REBECCA KINDERGARTEN, BLOCK 22

PO LEUNG KUK SAU MAU PING KINDERGARTEN, BLOCK 24

NEI MING KINDERGARTEN, BLOCK 25

PRIMARY SCHOOLS

SAU MAU PING CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL, ESTATE SCHOOL NO 5, NORTH BLOCK 25

I.S.T.T. (HONG KONG) ALUMNI ASSOCIATION SCHOOL, ESTATE SCHOOL NO 4, NORTH BLOCK 25

CHIU KUNG PO PRIMARY SCHOOL OF SHUN TAK FRATERNAL ASSOCIATION, ESTATE SCHOOL NO 3, NORTH BLOCK 25

MORE LAY PROSECUTORS RECRUITED FOR MAGISTRACIES ******

THE END OF THE YEAR WILL SEE LAY PROSECUTORS WORKING IN MORE THAN HALF OF THE 35 COURTS IN THE MAGISTRACIES.

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FOURTEEN PEOPLE 11 MEN AND THREE WOMEN - RECRUITED IN MARCH WILL REPLACE POLICE PROSECUTORS AFTER INTENSIVE TRAINING, MR PETER DUNCAN, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL CROWN COUNSEL (TRAINING) OF THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT, SAID TODAY.

MR DUNCAN SAID THE LAY PROSECUTOR SCHEME, INTRODUCED IN 1977, HAD PROVED TO BE A SUCCESS. THERE ARE CURRENTLY FIVE LAY PROSECUTORS WORKING AT THE WESTERN AND CAUSEWAY BAY MAGISTRACIES.

+WE ARE NOW EXPANDING THE SCHEME, RECRUITING AND TRAINING THE RIGHT PEOPLE SO THAT THEY CAN GRADUALLY TAKE OVER ALL PROSECUTION WORK, HE SAID.

MR DUNCAN EXPLAINED THAT ONE OF THE OBJECTIVES OF THE LAY PROSECUTOR SCHEME WAS TO RELEASE POLICE MANPOWER FROM COURT DUTIES IN ORDER THAT THEY COULD RETURN TO THE FIGHT AGAINST CRIME.

/ON QUALIFICATION