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THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1980

COMMISSIONER OF PRISONS LEAVES FOR REHABILITATION CONGRESS

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THE COMMISSIONER OF PRISONS, MR THOMAS GARNER, WILL LEAVE TOMORROW (FRIDAY) TO ATTEND THE 14TH WORLD CONGRESS OF REHABILITATION INTERNATIONAL TO BE HELD IN WINNIPEG, CANADA FROM JUNE 22 TO 27.

MR GARNER HAS BEEN INVITED TO ORGANISE A SPECIAL INTEREST SESSION DURING THE CONGRESS ON +DRUG ADDICTION REHABILITATION+ AND WILL PRESENT A PAPER ON AN EVALUATION OF THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT'S DRUG ADDICTION TREATMENT PROGRAMME.

HE WILL ALSO HOLD DISCUSSIONS WITH MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS IN WINNIPEG ON VARIOUS ASPECTS OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES.

ON THE WAY TO WINNIPEG, HE WILL STOP AT VANCOUVER AT THE INVITATION OF ITS DIRECTOR OF DRUG TREATMENT PROGRAMME TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE ALCOHOL AND DRUG COMMISSION OF BRITISH COLUMBIA.

BEFORE RETURNING TO HONG KONG, MR GARNER WILL VISIT THE UNITED NATIONS ASIA AND FAR EAST INSTITUTE ON THE PREVENTION OF CRIME AND TREATMENT OF OFFENDERS IN JAPAN. AT THE INVITATION OF THE DIRECTOR, HE WILL TALK TO THE PARTICIPANTS OF THE INSTITUTE'S 55TH INTERNATIONAL TRAINING COURSE AND PRESENT A PAPER ON +PRISONER CLASS IF ICATION AND CATEGORISATION+.

HE WILL ALSO GIVE A SPECIAL LECTURE TO STUDENTS OF RYUKOKU UNIVERSITY IN KYOTO ON THE SAME SUBJECT.

MR GARNER WILL BE ACCOMPANIED ON THE TRIP BY TWO SENIOR OFFICERS OF THE DEPARTMENT, SUPER INTENDENT WU CHUN-KAN AND SUPER INTENDENT PI WING-LEE.

DURING HIS ABSENCE, MR TOM ECOB WILL ACT AS THE COMMISSIONER.

ADVICE ON HEALTH MEASURES IN SUMMER

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THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT TODAY ADVISED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO TAKE PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES AGAINST CHOLERA AND OTHER GASTRO-INTESTINAL DISEASES COMMONLY ASSOCIATED WITH WARM WEATHER.

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A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THE MOST EFFECTIVE OF THESE WAS TO OBSERVE PERSONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE CLEAN FOOD, CLEAN WATER, WASHING HANDS BEFORE MEALS AND AFTER VISITS TO TOILET.

AT THE SAME TIME, BOTH THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT ARE STEPPING UP ALL POSSIBLE MEASURES AGAINST THE OUTBREAK OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES WHICH ARE PREVALENT IN SUMMER.

THE SPOKESMAN WARNED THAT ALTHOUGH THERE HAD BEEN NO CHOLERA CASES IN HONG KONG SINCE AUGUST 1978, THE PUBLIC MUST CONTINUE TO TAKE ALL NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS AGAINST OCCURRENCE OF THE DISEASE IN VIEW OF ITS CONTINUING PRESENCE IN THE SOUTHEAST ASIAN REGION.

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