THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1980
IN THE MORNING, MR RAISON WENT TO THE BORDER BY HELICOPTER.
HE WAS BRIEFED ON ANTI-ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT OPERATIONS BY THE COMMANDER GURKHA FIELD FORCE, BRIGADIER I.A. CHRISTIE AND THE DISTRICT POLICE COMMANDER, MR M.C. ILLINGWORTH.
AFTER GOING ON A TOUR OF MAN KAM TO AND SHA TAU KOK, THE MINISTER HAD LUNCH WITH OFFICERS OF THE GURKHA FIELD FORCE.
HE WILL SPEND TOMORROW (FRIDAY) WITH THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT AND ON SATURDAY MORNING WILL VISIT KAI TAK NORTH AND KAI TAK EAST REFUGEE CAMPS.
THE MINISTER LEAVES HONG KONG ON SUNDAY
THAI OFFICIALS VISIT HIGH-RISE PENAL INSTITUTION
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A GROUP OF 13 THAI PUBLIC PROSECUTORS HEADED BY THEIR DEPUTY DIRECTOR-GENERAL, HR SOMCHAI PATHAMASUKHON, TODAY (THURSDAY) VISITED THE LAI CHI KOK RECEPTION CENTRE ONE OF THE FEW HIGH-RISE PENAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE WORLD.
MR PATHAMASUKHON IS ALSO THE SECRETARY OF THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR COMMISSION AND THE SECRETARY OF THE MINISTER OF INTERIOR OF THAILAND.
THE MAXIMUM SECURITY INSTITUTION, WHICH WAS OPENED IN NOVEMBER 1977, HAS TWO NINE-STOREY CELLULAR BLOCKS AND AN ADJOINING EIGHT-STOREY DORMITORY BLOCK, AN ADMINISTRATION WING AND A HOSPITAL. IT CAN ACCOMMODATE 960 INMATES.
ACCOMPANIED BY THE ACTING COMMISSIONER OF PRISONS, MR TOM ECOB, THE VISITORS TOURED THE CENTRE AND WERE BRIEFED BY THE SENIOR SUPERINTENDENT IN CHARGE, MR RAYMOND LAI, ON ITS PROGRAMMES AND FACILITIES.
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