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THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1981

PROVISION IS ALSO MADE FOR THOSE YOUNG PERSONS WHO ATTAIN THE AGE OF 18 AND WHO ARE SENTENCED TO IMPRISONMENT BUT ARE TOO SOPHISTICATED OR A BAD INFLUENCE ON OTHERS TO BE CLASSIFIED AS ADULTS AND TRANSFERRED TO AN ADULT PRISON.

+THIS IS FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE REST OF THE YOUNG PERSONS IN CUSTODY, HE SAID, FORTUNATELY, THERE ARE VERY FEW SUCH CASES.+

*WHILST IT MAY BE NORMAL FOR THE YOUNG TO BE TERRIFIED OF GOING TO PRISON AND PROBABLY A PHILOSOPHY WHICH SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED FOR OBVIOUS REASONS, THEY ARE PROPERLY CARED FOR ONCE IN CUSTODY,+ MR HYDES WENT ON.

+NEVERTHELESS, TERROR OR PERHAPS CONCERN, WHICH WOULD BE A MORE APPROPRIATE WORD, SHOULD EXIST BEFORE A CRIME IS COMMITTED,+ HE ADDED.

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CARNIVAL FOR ELDERLY AND DISABLED ****

MORE THAN 1 500 ELDERLY AND DISABLED PEOPLE IN SHA TIN TODAY (THURSDAY) TOOK PART IN A CARNIVAL ORGANISED BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT AT WO CHE COMMUNITY HALL.

THEY WERE TREATED TO A VARIETY OF GAMES AND PERFORMANCES SPECIALLY ARRANGED FOR THEM,

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY THIS AFTERNOON, THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR SELWYN ALLEYNE, SAID THE CARNIVAL WAS A WELCOME FIRST STEP TOWARDS A COMMUNITY BUILDING EFFORT.

+THE COMING TOGETHER OF RESIDENTS AND THE CO-OPERATIVE EFFORTS OF ALL THOSE HERE TODAY WILL HELP TO DEVELOP A STRONGER COMMUNITY SPIRIT, HE SAID.

MR ALLEYNE ALSO EXPRESSED HIS GRATITUDE TO THOSE WHO TOOK PART IN ORGANISING THE EVENT.

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