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FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1981

→THE ADVANTAGES ARE THAT AT RELATIVELY LOW COST THE FISHERMEN WOULD ALSO BE ABLE TO SEE AND COMPARE A WIDE RANGE OF GEAR EQUIPMENT, DECK MACHINERY AND ENGINES.+

THE FISHERMEN WILL ALSO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT THE FISH MARKET AND FISH PROCESSING FACTORIES AT JURONG IN SINGAPORE TO BROADEN THE IR EXPERIENCE IN THE FIELD OF POST-HARVEST HANDLING.

TWO OFFICERS OF THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT WILL ACCOMPANY THE FISHERMEN.

THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, MR JOHN RIDDELL-SWAN TODAY PRESENTED A BANNER TO MR H.Y. WONG, THE SENIOR FISHERIES SUPERVISOR WHO WILL LEAD THE GROUP.

PRISON YOUTHS EXCEL IN LONDON EXAMS *****

EIGHTEEN YOUNG OFFENDERS RECEIVING SCHOOLING AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING UNDER THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT'S PROGRAMMES HAVE EMERGED WITH DISTINCTION AND CREDIT IN THE RECENT TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNICIANS' EXAMINATIONS OF THE LONDON CITY AND GUILDS

INSTITUTE.

OF THE GROUP WHO ACHIEVED THE REMARKABLE RESULTS, 11 SAT FOR THE FIRST YEAR EXAMINATION IN THREE SUBJECTS PRACTICAL MATHEMATICS, ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS PRACTICE,

3ILE THE OTHER SEVEN SAT FOR THE SECOND EXAMINATION IN MATHEMATICS, TELECOMMUNICATIONS PRINCIPLES AND COMPUTER SCIENCE, A PRISONS DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.

AT A SPECIAL CEREMONY HELD AT THE PIK UK CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION TODAY (FRIDAY), THE CANDIDATES, INCLUDING THREE NOW DISCHARGED, WERE PRESENTED WITH THE CERTIFICATES BY DR HENRY HU, UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

PRESENT WERE THE COMMISSIONER OF PRISONS, MR THOMAS GARNER, SENIOR OFFICERS OF THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS PARENTS AND RELATIVES OF THE YOUTHS.

SPEAKING AT THE CEREMONY, DR HU STRESSED THAT IT WAS IN THE INTERESTS OF THE COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT.

→THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT HAS OVER THE YEARS PERFORMED THIS TASK WITH ADMIRABLE EFFICIENCY AND PERSEVERANCE, HE SAID.

+THESE YOUNG MEN BEFORE ME THIS MORNING ARE FINE EXAMPLES OF THE RESULT OF GOOD CORRECTIONAL WORK, HE SAID.

MENTICHING TER