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FRIDAY, JULY 3, 1981

POINTS ACCUMULATED WOULD NO LONGER COUNT THREE YEARS AFTER THE DATE OF COMMISSION OF THE OFFENCE OR ON SUSPENSION OF A LICENCE.

DRIVING A VEHICLE DURING A PERIOD OF DISQUALIFICATION WOULD BE AN OFFENCE PUNISHABLE BY A FINE OF UP TO $10 000 AND IMPRISONMENT FOR ONE YEAR.

FAILURE TO SURRENDER A DRIVING LICENCE AFTER DISQUALIFICATION BY A COURT WILL LEAD TO A MAXIMUM FINE OF $3 000 AND ONE MONTH'S IMPRISONMENT.

THE SPOKESMAN NOTED THAT PROVISION WAS MADE FOR DISCRETIONARY CONSIDERATION BY A MAGISTRATE AND FOR THE REVISION OF PENALTY POINTS UPON A SUCCESSFUL APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION.

QUEENSLAND'S PRISON CHIEF VISITS PENAL INSTITUTIONS

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THE VISITING QUEENSLAND'S COMPTROLLER-GENERAL OF PRISONS, MR E.J. COLLINS, TODAY (FRIDAY) VISITED HEI LING CHAU DRUG ADDICTION TREATMENT CENTRE AND NEI KWU CHAU DETENTION CENTRE TO SEE THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT'S CORRECTIONAL PROGRAMMES FOR CONVICTED DRUG DEPENDANTS AND YOUNG OFFENDERS.

MR COLLINS, WHO IS CURRENTLY HERE TO STUDY HONG KONG'S PRISON SYSTEM, WAS ACCOMPANIED ON THE VISIT BY THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF PRISONS, MR CHAN WA-SHEK.

EARLIER IN THE WEEK, HE HAD VISITED OTHER TYPES OF CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT. THESE INCLUDED LAI CHI KOK RECEPTION CENTRE, LAI KING TRAINING CENTRE AND PIK UK CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION FOR YOUNG OFFENDERS, TAI TAM GAP CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS, MAXIMUM SECURITY STANLEY PRISON AND MINIMUM SECURITY PIK UK PRISON. HE ALSO VISITED THE STAFF TRAINING INSTITUTE TO SEE RECRUIT PRISON OFFICERS UNDERGOING TRAINING.

MR COLLINS ALSO HAD TALKS WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF PRISONS, MR THOMAS GARNER, AND SENIOR OFFICERS OF THE DEPARTMENT ON THE PENAL SYSTEM IN HONG KONG.

AFTER THE VISITS, MR COLLINS SAID HE WAS MOST IMPRESSED BY THE QUALITY OF STAFF OF THE DEPARTMENT AND THE HIGH STANDARD OF DISCIPLINE INSIDE ALL INSTITUTIONS.

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