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SATURDAY, JULY 18, 1981

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PROMOTION FOR OFFICER CADETS

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THE ACTING ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF PRISONS (PERSONNEL), MR T.A. HANDLEY THIS (SATURDAY) MORNING PRESENTED LETTERS OF APPOINTMENT TO 17 OFFICER CADETS WHO HAVE BEEN PROMOTED TO OFFICERS EFFECTIVE TODAY.

ADDRESSING THE NEWLY PROMOTED OFFICERS IN A CEREMONY HELD AT THE CONFERENCE ROOM AT PRISONS DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS, MR HANDLEY TOLD THE OFFICERS THAT THEY ARE NOW WELL-EQUIPPED FOR WORK IN ANY PENAL INSTITUTION.

+YOU ARE IN A BETTER POSITION THAN A DIRECT INTAKE OFFICER BECAUSE YOU HAVE GAINED VERY USEFUL EXPERIENCE AND, VERY IMPORTANT, CONFIDENCE IN YOUR YEARS AS AN ASSISTANT OFFICER.

HE ALSO REMINDED THEM THAT THEY MUST ALWAYS SET A GOOD EXAMPLE AND BE ON GUARD AGAINST TEMPTATIONS OF ALL SORTS THAT WILL COME THE IR WAY THROUGH THE NATURE OF THEIR WORK.

THE RECIPIENTS COMPRISED 15 MALE AND TWO FEMALE ASSISTANT OFFICERS.

AMONG THOSE PROMOTED, MR PANNU HARJIT SINGH, WHO JOINED THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT IN DECEMBER 1975, RECEIVED THE COMMISSIONER'S COMMENDATION FOR ALERTNESS AND DILIGENCE IN THE PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTY IN FEBRUARY 1980.

TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF SLIP ROAD

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THE EASTBOUND SLIP ROAD OF KWAI CHUNG ROAD, NEAR MEI FOO SUN CHUEN, WILL BE TEMPORARILY CLOSED TO TRAFFIC FOR ABOUT THREE WEEKS FROM 1.30 AM ON WEDNESDAY (JULY 22) TO FACILITATE REAL IGNMENT WORK.

DURING THE CLOSURE PERIOD, A TEMPORARY BUS STOP WILL BE PROVIDED AT THE DECELERATION LANE ON KWAI CHUNG ROAD, OUTSIDE THE ME! FOO SUN CHUEN CAR PARK, FOR KMB ROUTE NOS. 30, 33, 33A, 33B, 330, 33M, 35A, 36A, 37, 37A, 37M, 40, 40M, 42, 44A, 45, 45M, 46, 50, 60, 66, 66M, 68, 250 AND 848.

KMB ROUTE NO. 44 FROM TSING YI TO LAI CHI KOK BRIDGE WILL BE DIVERTED VIA LAI CHI KOK ROAD, CHEUNG LAI STREET AND CHEUNG SHA WAN ROAD TO THE LAI CHI KOK (BRIDGE) BUS TERMINUS.

TRAFFIC SIGNS WILL BE PUT UP TO GUIDE MOTORISTS AND BUS PASSENGERS.

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