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SATURDAY, JULY 25, 1981

PRISONS DEPARTMENT'S WORK 'FORWARD LOOKING'

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OVER THE YEARS, THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT HAS EMBARKED ON A NUMBER OF PROGRAMMES WHICH REFLECT THE ENLIGHTENED AND FORWARD- LOOKING APPROACH OF THE PRISON SERVICE IN HONG KONG, AN UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, THE HON LYDIA DUNN SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

SHE WAS SPEAKING AT THE PASSING-OUT PARADE OF 105 RECRUIT ASSISTANT PRISON OFFICERS AT THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT'S STAFF TRAINING INSTITUTE IN STANLEY, AT WHICH SHE TOOK THE SALUTE.

GIVING AN EXAMPLE, SHE SAID THAT THE DETENTION CENTRE PROGRAMME HAD PROVED VERY EFFECTIVE. +OF THOSE WHO HAVE PASSED THROUGH

THE PROGRAMME, 95 PER CENT HAVE NOT BEEN RECONVICTED OF ANY OFFENCE IN THE YEAR FOLLOWING RELEASE, AND NEARLY 80 PER CENT HAVE NOT BEEN CONVICTED DURING THE THREE YEARS FOLLOWING RELEASE. +

THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT PERFORMED ITS DUTIES EFFECTIVELY AND UNOBSTRUS IVELY, SHE SAID.

+YOU WILL FIND YOUR CAREERS CHALLENGING AND FULFILLING, + SHE TOLD THE RECRUITS.

THE PRISON INDUSTRIES, SHE SAID, WERE ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMME, ACHIEVING TWO IMPORTANT OBJECTIVES.

+FIRSTLY IT PROVIDES TRAINING OF INMATES SO THAT THEY MAY BE BETTER ABLE TO GET AND KEEP A JOB ON RELEASE. SECONDLY IT PROVIDES, ECONOMICALLY, GOODS AND SERVICES FOR THE GOVERNMENT BY USING THE RESOURCES OF PRISON LABOUR, SHE REMARKED.

THE RECRUITS COMPRISING 84 MEN AND 21 WOMEN ASSISTANT OFFICERS RECENTLY COMPLETED THEIR SIX-MONTH BASIC TRAINING IN THE INSTITUTE.

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MISS DUNN PRESENTED GOLDEN WHISTLES TO THE TWO BEST RECRUITS, MR LUI YAM WOON AND MR FAN KONG SUI.

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