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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1981

VISITING DOCTORS STUDY PRISONS DRUG TREATMENT PROGRAMME

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TWENTY-FOUR DOCTORS FROM ASIA AND EGYPT WHO ARE CURRENTLY TAKING PART IN THE THIRD WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION INTER-REGIONAL TRAINING COURSE ON THE TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION OF DRUG DEPENDENT PERSONS IN HONG KONG TODAY (TUESDAY) STARTED A THREE-DAY ATTACHMENT TO THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT TO STUDY ITS COMPULSORY PLACEMENT PROGRAMME FOR CONVICTED DRUG DEPENDENTS.

THE DOCTORS ARE FROM MALAYSIA, SINGAPORE, THAILAND, BURMA, INDIA, PAKISTAN, INDONESIA, THE PHILIPPINES, CHINA AND ÉGYPT.

THEY WILL VISIT THE REMAND SECTION OF TAI LAM CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION WHERE CONVICTED PERSONS ARE REMANDED BY THE COURTS FOR DETERMINATION OF THEIR SUITABILITY FOR DRUG ADDICTION TREATMENT CENTRE, THE ADDICTION TREATMENT SECTION OF THE TAI LAM CENTRE FOR WOMEN, AND THE HEI LING CHAU DRUG ADDICTION TREATMENT CENTRE.

THEY WILL ALSO BE BRIEFED GENERALLY ON THE DEPARTMENT'S VARIOUS FACILITIES AND TREATMENT PROGRAMMES.

OTHER SUBJECTS THEY WILL STUDY INCLUDE RESEARCH ON DRUG ADDICTION, AFTER-CARE AND COMPULSORY SUPERVISION, CASEWORK AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES.

EARLY TODAY, THEY MET THE COMMISSIONER OF PRISONS, MR THOMAS GARNER, AND OTHER SENIOR OFFICERS OF THE DEPARTMENT.

BRIDGES FOR YUEN LONG ***

TWO VEHICULAR BRIDGES, ONE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE AND ASSOCIATED ROADS AND DRAINAGE SYSTEMS WILL BE BUILT IN YUEN LONG NEW TOWN BY THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.

A $21-MILLION CONTRACT FOR WORK WAS AWARDED TODAY AND WAS SIGNED BY MR LEE SHING-SEE, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT BRANCH AND A REPRESENTATIVE OF MCCONNELL DOWELL CONSTRUCTORS LTD.

THE VEHICULAR BRIDGES WILL FORM PART OF A NEW ROAD BYPASSING YUEN LONG NEW TOWN ON THE NORTH, CONNECTING THE YUEN LONG INDUSTRIAL ESTATE AND INDUSTRIAL AREA IN THE NORTHERN PART OF TOWN TO THE YUEN LONG/AU TAU ROAD NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

THE FOOTBRIDGE, TO BE BUILT AT SHUI PIN WAI, WILL ENABLE PEDESTRIANS TO CROSS THE BUSY CASTLE PEAK ROAD SAFELY FROM THE RECENTLY COMPLETED PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE TO MAJOR COMMUNITY FACILITIES IN THE TOWN, INCLUDING THE TOWN HALL, SPORTS STADIUM, SCHOOLS AND TO THE SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

THE PROJECT FORMS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF YUEN LONG NEW TOWN UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT BRANCH OF THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, PWD.

WORK ON THE CONTRACT WILL TAKE ABOUT 20 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

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