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SATURDAY, MAY 15, 1982

CORRECTIONAL SERVICES HAS ENVIABLE REPUTATION, SIR PHILIP SAYS

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THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAS BUILT UP AN ENVIABLE REPUTATION FOR RUNNING A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF INSTITUTIONS WITH IMAGINATION AND EFFICIENCY, THE ACTING GOVERNOR, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, SAID THIS MORNING (SATURDAY).

+I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF SEEING THIS FOR MYSELF RECENTLY WHEN I VISITED PIK UK, SIR PHILIP ADDED, WHEN HE SPOKE AT THE PASSING OUT PARADE OF 24 OFFICERS AND 103 ASSISTANT OFFICERS WHO RECENTLY COMPLETED THE IR BASIC TRAINING.

SIR PHILIP TOOK THE SALUTE AND PRESENTED SILVER WHISTLES TO THE TWO BEST RECRUITS MR LAU MAN-TO AND MISS SHUM YEE-WAN, AT THE SERVICES' STAFF TRAINING INSTITUTE IN STANLEY.

THE PARADE COMMANDER WAS WOMAN SUPERINTENDENT BONNIE WONG.

FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF SIR PHILIP'S SPEECH.

+1 AM HONOURED TO BE THE INSPECTING OFFICER THIS MORNING AND CONGRATULATE ALL OF YOU ON PARADE ON YOUR SMART BEARING.

+THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE JUST COMPLETED YOUR TRAINING ARE WELCOME ADDITIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT AT A TIME WHEN ITS IMAGE IS BEING RESHAPED. ONE IMMEDIATE CONSEQUENCE OF THIS RESHAPING PROCESS HAS BEEN A DOUBLING OF THE NUMBER OF MEN AND WOMEN APPLYING TO JOIN THE DEPARTMENT AT THE OFFICER AND ASSISTANT OFFICER RANKS.

+THIS IS VERY GRATIFYING FOR IT WILL ENABLE SELECTION BOARDS TO ENSURE THAT NEW ENTRANTS ARE OF A HIGH STANDARD. AND A HIGH STANDARD IS VERY IMPORTANT.

+I SAY THIS BECAUSE I SHARE YOUR COMMISSIONER'S CONVICTION THAT THE SUCCESS OF THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT

IN MEETING PAST CHALLENGES CAN BE ATTRIBUTED PRIMARILY TO THE MOTIVATION, DISCIPLINE AND LOYALTY OF ALL RANKS IN THE DEPARTMENT.

+OVER THE YEARS, AS CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE REQUIRED,

AND AS CORRECTIONAL TECHNIQUES HAVE DEVELOPED, YOUR DEPARTMENT HAS BUILT UP AN ENVIABLE REPUTATION FOR RUNNING A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF INSTITUTIONS WITH IMAGINATION AND EFFICIENCY AND HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF SEEING THIS FOR MYSELF RECENTLY WHEN I VISITED PIK UK.

+YOUR DEPARTMENT HAS ALSO PROVED ON MANY OCCASIONS THAT IT IS WELL ABLE TO COPE WITH UNUSUAL COMMITMENTS AND UNEXPECTED PROBLEMS.

+NOWHERE IN THE IMMEDIATE PAST HAS THIS

REPUTATION BEEN BETTER EARNED THAN IN THE WAY YOU HAVE TAKEN ON THE UNUSUAL COMMITMENT TO MANAGE RECEPTION AND DEPARTURE CAMPS FOR REFUGEES FROM VIETNAM SINCE THE HEIGHT OF THE INFLUX

IN 1979 - A COMMITMENT WHICH IS STILL UPON YOU.