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MONDAY, MAY 17, 1982

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OFFICERS PRAISED FOR HANDLING CHI MA WAN DISTURBANCE

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A SENIOR SUPERINTENDENT AND TWO ASSISTANT OFFICERS OF THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT WERE TODAY (MONDAY) AWARDED THE COMMISSIONER'S COMMENDATION FOR THEIR PROFESSIONALISM, COURAGE AND INITIATIVE DURING A DISTURBANCE AT CHI MA WAN CAMP HOUSING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS LAST DECEMBER.

AT A CEREMONY HELD AT THE DEPARTMENT'S HEADQUARTERS, THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR THOMAS GARNER, PRESENTED CERTIFICATES OF COMMENDATION TO SENIOR SUPERINTENDENT I.K. BHAGAT FOR EXCEPTIONAL INITIATIVE AND THE PROFESSIONAL MANNER IN WHICH HE DIFFUSED A DANGEROUS SITUATION WHEN A NUMBER OF STAFF WERE

AT RISK INSIDE A BUILDING AT CHI MA WAN CAMP, AND ASSISTANT OFFICERS FONG SAI-KONG AND TSE KWONG-MAN FOR THEIR COURAGE AND

RESOURCEFULNESS IN ASSISTING AN INJURED FELLOW OFFICER DURING THE DISTURBANCE, AT GREAT RISK TO THEMSELVES.

DURING THE INCIDENT, 32 CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS WERE INJURED.

IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE DISTURBANCE. OFFICERS SEARCHED THE CAMP AND RECOVERED A LARGE NUMBER OF WEAPONS, WHICH INCLUDED HOMEMADE DAGGERS, PIECES OF METAL TAKEN FROM DOUBLE-BUNK BEDS AND WATER- PIPING TORN FROM THE WALLS OF THE BATHROOMS.

AN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT WAS LATER CHARGED AND FOUND GUILTY OF WOUNDING AN OFFICER AND WAS SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS' IMPRISONMENT.

AIR SERVICE DISCUSSIONS IN SINGAPORE

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MR NORMAN LATHAM, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION, LEFT HONG KONG FOR SINGAPORE THIS (MONDAY) AFTERNOON TO REPRESENT THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AT AIR SERVICES CONSULTATIONS BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE.

AMONG THE MATTERS TO BE DISCUSSED ARE THE REGIONAL AIR SERVICES OPERATED BY SINGAPORE AIRLINES THROUGH HONG KONG AND THOSE OPERATED BY CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS THROUGH SINGAPORE.

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