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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1983

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CORRECTIONAL SERVICES PRAISED FOR WORK

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HONG KONG IS A WORLD LEADER IN THE FIELD OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, THE COMMISSIONER (DESIGNATE) FOR TELEVISION AND ENTERTAINMENT LICENSING, MR ROBERT SUN, SAID TODAY.

ALTHOUGH ONLY A SMALL TERRITORY, IT HAD MANAGED TO ACQUIRE AN INTERNATIONAL REPUTATION IN VARIOUS FIELDS OF BUSINESS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS WELL, HE SAID.

HE SAID THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF ITS CAPABLE COMMISSIONER, HAD ACHIEVED A REMARKABLY HIGH DEGREE OF SUCCESS FOR ITS VARIOUS PROGRAMMES.

A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF INMATES DISCHARGED FROM ITS DRUG ADDICTION TREATMENT, TRAINING AND PARTICULARLY DETENTION CENTRES DID NOT COMMIT ANY FURTHER OFFENCE, HE SAID.

+THE SUCCESS RATES SHOW THAT THE HONG KONG RECORD IS BETTER THAN THAT OF ANY COUNTRY IN EUROPE,+ HE SAID.

MR SUN WAS SPEAKING AT THE PASSING-OUT PARADE OF RECRUIT OFFICERS AT THE DEPARTMENT'S STAFF TRAINING INSTITUTE IN STANLEY, AT WHICH HE WAS THE INSPECTING OFFICER.

ON PARADE WERE 96 ASSISTANT OFFICERS WHO HAD COMPLETED

THE IR SIX-MONTH BASIC TRAINING.

HE ALSO PRESENTED SILVER WHISTLES TO THE TWO BEST ALL-ROUND RECRUITS, MESSRS HO CHAK-WAI AND TSOI KAI-CHUNG.

+MEET-THE-PUBLIC+ SCHEME GAINS SUPPORT

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SAI KUNG DISTRICT BOARD HAS DECIDED TO MAKE ITS +MEET-THE- PUBLIC+ SESSIONS A PERMANENT FEATURE AS FROM MONDAY (FEBRUARY 7).

REVIEWING THE SCHEME AT A RECENT BOARD MEETING, MEMBERS AGREED THAT THERE WAS A NEED TO CONTINUE THE SESSIONS, WHICH BEGAN LAST SEPTEMBER, ON A LONG-TERM BASIS.

+RESPONSE TO THE SCHEME HAS BEEN RATHER ENCOURAGING AS MORE THAN 50 CASES WERE HANDLED DURING THE TRIAL PERIOD, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DISTRICT BOARD SAID.

TWENTY-EIGHT CASES HAD ALREADY BEEN SETTLED, REPRESENTING

A SUCCESSFUL RATE OF 56 PER CENT.

OF THESE, NINE CONCERNED LAND MATTERS, SIX WERE ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT, LAW AND ORDER, HOUSING AND WATER SUPPLY.

/HE ADDED