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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1983

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ALL APPLICANTS MUST BRING ALONG THE IR OLD ID CARDS AND REPORT IN PERSON TO ANY OF THE EIGHT ISSUE OFFICES BETWEEN 8 AM AND 9.30 PM, MONDAYS TO SATURDAYS.

THE PROCESSING OF AN APPLICATION WILL TAKE ABOUT HALF AN HOUR AND APPLICANTS WILL BE ASKED TO RETURN IN 18 WORKING DAYS TO COLLECT THEIR NEW CARDS AND SURRENDER THE IR OLD ONES,

THOSE WHO WANT TO HAVE THEIR LOST OR DAMAGED ID CARDS REPLACED OR PERSONAL PARTICULARS CHANGED SHOULD GO TO THE REGULAR REGISTRATION OF PERSONS OFFICES.

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CORRECTIONAL SERVICES EARN INTERNATIONAL RESPECT SIR JOHN

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THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES IN HONG KONG HAD EARNED INTERNATIONAL RESPECT, THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, SIR JOHN BREMRIDGE, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

SIR JOHN WAS SPEAKING AT THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES PASSING-OUT PARADE OF RECRUIT OFFICERS, HELD AT THE DEPARTMENT'S STAFF TRAINING INSTITUTE IN STANLEY.

SIR JOHN PAID TRIBUTE TO THE SUCCESS OF THE SERVICES' DETENTION CENTRE PROGRAMME FOR YOUNG AND YOUNG ADULT OFFENDERS.

+SINCE IT (THE CENTRE) OPENED IN JUNE 1972, OVER 94 PER CENT OF THE 5 000 YOUNG OFFENDERS WHO HAVE PASSED THROUGH HAVE NOT BEEN RECONVICTED OF FURTHER OFFENCES WHILE UNDER SUPERVISION,+ SIR JOHN POINTED OUT.

THE ORDINANCE WAS AMENDED IN 1977 TO EXTEND THE PROGRAMME TO YOUNG ADULTS AND THE SUCCESS RATE WAS AGAIN 94 PER CENT, HE ADDED.

NOTING THAT IT WAS PROPER THAT PRISONERS SHOULD UNDERTAKE USEFUL WORK FOR THE COMMUNITY, SIR JOHN POINTED OUT THE TOTAL GOODS AND SERVICES PRODUCED BY PRISONERS LAST YEAR WERE VALUED AT $57 MILLION.

HE ALSO REFERRED TO A SCHEME UNDER WHICH TRAINING CENTRES PROVIDE SOME FORM OF ACADEMIC TRAINING LEADING TO PROPER ACADEMIC RECOGNITION.

HE SAID THAT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SCHEME WAS ENCOURAGING AND SHOULD BE PUSHED FURTHER.

UNDER THE SCHEME, TELECOMMUNICATIONS COURSES STARTED IN 1979. OF THE 35 WHO HAD PASSED THE EXAMINATION AND BEEN RELEASED, ONLY ONE HAD BEEN RECONVICTED, HE SAID.

THE SCHEME HAD BEEN EXTENDED TO INCLUDE THE BOOKKEEPING COURSE OF THE LONDON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRIES, HE ADDED.

ON PARADE TODAY WERE 19 OFFICERS AND 74 ASSISTANT OFFICERS

WHO HAD COMPLETED THE IR SIX-MONTH BASIC TRAINING.

AS THE INSPECTING OFFICER, SIR JOHN PRESENTED SILVER WHISTLES TO THE TWO BEST ALL-ROUND RECRUITS, ASSISTANT OFFICERS LAM WING- YUEN AND LIU YIU-PUI.

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