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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1983

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CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES INSPECTED

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THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR DAVID JEAFFRESON, VISITED THREE INSTITUTIONS OF THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT TODAY (THURSDAY) TO LOOK OVER VARIOUS FACILITIES AND THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMMES FOR YOUNG OFFENDERS.

ACCOMPANIED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES

MR THOMAS GARNER, MR JEAFFRESON FIRST VISITED THE CAPE COLLINSON CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION ON HONG KONG ISLAND, WHERE HE SAW

Y. UNG OFFENDERS BEING GIVEN VOCATIONAL TRAINING IN VARIOUS TRADES,

CLUDING TAILORING, CARPENTRY, ELECTRICAL FITTING AND INSTALLATION.

THE CAPE COLLINSON CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION IS A TRAINING CENTRE FOR YOUNG MALE OFFENDERS BELOW 21 YEARS OF AGE, WHO HAVE TO ATTEND HALF-DAY OF SCHOOLING AND HALF-DAY OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING.

MR JEAFFRESON ALSO TOURED THE CLOSED CENTRE FOR REFUGEES NEXT TO THE INSTITUTION, WHERE HE SAW REFUGEES ATTENDING STUDY CLASSES. HE TALKED TO SOME OF THEM AT THE DORMITORY AND THE SICK BAY. THERE ARE AT PRESENT OVER SIX HUNDRED REFUGEES LIVING THERE.

MR JEAFFRESON THEN PROCEEDED TO THE TAI TAM GAP CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION TO LOOK AT THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMMES AND FACILITIES PROVIDED FOR THE YOUNG FEMALE OFFENDERS, WHICH INCLUDE LAUNDRY AND TAILORING WORKSHOPS, TYPING CLASS, BEAUTY SALOON AND A TRAINING RESTAURANT.

HE CONCLUDED HIS VISIT AT PHOENIX HOUSE IN KOWLOON, WHICH IS A HALF-WAY HOUSE OPENED RECENTLY FOR PEOPLE DISCHARGED FROM TRAINING AND DETENTION CENTRES. HE LOOKED OVER VARIOUS FACILITIES THERE, INCLUDING THE SITTING ROOM, DORMITORY, KITCHEN, LIBRARY AND SICK BAY.

FIRST DISTRICT FESTIVAL FOR WONG TAI SIN RESIDENTS

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THE FIRST WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT FESTIVAL, FEATURING 36 ITEMS OF RECREATIONAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES, WILL BE HELD FROM SUNDAY (OCTOBER 9).

ANNOUNCING DETAILS OF THE PROGRAMME OF THE TWO-MON TH FESTIVAL AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY (THURSDAY), THE CHAIRMAN OF THE FESTIVAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE, MR ALBERT LI, DESCRIBED THE EVENT AS +MEANINGFUL+.

HE SAID WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT, WITH A POPULATION OF 500 000, WAS A BIG FAMILY, AND SUCH A BIG FAMILY +NEEDS A LITTLE EXTRA TO MAKE THEIR LIFE MORE PLEASANT, A LITTLE VARIETY TO BRIGHTEN THEIR DAY.+

/+THE MAIN