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FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1984

VISITING PROFESSOR IMPRESSED BY PRISON FACILITIES

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THE DIRECTOR OF THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF CRIMINOLOGY, PROFESSOR RICHARD HARDING, TODAY VISITED THE PIK UK CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION AND THE PIK UK PRISON, WHICH ARE ADMINISTERED BY THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

AT PIK UK PRISON, PROF HARDING SAW VARIOUS FACILITIES FOR ADULT MALE PRISONERS, INCLUDING THE DORMITORIES, KITCHEN, DINING HALL, HOSPITAL, TAILORING WORKSHOP AND THE MULTI-STOREY LAUNDRY.

HE SHOWED GREAT INTEREST IN THE LAUNDRY WHICH IS MANNED BY PRISONERS, AND WHICH CAN HANDLE 50 000 PIECES OF LINEN A DAY FOR GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS AND CLINICS.

PROF HARDING SAID THE LAUNDRY WAS A

SUPERB FACILITY, AND

A MODEL OF HOW PRISON INDUSTRIES SHOULD BE RUN.+

AT THE ADJACENT PIK UK CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION, HE WAS BRIEFED ON ITS FUNCTIONS AS A RECEPTION CENTRE, A TRAINING CENTRE AND A PRISON FOR YOUNG MALE OFFENDERS.

HE SAW YOUTHS STUDYING IN CLASSROOMS, AND RECEIVING VOCATIONAL TRAINING IN VARIOUS WORKSHOPS AND ALSO EXERCISING IN THE GYMNASIUM.

PROF HARDING SAID HE WAS MUCH IMPRESSED BY THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMMES PROVIDED, AND THE SUCCESS OF THE CORRECTIONAL PROGRAMMES.

EARLIER PROF HARDING HAD HELD DISCUSSIONS WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR THOMAS GARNER,

TOMORROW, HE WILL VISIT THE DEPARTMENT'S STAFF TRAINING INSTITUTE, STANLEY PRISON, TUNG TAU CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION AND TẠI TAM GẶP CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION,

LABOUR LAW OFFENDERS FINED

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A TOTAL OF 824 PROSECUTIONS FOR BREACHES OF LABOUR LAWS TAKEN OUT BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT RESULTED IN CONVICTION BY THE COURTS LAST MONTH, WITH FINES IMPOSED AMOUNTING TO $813 650.

MOST OF THE CASES RELATED TO BREACHES OF THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS ORDINANCE AND ITS VARIOUS SUBSIDIARY REGULATIONS, THE EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE AND THE WOMEN AND YOUNG PERSONS (INDUSTRY) REGULATIONS.

THERE WERE