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MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1984

LORD KENNET SEES CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES

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THE VISITING SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY PEER, LORD KENNET AND HIS WIFE, TOURED THE MAXIMUM SECURITY STANLEY PRISON AND THE MEDIUM SECURITY TUNG TAU CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION IN STANLEY TODAY (MONDAY).

ACCOMPANIED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR THOMAS GARNER, THEY WERE BRIEFED ON THE CORRECTIONAL PROGRAMMES PROVIDED FOR PRISONERS.

AFTER SEE ING VARIOUS FACILITIES, THEY PROCEEDED TO THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT STAFF TRAINING INSTITUTE WHERE THEY SAW OFFICERS IN TRAINING.

THEY ALSO HELD DISCUSSIONS WITH THE COUNCIL OF THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES OFFICERS' ASSOCIATION WHICH CONSISTS OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM VARIOUS GRADES.

THREE MP'S ARRIVING TODAY ***

THREE LABOUR MP'S, MR IAN MIKARDO, MISS JO RICHARDSON AND MR BARRY SHEERMAN, ARE ARRIVING THIS (MONDAY) AFTERNOON FOR A VISIT.

THE IR PROGRAMME IN HONG KONG INCLUDES MEETINGS WITH A CROSS- SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY AND VISITS TO YUEN LONG DISTRICT, HOUSING ESTATES, A FACTORY AND THE CHI MA WAN CLOSED CENTRE FOR REFUGEES,

THEY WILL GIVE A PRESS CONFERENCE ON SATURDAY (OCTOBER 13). MR MIKARDO AND MISS RICHARDSON WILL LEAVE HONG KONG THE SAME EVENING, AND MR SHEERMAN WILL LEAVE ON OCTOBER 16.

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