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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1984

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BOARD MEMBERS TO MEET

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THE WHITE PAPER ON HONG KONG'S FUTURE WILL BE DISCUSSED AT KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT BOARD MEETING TOMORROW.

SIR PATRICK NAIRNE, ONE OF THE MONITORS OF THE ASSESSMENT OFFICE, AND THE DEPUTY REGIONAL SECRETARY, HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR ALBERT LAM, WILL BE ATTENDING THE MEETING.

BOARD MEMBERS WILL BE BRIEFED ON THE WORKS PROGRAMME OF THE PRINCESS MARGARET ROAD FLYOVER IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, DUE TO START IN MID-1985.

THE QUESTION OF WHETHER CIVIL SERVANTS COULD RUN IN THE DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS, AND ALTERNATIVE SUGGESTIONS TO THE CARPENTER ROAD PARK PROJECT WILL BE DISCUSSED AT THE MEETING.

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PRISONS NEED MORE 'FRIENDS'

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GARNER

MORE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SHOULD JOIN IN THE GOOD WORK BEING DONE BY THE PRISONERS' FRIENDS' ASSOCIATION IN VISITING PRISONS,

SAID THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR THOMAS GARNER, TODAY.

SPEAKING AS PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION, AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD AT THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT STAFF TRAINING INSTITUTE IN STANLEY, MR GARNER SAID MANY PRISONERS WHO HAD NO RELATIVES OR FRIENDS NEEDED HELP +IN SETTLING DOWN AND FACING UP TO THE REALITY OF THEIR SENTENCE.+

REGULAR VISITS HELPED KEEP THE PRISONERS IN TOUCH WITH THE WORLD OUTSIDE AND GAVE THEM HOPE FOR THE FUTURE, BECAUSE THESE VISITS SHOWED THAT THE COMMUNITY DID CARE ABOUT THEM, HE SAID.

MR GARNER PAID TRIBUTE TO MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE IR CONTRIBUTION TO THE WELFARE OF THE PRISONERS.

THE IR SERVICE WAS VERY IMPORTANT, NOT ONLY TO THE PRISONERS THEMSELVES AND THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, BUT ALSO TO THE COMMUNITY, HE SAID,

+THE PART THAT YOU PLAY IS AN IMPORTANT ONE IN SUPPORT OF THE AIM TO REFORM AND CORRECT, WHICH IS WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS AND EXPECTS FROM THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES,+ HE SAID.

/MR GARNER