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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1984

PROMOTIONS AT CORRECTIONAL SERVICES

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FORTY ASSISTANT OFFICER I OF THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT WERE APPOINTED OFFICER CADETS TODAY.

THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR BARRY HIGGINBOTTOM, PRESENTED RANK INSIGNIAS AND APPOINTMENT LETTERS TO THEM AT A CEREMONY HELD AT THE DEPARTMENT'S STAFF TRAINING INSTITUTE IN STANLEY.

THE NEWLY APPOINTED OFFICER CADETS, AGED BETWEEN 26 AND 39, HAVE BEEN WITH THE DEPARTMENT FOR AN AVERAGE OF NINE YEARS.

+THEY WILL RECEIVE FURTHER TRAINING IN VARIOUS PENAL INSTITUTIONS AND IN THE STAFF TRAINING INSTITUTE FOR ONE YEAR,+ A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID.

+SUCH TRAINING WILL ENABLE THEM TO COPE WITH HIGHER DEMANDS IN THE WAY OF TACTFULNESS, INITIATIVE AND DECISION MAKING.

*IF THEY PASS THE REQUIRED EXAMINATIONS AND WORK HARD THEY WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR PROMOTION TO THE OFFICER RANK, + HE SAID.

INTELPOST EXTENDED TO DENMARK

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HONG KONG'S INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONIC POST (INTELPOST) NETWORK WILL BE EXTENDED TO COVER DENMARK FROM MONDAY (DECEMBER 3).

INTELPOST ITEMS POSTED IN HONG KONG BEFORE 6 PM WILL BE

DELIVERED THE SAME DAY ANYWHERE IN DENMARK.

THE CHARGE FOR THE SERVICE TO DENMARK WILL BE:

$65 FOR THE FIRST SIDE OF AN A4 SHEET OF PAPER AND

$30 FOR EACH SUBSEQUENT A4 SIDE SENT TO THE SAME ADDRESSEE AT THE SAME TIME.

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BESIDES DENMARK INTELPOST COVERS THE UNITED KINGDOM, THE UNITED STATES, ARGENTINA, AUSTRALIA, BELGIUM, BRAZIL, FRANCE, WEST GERMANY JAPAN, THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA, LUXEMBOURG, MACAU, MLAYSIA, THE NETHERLANDS, NORWAY, PORTUGAL, QATAR AND SWEDEN.

FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE SERVICE MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE INTELPOST REPRESENTATIVE ON TELEPHONE 5-2671148.

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