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COMMONWEALTH CORRECTIONAL CHIEFS TO MEET HERE

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MORE THAN 30 DELEGATIONS FROM 25 COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES AND THREE INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS WILL MEET IN HONG KONG FROM MARCH 18 TO 22 FOR THE INAUGURAL MEETING OF COMMONWEALTH CORRECTIONAL ADMINISTRATORS.

AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY (TUESDAY), THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR T.G. GARNER, SAID THE AIM OF THE MEETING WAS TO FACILITATE EXCHANGES OF IDEAS AND EXPERIENCE IN THE VARIOUS AREAS IN WHICH CORRECTIONAL ADMINISTRATORS WERE INVOLVED.

MR GARNER IS THE CONVENOR OF THE MEETING, AND THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER, MR BARRY HIGGINBOTTOM, THE SECRETARY. THE DIRECTOR OF THE LEGAL DIVISION, COMMONWEALTH SECRETARIAT, MR JEREMY POPE, IS THE CO-SECRETARY. PROFESSOR WILLIAM CLIFFORD, FORMERLY THE DIRECTOR OF THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF CRIMINOLOGY, HAS BEEN INVITED TO ACT AS CONSULTANT AND RAPPORTEUR.

DELEGATES FROM AUSTRALIA, BERMUDA, NEGARA BRUNEI DARUSSALAM, FIJI, KIRIBATI, LESOTHO, MALAWI, MALAYSIA, MAURITIUS, PAPUA NEW GUINÉA, REPUBLIC OF INDIA, REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA, SEYCHELLES, SIERRA LEONE, SINGAPORE, SOLOMON ISLANDS, SRI LANKA,

SRI LANKA, ST. VINCENT AND GRENADINES, SWAZILAND, TANZANIA, THE BAHAMAS, TONGA, UGANDA, UNITED KINGDOM AND HONG KONG, WILL ATTEND THE MEETING.

REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE COMMONWEALTH SECRETARIAT, THE AUSTRAL FAN INSTITUTE OF CRIMINOLOGY AND THE UNITED NATIONS ASIA AND FAR EAST INSTITUTE FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRIME AND TREATMENT OF OFFENDERS (UNAFEI) WILL ALSO BE PRESENT.

THE CHIEF JUSTICE, SIR DENYS ROBERTS, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE FORMAL OPENING CEREMONY AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL CHAMBER ON MARCH 18.

AFTER THE CEREMONY, WORKING SESSIONS WILL BE HELD IN THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DÉPARTMENT OFFICERS' CLUB IN STANLEY.

TOPICS ON THE AGENDA INCLUDE TRANSFER OF CONVICTED PRISONERS BETWEEN COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES; THE USE OF IMPRISONMENT FOLLOWING RECENT TRENDS IN CRIME IN THE COMMONWEALTH, ALTERNATIVES TO IMPRISONMENT AND THEIR EFFECT ON THE PENAL POPULATION; TRAINING CF CORRECTIONAL STAFF TO MEET CHANGING NEEDS; THE MANAGEMENT OF CRISES IN PRISONS.

DELEGATES WILL ALSO VISIT VARIOUS INSTITUTIONS RUN BY

THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING MAXIMUM, MEDIUM AND MINIMUM SECURITY PRISONS, A DRUG ADDICTION TREATMENT CENTRE, A TRAINING CENTRE AND THE DETENTION CENTRE FOR YOUNG MALE OFFENDERS AS WELL AS THE DEPARTMENT'S STAFF TRAINING INSTITUTE.

/THE MESFING