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Y, MAY 4, 1985

CORRECTIONAL WORK VITA, RECRUITS TOLD

CORRECTIONAL ARK TAS MPORTANT TO SOCIETY AND WAS NOT SOMETHING TO BE TAKEN LIGHTLY, THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE,.. MR RAYMON ANNING SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

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+EVERY COMMUNITY MUST HAVE RULES AND LAWS TO GOVERN ITS MEMBERS AND THOSE WHO DO NOT ABIDE BY THESE LAWS DESERVE THE CONTEMPT OF THOSE WHO DID, HE SAID AT A PASSING-OUT PARADE OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES RECRUIT OFFICERS, AT THE DEPARTMENT'> STAFF TRAINING INSTITUTE IN STANLEY.

HE SAID THAT SOCIETY ENTRUSTED TO POLICE OFFICERS THE ROLE OF CATCHING THE OUTLAWS AND TO THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES OFFICERS THE TASK OF TEACHING THE OUTLAWS THE ERROR OF THEIR WAYS.

+HIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT TASK AND NOT ONE TO BE TAKEN LIGHTLY, + HE SAID.

THE 38 OFFICERS AND 54 ASSISTANT OFFICERS HAD JUST COMPLETED SIX MONTHS OF BASIC TRAINING.

MR ANNING TOLD THEM TO BE CONSTANTLY ALERT FOR THOSE WHO WOULD TRY TO SUBVERT THEM, AND TO HOLD STEADFASTLY TO THE IR INTEGRITY IN THE FULFILMENT OF THEIR DUTIES.

HE ALSO PRAISED THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE SERVICES THAT ITS VOCATIONAL AND INDUSTRIAL PROGRAMMES RENDERED TO THE COMMUNITY.

+APART FROM PROVIDING A MEANS OF REHABILITATION FOR PRISONERS, THEY ALSO RENDER CONSIDERABLE SAVINGS TO GOVERNMENT AND THIS IN TURN IS REFLECTED ON THE COMMUNITY, HE SAID.

HE NOTED THAT SUCH SERVICES LAST YEAR HAD A COMMERCIAL VALUE OF ALMOST $100 MILLION, AND SAID THIS WAS INDEED A REMARKABLE FIGURE WHICH COULD NOT HAVE BEEN REACHED WITHOUT MUCH HARD WORK AND INGENUITY ON THE PART OF THE DEPARTMENT'S MANAGEMENT AND STAFF.

AFTER INSPECTING THE PARADE, MR ANNING ALSO PRESENTED SILVER WHISTLES TO THE TWO BEST RECRUITS, ASSISTANT OFFICERS MISS WONG LAI-SHEUNG AND MR LEUNG WAI-KEUNG.

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