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SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1985

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CORRECTIONAL SERVICES PRAISED FOR WORK

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THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT WAS PRAISED RECENTLY FOR ITS +PROFESSIONALISM+ BY THE COMMONWEALTH SECRETARY-GENERAL, SIR SHRIDATH RAMPHAL.

FEW COUNTRIES, IF ANY

IF ANY, COULD MATCH HONG KONG'S ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE FIELD OF CORRECTIONS, SIR SHRIDATH SAID, IN A LETTER REPRODUCED IN THE DEPARTMENT'S LATEST ANNUAL REPORT RELEASED TODAY.

SIR SHRIDATH ALSO SAID THAT DELEGATES ATTENDING THE FIRST MEETING OF COMMONWEALTH CORRECTIONAL ADMINISTRATORS HELD HERE IN MARCH HAD BEEN VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE HIGH MORALE AND PROFESSIONALISM OF HONG KONG'S CORRECTIONAL SERVICES.

THE DEPARTMENT'S COMMISSIONER, MR THOMAS GARNER, WHO WILL BE RETIRING NEXT MONTH AFTER 38 YEARS' SERVICE, IN HIS FOREWORD TO THE ANNUAL REPORT, SAID THAT THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES RANKED HIGH IN ITS FIELD OF WORK ON A WORLD-WIDE BASIS.

THE REPORT STRESSES THE IMPORTANCE OF PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR PRISONERS +AS ONE OF THE WAYS IN WHICH MEANING COULD BE GIVEN TO THEIR LIVES+.

EDUCATION HAD A POSITIVE EFFECT IN REDUCING RECIDIVISM, AND THE DEPARTMENT ENSURED THAT ALL MEN AND WOMEN SERVING SENTENCES HAD ACCESS TO EDUCATION FACILITIES.

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BUILDING MANAGEMENT SEMINAR

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MORE THAN 100 MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES AND OWNERS CORPORATIONS IN THE JORDAN ROAD AREA WILL ATTEND A SEMINAR ON BUILDING MANAGEMENT TOMORROW (SUNDAY).

THE SEMINAR IS AIMED AT EXCHANGING VIEWS AMONG MAC'S, OC'S AND VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS ON BUILDING MANAGEMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT PROBLEMS.

GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS REPRESENTED AT THE SEMINAR INCLUDE THE BUILDING ORDINANCE OFFICE, THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT, THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, THE CRIME PREVENTION BUREAU, THE ICAC AND THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT.

THE BUILDING MANAGEMENT CO-ORDINATION TEAM IN YAU MA TEI WILL ALSO ATTEND THE SEMINAR, WHICH IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE JORDAN AREA COMMITTEE AND THE YAU MA TEI DISTRICT OFFICE.

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