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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1987

CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO SET UP DOG UNIT

THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS TO SET UP A DOG UNIT TO STRENGTHEN SECURITY SERVICES, ACTING ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT, MR FRANCIS WONG, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE HONG KONG WEST ROTARY CLUB LUNCHEON MEETING, MK WONG SAID THE DOG UNIT WILL INITIALLY SERVE STANLEY PRISON AND THE RESULT WILL BE OBSERVED.

"THE FORMATION OF THE UNIT IS ONE OF THE DEPARTMENT'S TO INTRODUCE NEW AND MODERN FACILITIES TO CORRECTIONAL WORK,

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ATTEMPTS HE SAID.

MR WONG ALSO SAID THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAS INTRODUCED DIVERSIFIED PROGRAMMES IN ITS CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS. THESE

TRAINING, EDUCATION PROGRAMMES,

INCLUDE

VOCATIONAL

SUPPLEMENTARY RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND AFTERCARE SERVICES.

"VOCATIONAL TRAINING SERVES A DUAL-PURPOSE,

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HE SAID. "IT NOT

ONLY PROVIDES PAYABLE EMPLOYMENT FOR INMATES OR PRODUCTION SERVICES FOR THE GOVERNMENT BUT, MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL, TRAIN PRISONERS то DEVELOP GOOD WORKING HABIT SO THAT THEY CAN EARN THEIR LIVING WITH SKILLS UPON RELEASE AND REINTEGRATE INTO THE SOCIETY.

MR WONG POINTED OUT THAT THE COMMERCIAL VALUE OF ALL MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS AND SERVICES PROVIDED BY INMATES MOUNTED TO $131.5 MILLION LAST YEAR.

APART FROM VOCATIONAL TRAINING, THE DEPARTMENT ALSO ARRANGES VARIOUS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES FOR INMATES, HE ADDED.

MR WONG SAID: "EDUCATION IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF FOR YOUNG OFFENDERS AGED UNDER 21."

THE TRAINING

THIS

HE ALSO SAID INMATES WHO PARTICIPATED IN PUBLIC YEAR AND LAST YEAR SCORED GOOD RESULTS. IN EXAMINATIONS, FULL PASS RATES WERE ACHIEVED.

EXAMINATIONS

SOME OF THE

MR WONG CONCLUDED THAT AFTERCARE SERVICES ALSO CONSTITUTE AN IMPORTANT BEARING ON THE SUCCESS OF CORRECTIONAL WORK, SINCE THEY AIMED AT HELPING RELEASED PRISONERS REINTEGRATE INTO THE LIVE AN INDUSTRIOUS AND LAW-ABIDING LIFE.

ARE

SOCIETY

AND

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