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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1987

THE RESPONSE FROM THE INMATES WAS MOST ENCOURAGING AND AFTER A RECENT REVIEW, THE COURSES ARE NOW CONDUCTED ON AN ONGOING BASIS.

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TWO MORE COURSES MONOCHROME DRAWING AND TẠI CHI HAVE BREN INTRODUCED, AND MORE SUBJECTS ARE IN THE PIPELINE FOR INMATES IN OTHER CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS. THESE INCLUDE BASKETBALL, BADMINTON AND VOLLEYBALL.

THE MONOCHROME DRAWING COURSE WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED WITH THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG.

THIS THREE-MONTH BASIC PROGRAMME FOLLOWED THE PAINTING COURSE AT SHEK PIK PRISON, AND WAS ALSO CONDUCTED

MR KONG KAI-MING, A LECTURER OF THE EXTRA-MURAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY.

NINETEEN PRISONERS, AGED BETWEEN 24 AND 38,

PARTICIPATED IN THE DRAWING COURSE WHICH WAS HELD IN A STUDIO AT STANLEY PRISON BETWEEN AUGUST AND OCTOBER. THEIR KEEN INTEREST IN PURSUING THE SUBJECT PROMPTED THE DEPARTMENT TO CONSIDER ORGANISING A WATER COLOUR PAINTING COURSE FOR THE GRADUATES.

TAI CHI IS THE LATEST ACTIVITY INTRODUCED UNDER THE ART SCHEME. FOUR-MONTH COURSE IS LAUNCHED IN MID-OCTOBER AT MA HANG PRISON TO PROMOTE GERIATRIC PRISONERS' FITNESS AND HEALTH.

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THIRTY-TWO PRISONERS IN THE INSTITUTION, AGED FROM 55 TO 77. HAVE JOINED THE COURSE AND ARE PRACTISING THREE TIMES A WEEK UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF A REGISTERED TẠI CHI INSTRUCTOR OF THE MUNICIPAL SERVICES BRANCH, MR KWOK KA-HUNG.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE ART SCHEME IS ONE OF THE DEPARTMENT'S MANY PROGRAMMES TO HELP THE REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS.

THE DEPARTMENT WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR NEW TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR INMATES AND MORE SUBJECTS WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE ART SCHEME IF THERE IS A DEMAND AND RESOURCES CAN BE FOUND.

ACCORDING TO THE SPOKESMAN,

ARTS, BASKETBALL, BADMINTON AND VOLLEYBALL COURSES WILL START IN A FEW MONTHS' TIME, AND INMATES ARE EXPECTED TO PARTICIPATE.

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