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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1988

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"THE BOYS AND GIRLS IN THESE INSTITUTIONS ARE PROVIDED WITH SCHOOLING, PRE-VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND SOCIAL TRAINING THROUGH GROUP LIVING.

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"RESOURCES HAVE BEEN MADE AVAILABLE THIS YEAR TO INTRODUCE A TRAINED TEACHING SERVICE INTO THE INSTITUTIONS," SHE SAID.

MRS WONG SAID THE THIRD SERVICE PROVIDED BY THE DEPARTMENT WAS THE TWO-YEAR PILOT SCHEME ON COMMUNITY SERVICE ORDERS.

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UNDER THIS SCHEME, AN OFFENDER OF 14 YEARS OF AGE OR OVER CONVICTED OF OFFENCES PUNISHABLE WITH IMPRISONMENT COULD BE SENTENCED TO PERFORM A NUMBER OF HOURS OF UNPAID WORK NOT EXCEEDING 240 HOURS TO THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY,

"OF THE 162 OFFENDERS SENTENCED TO SERVE COMMUNITY SERVICE ORDERS IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS UP TO THE END OF DECEMBER 1987, 74 HAD SATISFACTORILY COMPLETED THE ORDERS CARRYING A SUCCESS RATE OF 93 PER CENT. SHE SAID.

"ONLY SIX. OFFENDERS HAD THEIR ORDERS REVOKED, WHILE THE REMAINING 82 ARE CURRENTLY SERVING THE ORDER, AND WORK PLACEMENTS THEM ARE MORE THAN SUFFICIENT.

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'WHILE THE LONG-TERM .EFFECT OF COMMUNITY SERVICE ORDERS RELATING TO RECIDIVISM IS NOT. YET KNOWN, IT IS ENCOURAGING TO KNOW THE PRESENT STAGE THAT THE WORK EXPERIENCE AND THE REHABILITATIVE COUNSELLING HAVE HAD POSITIVE EFFECTS ON THE OFFENDERS.

"THE SCHEME, JAS WORKED WELL, AND A DETAILED REVIEW' WOULD BE CARRIED OUT BY THE END OF THIS YEAR. TO SRE WHETHER Tİ SHOULD BE CONTINUED AND EXTENDED TO ALL MAGISTRACIES IN HONG KONG AFTER THE INITIAL TRIAL PERIOD, SHE ADDED.

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MRS, WONG SAID, TUR FOURTH SERVICEN WAS "THE YOUNG

YOUNG OFFENDERS ASSESSMENT PANEL SETUR, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT WHICH, PROVIDED NAGISTRATUG, WITH » ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE THE FORM OF RECOMMENDATIONS 1 ON THEAGNOSTIKAPPROĦRIVES-PROGRAMME SOCIAL REHABILITATION FOR CONVICTED YOUNG OFFENDERS.

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SHE SAID OPERATION OF THE PANEL HAD BEEN VERY SMOOTH AND UP TO THE END OF PÈCEMBER LAST YEAR 148 CASES HAD BEEN REFERRED TO IT.

SPEAKING EARLIER AT THE SAME FUNCTION, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE (YOUTH AND REHABILITATION), MR (KWOK“ KĬther!! NOTED THAT THE VSP AIMER TA HRONOTEJA DE PER JANIH PROS PRIME APPROACH WHEREBY

· · THE PUBLIC COULD HELP, IN, THE SOCIAL REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS.

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IT IS FELT THAT ANY ASSISTANCE AND MORAL SUPPORT RENDERED THE VOLUNTEERS TO THE OFFENDERS WOULD BR SEEN BY THE LATTER AS SIGNIFICANT INDĄCĄTIONS OF COMMUNITY (60NCERN) WNDUKCCRPPÄNE' POR THUS MOTIVATING THEM TO REHABILITATE AND SUSTAINING THEIR DO SO. MR KWOK SAN.

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