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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1988

AND

ATTENDANCE BY CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT STAFF AT SPECIAL MANAGEMENT TRAINING COURSES

SHORT COURSES IN BASIC VIETNAMESE LANGUAGE;

THE PREPARATION OF AN INFORMATION

AND LIFE IN DETENTION

BOOKLET ON ARRANGEMENTS CENTRES FOR

DISTRIBUTION

TO

VIETNAMESE;

ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE UNITED NATIONS

HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR

REFUGEES TO EMPLOY AN AGENCY TO RUN A WORKS PROGRAMME FOR VIETNAMESE IN THE CENTRE;

OVERALL REDUCTION IN CENTRE POPULATION.

ON DISCIPLINARY ACTION, MR BARNES SAID THIS QUESTION, TOGETHER WITH THE FINDINGS OF THE JPS' REPORT, WAS BEING EXAMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES AND SENIOR REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CIVIL SERVICE BRANCH AND ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS, DIRECTED BY THE GOVERNOR.

AS

"AS ENQUIRIES ARE STILL CONTINUING IT WOULD BE INAPPROPRIATE FOR ME TO COMMENT ANY FURTHER AT THIS STAGE," HE SAID.

AS REGARDS THE MEDICAL ASPECTS OF THE JPs' REPORT, MR BARNES

FOLLOWING THE SAID THAT

COMPLETION OF THE INVESTIGATION BY THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, THE QUESTION OF FOLLOW-UP ACTION WAS NOW UNDER ACTIVE CONSIDERATION.

MEANWHILE RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE THE SYSTEM OF MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS AT HEI LING CHAU AND LAI CHI KOK WERE NOW BEING IMPLEMENTED, HE SAID. THESE INCLUDED:

A MORE EFFECTIVE SYSTEM OF REFERRALS AND MEDICAL EXAMINATION;

AN IMPROVED MEDICAL REPORT FORM WHICH WOULD ENSURE A MORE PRECISE RECORD OF THE MEDICAL EXAMINATION AND ANY INJURIES;

INSTRUCTIONS TO MEDICAL STAFF ON THE PROPER COMPLETION OF THE MEDICAL RECORDS.

IN THE BROADER CONTEXT I HAVE ASKED FOR A URTHER REVIEW

VIETNAMESE CENTRES. THIS MEDICAL SERVICES WHICH WOULD COVER ALL NOW UNDERWAY," MR BARNES ADDED.

OF

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