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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1989

DURING THE SAME PERIOD, THE

COMMUNITY SERVICE ORDERS OFFICE

WERE CENT) BY PROBATION

HAD RECEIVED A TOTAL OF 604 REFERRALS FOR ASSESSMENT OF THE OFFENDERS'

PER (82 496 THESE, SUITABILITY FOR CSO'S. OF

WERE RECOMMENDED FROM MAGISTRATE COURTS AND THE REST OFFICERS OR THE YOUNG OFFENDERS ASSESSMENT PANEL.

THE NUMBER OF HOURS ORDERED VARIED FROM 32 HOURS TO THE MAXIMUM OF 240 HOURS (14 ORDERS).

(TWO ORDERS)

HOURS

FOR ORDERED

WAS

THE 273 ORDERS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF 35,448 AND THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF HOURS PER ORDER WAS 130 HOURS.

WORK

WERE PLACEMENTS

ARRANGED

FOR GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND 17 VOLUNTARY AGENCIES.

IN OFFENDERS

SEVEN

SCHEME THE ORGANISATIONS CURRENTLY PROVIDING WORK TO THE PILOT

POSSIBILITY OF PROVIDING HAD STATED THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND THE

EXPERIENCES WITH MORE WORK PLACEMENTS ON THE ACCOUNT OF SATISFACTORY THE COMMUNITY SERVICE WORKERS' PERFORMANCE.

RECEIVED FAVOURABLE RESPONSE MEANWHILE, THE PILOT SCHEME HAD

OFFICES AND UNITS HAD FROM THE PARTIES CONCERNED. SEVEN ADDITIONAL

IN TO TAKE

WORK UP VOLUNTEER REQUESTED COMMUNITY SERVICE WORKERS THEIR PROGRAMMES.

THEY COMMENTS FROM COMMUNITY SERVICE WORKERS ALSO SHOWED THAT

WHILE SOME PARENTS HAD GAINED A WIDE RANGE OF POSITIVE EXPERIENCES,

CHANGES AND FAMILY MEMBERS SAID COMMUNITY SERVICE HAD CAUSED POSITIVE IN THE ATTITUDE AND BEHAVIOUR OF COMMUNITY SERVICE WORKERS.

A

LIGHT HAD

TO AMEND THE TRAFFIC SWAC THE

ALSO ENDORSED ACCIDENT VICTIMS (ASSISTANCE FUND) ORDINANCE TO ENABLE ALL VICTIMS IRRESPECTIVE RAIL VEHICLES (LRV'S), ACCIDENTS INVOLVING

TAKEN

THE INTEGRATED PLACE ON WHETHER THE ACCIDENT

TRACK,

RECEIVE ASSISTANCE TO SEGREGATED SECTION OF THE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT VICTIMS ASSISTANCE SCHEME.

PROPOSAL

OF

OF

OR UNDER

THE

THE

THE COMMITTEE ALSO SUPPORTED INJURED IN ACCIDENTS INVOLVING AN LRV AT ANY TIME SINCE THE TRIAL

ΤΟ APPLY OF THE LRT SYSTEM BEGAN IN OCTOBER 1987, SHOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR ASSISTANCE FROM THE FUND.

ANY THAT

PERSON

HAD WHO

BEEN

RUN

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