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SUNDAY, MARCH 19, 1989

THE NORMAL OPENING HOURS ARE FROM 9 AM TO 5 PM FROM WEDNESDAY TO SUNDAY AND 2 PM TO 5 PM ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE MUSEUM IS CLOSED ON MONDAYS, TUESDAY MORNINGS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS.

ESTABLISHED IN 1976, THE MUSEUM WAS ORIGINALLY CONTAINED WITHIN THE POLICE HEADQUARTERS AND MOVED TO ITS PRESENT LOCATION AT THE FORMER WAN CHAI GAP POLICE STATION LAST DECEMBER.

GALLERY,

COVERING A TOTAL AREA OF 560 SQUARE METRES, IT IS NOW DIVIDED INTO FOUR GALLERIES - THE ORIENTATION GALLERY, THE NARCOTICS THE TRIAD SOCIETIES GALLERY AND THE CURRENT GALLERY.

CSD RECEIVES GRANT FOR SETTING UP LANGUAGE LAB

THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB HAS RECENTLY GRANTED $137,000 TO THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR SETTING UP A LANGUAGE LABORATORY TO FURTHER ENHANCE THE DEPARTMENT'S EDUCATION PROGRAMME FOR YOUNG OFFENDERS.

THE LANGUAGE LABORATORY, WITH A CAPACITY FOR 24 STUDENTS, WILL BE SET UP IN PIK UK CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION (PUCI) WHICH HAS A CERTIFIED ACCOMMODATION FOR 385 YOUNG INMATES.

AT PRESENT, ALL YOUNG INMATES IN THE TRAINING CENTRES, INCLUDING PUCI, ARE REQUIRED ΤΟ UNDERGO A HALF-DAY GENERAL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME RUN BY THE DEPARTMENT LANGUAGE TRAINING, IN PARTICULAR THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, IS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR SUBJECTS.

THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR CHAN WA-SHEK, EXPRESSED HIS THANKS TO THE JOCKEY CLUB FOR ITS GENEROUS SUPPORT.

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"THE SETTING UP OF A LANGUAGE LABORATORY WOULD NOT ONLY ENHANCE DEPARTMENT'S EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES, BUT WOULD ALSO HELP YOUNG OFFENDERS TO IMPROVE THEIR ENGLISH SPEAKING STANDARD, HE SAID.

MR CHAN SAID WITH BETTER TRAINING IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, A YOUNG OFFENDER MAY BE ABLE TO STAND A BETTER CHANCE OF OBTAINING EMPLOYMENT AFTER DISCHARGE.

"MORE IMPORTANT, HIGHER ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AS WELL AS STABLE EMPLOYMENT CAN BE HELPFUL IN PREVENTING DISCHARGED YOUNG OFFENDERS FROM GOING ASTRAY AGAIN, HE ADDED.

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APART FROM NORMAL TRAINING SESSIONS, THE LANGUAGE LABORATORY WILL ALSO BE OPEN TO INMATES AFTER SCHOOL AND ON HOLIDAYS, SO THAT THOSE HARD WORKING ONES WILL BE ABLE ΤΟ MAKR RETTER USE SPARE TIME.

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