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FRIDAY, MAY 12, 1989

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CORRECT!VE TRAINING HELPS TURN OFFENDERS INTO RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS

CORRECTIVE TRAINING IN HONG KONG IS AIMED AT TURNING OFFENDERS INTO RESPONSIBLE, CONTRIBUTIVE AND LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS, THE DIRECTOR OF ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES, MR JOSE IFI. SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

SPEAKING AT 1 CERTIFICATE PRESENTATION CEREMONY AT FIR Lik CORRECT LONAL. INSTITUTION, MR LEE SAID CORRECTIONAL. PROGRAMMES EMBRACED A WIDE RANGE OF ACTIVITIES, AND ORGANISING EDUCATIONAL COURSES LEADING TO EXTERNAL ACCREDITATION WAS ONE FACET OF THE PROGRAMMES.

"THE GRANTING OF CERTIFICATES то CANDIDATES SIGNIFIES THE RECOGNITION OF THE AUTHORITIES OF THE STANDARDS OF THE RECIPIENTS ATTAINED IN PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS, MR LEI SAID.

"ALL THESE YOUNG PERSONS HAVE PERFORMED EXCEEDINGLY WELL IN THEIR STRIVE FOR ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE ACADEMIC FIELD, AND THIS WILL NO DOUBT BRING ABOUT FURTHER PULFILMENT IN LIFE ON THEIR SUBSEQUENT RETURN TO THE COMMUNITY," HE ADDED.

MR CHAN

THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PIK UK CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION, HING-HUNG. SAID AT THE OCCASION THAT THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB HAD RECENTLY DONATED ABOUT $137,000 TO THE DEPARTMENT.

THE DONATION WILL BE USED FOR SETTING UP A LANGUAGE AT THE INSTITUTION.

LABORATORY

"THE DONATION ALSO INDICATES THAT THE DETERMINATION AND HARD WORK THE INMATES HAD MADE IN THEIR PURSUIT OF STUDIES AND ACADEMIC ATTAINMENTS HAD BEGUN TO THE APPRECIATED BY THE PUBLIC, MR CHAN SAID.

THE LANGUAGE LABORATORY, WHICH CAN BE USED ONE TIME, WILL BE READY FOR USE LATER THIS YEAR.

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BY 24 INMATES AT

AT TODAY'S CEREMONY, 77 PRISONERS RECEIVED CERTIFICATES FOR HAVING SUCCESSFULLY PASSED VARIOUS PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS OFFERED BY THE CITY AND GUILDS OF LONDON INSTITUTE, LONDON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, PITMAN EXAMINATION INSTITUTE, HONG KONG EXAMINATIONS AUTHORITY, HONG KONG MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION AND THE UNIVERSITY OF EAST ASIA, MACAU.

AVERAGE

THEY OBTAINED A TOTAL OF 39 DISTINCTIONS,

32 CREDITS AND 113 PASSES AMONG THE 210 PAPERS THEY SAT FOR, REPRESENTING AN PASS RATE OF 87 PER CENT.

MR JOSE LEI AND A JUSTICE OF PEACE, MR DAVID WRIGHT, OFFICIATED AT TODAY'S CEREMONY.

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