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TECHNICAL EDUCATION IMPORTANT IN REHABILITATION OF INMATES

* * * * *

THE CORRECTIONAL

SERVICES

DEPARTMENT

IS

THE

THE MAIN AIM OF TO TRANSFORM OFFENDERS INTO RESPONSIBLE AND LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL, MR H.R. KNIGHT, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

HEALTHY OF

ACTIVITIES

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SPEAKING AT A CERTIFICATE PRESENTATION DEPARTMENT'S STAFF TRAINING INSTITUTE, MR KNIGHT SAID: "A MAJOR BY WHICH THE DEPARTMENT SEEKS TO ACHIEVE THIS IS THE

THE WIDE RANGE INSTITUTIONS.

то

INMATES

CEREMONY HELD AT THE MEANS PROVISION OF A IN ALL ITS

MR KNIGHT SAID ONE OF THE MOST, IF NOT THE MOST,

YOUNG

WAS OFFENDERS

THE THESE ACTIVITIES FOR

AND WHICH WHICH

THE ACCREDITATION.

DEPARTMENT

PROVIDED

"AN OFFENDER CAN ONLY BE SAID TO HAVE BEEN

EARN AN HONEST TO HE HAS ACQUIRED THE MEANINGFUL ROLE IN THE COMMUNITY HE LIVES.

MEANS

IMPORTANT OF

EDUCATION TECHNICAL

LED TO EXTERNAL

LIVING

REHABILITATED WHEN A AND PLAY

SKILLS NEEDED ΤΟ EARN A "TO EQUIP YOUNG OFFENDERS WITH THE

BOTH EDUCATIONAL COURSES, PROVIDE DOES NOT ONLY LIVING, THE CSD

WHICH MOTIVATES A GENERAL AND TECHNICAL, BUT ALSO THE ENCOURAGEMENT YOUNG OFFENDER TO DEVELOP HIS POTENTIAL TO THE FULL,

THE CEREMONY,

INSTITUTION,

AT CORRECTIONAL

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INMATES LAI KING

H

HE SAID.

CAPE

COLLINSON

ΤΑΙ

FROM THE TRAINING CENTRE AND

TAM AWARDED CERTIFICATES FOR PASSING GAP CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION WERE

CITY EXAMINATIONS OFFERED BY THE PITMAN EXAMINATION INSTITUTE AND THE AND GUILDS OF LONDON INSTITUTE.

PAPERS

SINCE 1979, 1,434 INMATES HAVE SAT A TOTAL OF 1,973 VARIOUS PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS. ALTOGETHER THEY HAVE ACHIEVED A TOTAL 512 DISTINCTIONS, 216 CREDITS AND 956 PASSES.

IN

OF

THE

DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE VISITS BOYS' HOME

DIRECTOR

*

OF SOCIAL

WELFARE,

MR

M.D.

CARTLAND,

WAS

A FAMILIARISATION IN YUEN LONG THIS (WEDNESDAY)

IMPRESSED BY HIS STAFF'S DEVOTION TO DUTIES DURING VISIT TO A NUMBER OF SERVICE UNITS AFTERNOON.

CASTLE PEAK BOYS' HOME, MR DURING A VISIT TO THE

THE TRAINING SERVICES ABOUT LEARNED MORE ALSO THERE WHICH HAVE BEEN PLAYING AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN TURN A NEW LEAF.

CARTLAND BEING PROVIDED HELPING THE BOYS

/THE BOYS'