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FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1990

THIS

FACILITY TO PREVENT THE FOR MANAGEMNT CAMP WHICH HAS BEEN RESULT, THERE HAVE BETWEEN ETHNIC GROUPS AT INTEGRATED

HIGH ISLAND WAS DESIGNED WITH PROBLEMS EXPERIENCED AT OTHER CENTRES WHERE SEPARATION REASONS HAS NOT BEEN POSSIBLE, SUCH AS KAI TAK CONSTANTLY BESET BY DISTURBANCES AND CRIME. AS A BEEN NO OUTBREAKS OF VIOLENCE OR CONFLICT HIGH ISLAND IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT IT IS THE ONLY FULLY DETENTION CENTRE IN HONG KONG, WITH A POPULATION OF ABOUT PEOPLE.

6 700 BOAT

THE

DORMITORY

BUILDING

DORMITORY WHICH IS THE SAME AS IN DESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE

PEOPLE

PEOPLE.

300

IN THE COMPOUND

STANDARD THE REST OF THE CENTRE. IT IS

AND AT PRESENT HOUSES ONLY 213

IS THE

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PROVIDED IN THE REST OF THE THE FACILITIES ARE THE SAME AS CENTRE. HOWEVER, AS THE DORMITORY IS LESS CROWDED THAN THE OTHER HUTS, TO SHOWERS, TOILET FACILITIES, THE PEOPLE THERE HAVE BETTER ACCESS RECREATIONAL EQUIPMENT AND TELEVISION.

FAMILIES ARE

KEPT TOGETHER.

CHILDREN

FULL HAVE

ACCESS TO TREATMENT BY SUCH VISITS HAVE ACCESS TO MEDICAL

KINDERGARTENS AND SCHOOLS AND THEY RECEIVE PREFERENTIAL VOLUNTARY AGENCIES FOR TRIPS TO COUNTRY PARKS AND OTHER OUTSIDE

ALL CENTRE. TREATMENT AT THE CENTRE.

THE

FAMILY

MEMBERS

ΤΟ VOLUNTARY AGENCIES AND THE THERE IS UNRESTRICTED ACCESS

PARTS OF UNHCR, WHO PAY VISITS MORE FREQRENTLY THAN THEY DO TO OTHER THE CENTRE.

THE SUBJECT THE CENTRE PART

PEOPLE WHO ARE TRANSFERRED TO THE COMPOUND ARE INFORMED OF REASONS AND ARE TOLD THAT THE DURATION OF THEIR STAY WOULD BE TO REVIEW ON A REGULAR BASIS. THE REVIEW IS CONDUCTED BY MANAGEMENT WITH A VIEW TO REINTEGRATING THE PEOPLE INTO THE MAIN OF THE CENTRE AS SOON AS IT IS DEEMED SUITABLE.

ONLY ONE WEEK

SUCCESSFUL

IT IS POSSIBLE, THEREFORE, FOR PEOPLE TO SPEND IN THE COMPOUND, AND THIS HAPPENS FREQUENTLY. THERE ARE ALSO CASES OF PEOPLE WHO REFUSE TO REJOIN THE REST OF THE CENTRE AFTER A REVIEW.

HAS REMAINED IN THE

COMPOUND

IS

THE LONGEST THAT A PERSON SEVEN MONTHS AND THE ONE PERSON IN QUESTION HAS REFUSED TO MOVE.

THE CENTRE

HAS REGULAR MEETINGS THERE IS A DORMITORY REPRESENTATIVE WHO WITH THE MANAGEMENT AND ANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT TREATMENT BY STAFF OR ABOUT FACILITIES CAN BE RAISED IN THESE FORUMS AS WELL AS TO VOLUNTARY AGENCY AND UNHCR REPRESENTATIVES.

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