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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1990

THE SPOKESMAN SAID INSTEAD OF COMING TO THE CEC'S IN PERSON, CONSUMERS MAY ALSO SEND IN THEIR APPLICATIONS THROUGH THE POST.

THESE SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO

"THE

WATER AUTHORITY,

4030, HONG KONG".

ON ACCOUNT MATTERS,

GPO BOX

FOR ENQUIRIES

CONSUMERS MAY TELEPHONE

890 0221 BEFORE OCTOBER 15, AND 824 5000 ON AND AFTER OCTOBER 15.

FOR GENERAL ENQUIRIES, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY 829 4500 ON OR AFTER OCTOBER 22.

TELEPHONE

SPECIAL GUARDING TEAM BOLSTERS UP PRISON SECURITY

THEY ARE

WORLD-RENOWNED FOR THEIR TOP-NOTCH PATROL MANY PARTS OF THE WORLD, THEY ARE BECOMING AN INDISPENSIBLE PRISON SECURITY.

WORK. IN PART IN

NOT ONLY ARE THEY AGILE AND VIGILANT, PARTICULARLY IN THE NIGHT

THEY ARE ALSO

AND FAITHFUL IS LOW, TIME WHEN HUMAN VISIBILITY OBEDIENT.

AND IN HONG KONG, THERE ARE 22 OF THEM. SERVICES DEPARTMENT INTENDED TO INCREASE THE NUMBER TO 50,

COMMONLY KNOWN AS GUARD DOGS, THEY HAVE, AMONG

SHEPHERD, DOBERMAN AND BULL-TERRIER.

BUT THE CORRECTIONAL

THEM, GERMAN

KWOK LEUNG-

UP

ACCORDING TO THE SUPERINTENDENT (OPERATIONS), MR MING, WHO OVERSEES THE DOG UNIT OF THE CORRECTIONAL DEPARTMENT

DOG SERVICE PRISON SECURITY OF PENAL INSTITUTIONS.

(CSD),

HAS TIGHTENED

SERVICES PERIMETER

"PRISON DOG SERVICE IS RECOGNISED IN MANY PARTS OF THE WORLD AS AN EFFECTIVE AND FLEXIBLE MEANS TO STRENGTHEN SECURITY IN CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS.

"FOR EXAMPLE, THERE ARE ABOUT 400 GUARD DOGS IN THE U.K. PRISON

ADMINISTRATION, SERVICE PROVIDING AN INDISPENSIBLE SUPPORT TO PENAL MR KWOK SAID,

SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 1987, THE UNIT HAS EFFECTIVELY

STEPPED

UP PRISON SECURITY.

THE

THE DOGS WERE FIRST BROUGHT INTO STANLEY PRISON, TO PATROL STERILE AREA OF THIS MAXIMUM-SECURITY PRISON. THE SERVICE HAS NOW BEEN EXTENDED TO MA PO PING PRISON AND TONG FUK PRISON.

/MR KWOK