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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1990

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"WE HAVE NOT DEPARTED FROM THIS POSITION AND WE TO WORK TOWARDS THIS OBJECTIVE,'

HE SAID.

HONG KONG'S AS AN EXAMPLE OF COOPERATION IN THE REGION, MR WONG SAID FULL MEMBERSHIP WITH ANOTHER AND ECONOMIC COOPERATION CONFERENCE (PECC).

EARLIER

WILL CONTINUE

COMMITMENT TOWARDS

ECONOMIC

HONG KONG HAD APPLIED FOR ESTABLISHED BODY, PACIFIC

OF MEMBER COMMITTEES WITH LEADERS PARTICIPATING

PECC IS A TRIPARTITE BODY MADE UP GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND ACADEMIC AND BUSINESS IN THEIR PERSONAL CAPACITIES.

EXISTING APEC

THE PRESENT MEMBER COMMITTEES COME FROM ALL THE ECONOMIES, PLUS CHINA, TAIWAN AND THE PACIFIC ISLAND NATIONS.

MR WONG, WHO IS CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG KONG COMMITTER, SAID KONG'S APPLICATION HAD BEEN ACCEPTED BY PECC.

HONG

"WE WILL BE FORMALLY ADMITTED AS A NEXT YEAR AT THEIR EIGHTH GENERAL MEETING,

FULL PRCC MEMBER IN MAY

HE SAID.

CSD STUDY ON VIOLENT PRISONERS

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A STUDY CONDUCTED BY THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT (CSD) PRISONERS 19 HAS SHOWN THAT THE IRON CONTENT IN THE HAIR OF VIOLENT SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN THAT OF NON-VIOLENT PRISONERS.

THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL

SERVICES, MR CHAN WA-SHEK,

IN PRISON MANAGEMENT SAID THIS FINDING HAD POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS

AS ONE OF THE MEANS TO BECAUSE HAIR ANALYSIS MIGHT BE USED IDENTIFY VIOLENT PRISONERS ON ADMISSION.

"HOWEVER, SUCH USAGE CAN ONLY BE

LEGAL AND SCIENTIFIC RESOLVED, HE SAID.

"

HELP

IMPLEMENTED AFTER ETHICAL, SUCH PRACTICE ARE WITH ASSOCIATED PROBLEMS

THE

ALSO STUDY

POINTED MR CHAN SAID THE RESULTS OF

SUCH AS MEDICAL INTERVENTION, POSSIBILITY OF ARTIFICIAL AND DIETARY CONTROL, TO REDUCE VIOLENCE IN PRISON CUSTODY.

TO TREATMENT

THE

HOW ΤΟ MAKE VIOLENT

"FURTHERMORE, VIOLENT PRISONERS MAY BE TAUGHT ON USE OF MEDICAL TREATMENT AND DIETARY METHODS TO CONTROL THEIR PROPENSITIES AFTER THEIR RELEASE FROM PRISON CUSTODY.

"NEVERTHELESS,

ALL

THESE

REQUIRE

FURTHER

RESEARCH CONSULTATION WITH THE MEDICAL AND DIETICIAN PROFESSIONS," HE ADDED.

AND

MR CHAN EMPHASISED THAT MANAGING A PRISON WAS BY EASY TASK.

NO MEANS AN

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