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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1990

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ALSO THE

PLANNING OF ANTI-CRIME REFLECTS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CRIME LEVEL OF SUCCESS IN ENCOURAGING THE

"APART FROM PROVIDING A BASIS FOR THE STRATEGIES, THE SURVEY PREVENTION MEASURES AND PUBLIC TO REPORT CRIME," HE SAID.

THE

THE ENGLISH VERSION OF THE SURVEY REPORT IS NOW ON SALE AT GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, GPO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL AND THE PUBLICATIONS OFFICE OF THE CENSUS AND 12 HARBOUR STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON THE 19TH FLOOR, WANCHAI TOWER I,

THE END OF ROAD. THE CHINESE VERSION IS EXPECTED TO BE AVAILABLE BY THIS YEAR.

WIGGHAM COMMENDS CSD STAFF TRAINING

THE SECRETARY FOR CIVIL SERVICE, MR BARRIE WIGGHAM, TODAY (SATURDAY) PRAISED THE STAFF TRAINING INSTITUTE

OF THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT (CSD) FOR THE PART IT PLAYED IN THE TRAINING OF CORRECTIONAL STAFF.

"I BELIEVE THAT THE DEPARTMENT'S ACHIEVEMENTS IN RUNNING PENAL INSTITUTIONS AND IN PROVIDING AFTERCARE SERVICES AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING COULD NOT HAVE BEEN MADE WITHOUT THE CONTRIBUTION FROM ITS STAFF TRAINING INSTITUTE, HE SAID.

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MR WIGGHAM WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE INSTITUTE'S OPEN DAY IN STANLEY.

HE ALSO COMMENDED CSD FOR ITS CONTINUOUS EFFORTS IN RECRUITING STAFF TO TACKLE THE DEPARTMENT'S MANPOWER SHORTAGE.

HE SAID IN RECENT YEARS, THE INFLUX INTO HONG KONG OF VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE AND CHINESE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS HAD EXERTED GREAT PRESSURE ON THE DEPARTMENT'S MANPOWER AND OTHER RESOURCES.

MR WIGGHAM SAID HE HOPED THIS YEAR'S OPEN DAY WOULD BE OF HELP TO THE CSD'S RECRUITMENT DRIVE.

THE OPEN DAY IS AN ANNUAL EVENT ORGANISED WITH THE AIM OF INTRODUCING THE DEPARTMENT'S WORK TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. IT ALSO FORMS PART OF CSD'S RECRUITMENT CAMPAIGN.

MORE THAN 3,000 PEOPLE, MOST OF THEM STUDENTS AND YOUNGSTERS, VISITED THE INSTITUTE TODAY.

THROUGH VARIOUS DISPLAYS, THEY KNEW MORE ABOUT THE DIFFERENT CORRECTIONAL PROGRAMMES AND ACTIVITIES IN THE PENAL INSTITUTIONS AS WELL AS THE TRAINING FOR CORRECTIONAL STAFF.

THERE WERE ALSO DEMONSTRATIONS ON ANTI-RIOT CONTROL AND SELF-DEFENCE EXERCISE.

HANDCUFFING TECHNIQUE,

THE INSTITUTE WILL ALSO BE OPEN TO VISITORS FROM 10 AM TO 4 TOMORROW (SUNDAY).

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