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MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 1991

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IN ADDITION, THE VALUE OF GOODS PRODUCED BY

CORRECTIONAL SERVICES INDUSTRIES LAST YEAR ROSE BY OVER 20 PER CENT, THE GOVERNOR SAID.

DESCRIBING THESE AS ENCOURAGING TRENDS, BIR DAVID SAID THEY OUT WERE THE SIGNS OF A WELL-MOTIVATED DEPARTMENT DETERMINED TO CARRY ITS RESPONSIBILITIES AND TO SEARCH ALWAYS FOR WAYS TO PROVIDE A BETTER SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC.

SIR DAVID PRESENTED COLONIAL PRISON SERVICE MEDALS TO 47 MEMBERS WHO HAD GIVEN EXEMPLARY SERVICE OVER THE PAST 18 YEARS.

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HE WISHED THOSE WHO HAD COMPLETED THE FIRST STAGE OF THEIR TRAINING TODAY EVERY SUCCESS IN THEIR FUTURE CAREER AND COMMENDED THOSE AWARDED WITH THE COLONIAL PRISON SERVICE MEDAL ON THEIR MANY YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE.

NEW VBP CENTRE GETS OFF THE GROUND

THE FIRST VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE TO LIVE IN THR CENTRE ON TAI A CHAU ISLAND WILL MOVE IN NEXT MONTH.

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THIS WAS ANNOUNCED BY THE REFUGEE CO-ORDINATOR, MR CLINTON LEEKS, DURING A MEDIA VISIT TO THE ISLAND TODAY (MONDAY).

"THE FIRST GROUP FORMS A NUCLEUS OF ABOUT 400 VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE WHO WILL HELP TO SET UP AND RUN THE CENTRE. THEY INCLUDE PEOPLE WHO WILL BE TRAINED AS COOKS OR AS HELPERS IN THE MEDICAL CENTRE AND OTHERS WHO WILL BE WORKING WITH VOLUNTARY AGENCIES, MR LEEKS SAID.

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"THE TRANSFER OF THE REST OF THE POPULATION OF TAI A CHAU FROM OTHER CENTRES WILL TAKE PLACE IN STAGES TO ALLOW TIME FOR BACH GROUP TO SETTLE IN, AND THIS SHOULD BE COMPLETED OVER THE NEXT TWO MONTHS," HE ADDED.

MR LEEKS SAID TO INFORM THE PEOPLE DUE TO BE TRANSFERRED ABOUT THEIR NEW HOME, PAMPHLETS CONTAINING DETAILED INFORMATION ON THE FACILITIES AND SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED AT TAI A CHAU HAD BREN DISTRIBUTED IN THOSE CENTRES INVOLVED IN THE TRANSFERS.

IN ADDITION, MORE THAN 100 REPRESENTATIVES OF THE BOAT PEOPLE HAD VISITED THE ISLAND AND BEEN SHOWN THE CENTRE.

THE CENTRE, WHICH OCCUPIES THE WHOLE OF THE LARGEST OF THE SOKO ISLANDS, HAS A NUMBER OF NOVEL FRATURES.

AS THE SEA AND REMOTENESS OF THE ISLAND PROVIDE A NATURAL BARRIER AGAINST ESCAPES, THE BOAT PEOPLE WILL BE ALLOWED TO TAKE PART IN ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE THE FENCED AREA DURING THE DAY.

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