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SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 1991

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VOLUNTEER SCHEME FOR PROBATIONERS A SUCCESS

PROBATIONERS IS AN R.N. HAWKES, SAID

THE EXPANSION OF THE VOLUNTEER SCHEME FOR

MR MAGISTRATE, INDICATION OF SUCCESS, THE CHIEF

TODAY (SATURDAY).

SPEAKING AT

THE SCHEME'S

CERTIFICATE

PRESENTATION

CEREMONY THAT THE ORGANISED BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, MR HAWKES NOTED

IN OPERATION SINCE 1976 VOLUNTEER SCHEME FOR PROBATIONERS HAD BEEN

STRONG STILL GOING THAT IT WAS

AND WAS AND THAT THE FACT EXPANDING WAS AN INDICATION OF THE SUCCESS IT HAD BEEN.

BVEN

THOSE

WHO

PART IN

VOLUNTEERS HAD TO BE VERY SPECIAL PEOPLE AND ONLY WERE ABLE TO SATISFY STRINGENT CRITERIA WERE INVITED TO TAKE SCHEME, HE SAID.

THAT THEY MUST BR PEOPLE "ONE OF THE CRITERIA IS

OTHERS, WITHOUT WILLING TO GIVE UP THEIR OWN TIME TO HELP HE ADDED.

THAT

WHO ARE PAYMENT,

H

WERE VOLUNTEERS

ABLE ΤΟ MR HAWKES POINTED OUT

ASSIST HELPING WITH HOME WORK, PROBATIONERS IN ALL SORTS OF WAYS, SUCH AS ENCOURAGING THE BETTER USE OF LEISURE TIME AND PROVIDING FRIENDSHIP.

ALSO

EXPRESSED

THE

HE

WORK APPRECIATION FOR

OUTSTANDING PRODUCED THOROUGH AND CAREFUL DONE BY PROBATION OFFICERS, WHO HAD REPORTS FOR ALL COURTS DESPITE THEIR HEAVY WORKLOAD.

IN

SOCIAL INTERESTED IN THE THE DEPARTMENT'S

ALSO SPEAKING AT THE CEREMONY, AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF

TO PEOPLE FUNG, APPEALED WELFARE, MR ALEXANDER REHABILITATION VOLUNTEER SCHEME FOR PROBATIONERS.

OF OFFENDERS

PART TO TAKE

MR HAWKES AND MR FUNG PRESENTED CERTIFICATES TO IN APPRECIATION OF THEIR DEDICATED SERVICE.

46 VOLUNTEERS

THE

0

LABOUR TELEPHONE ENQUIRY SERVICE EXTENDED

* * *

LABOUR

DEPARTMENT

HAS RECENTLY

EXPANDED INCREASING

ITS GENERAL DEMAND FROM

ENQUIRY TELEPHONE SERVICE (GETS) TO MEET THE PEOPLE SEEKING INFORMATION ON LABOUR LEGISLATION,

LABOUR INSPECTORS WILL PROVIDE TAPES ON RELEVANT LABOUR SUBJECTS TO ANSWER THE SENIOR LABOUR OFFICER EXPLAINED.

GETS OF "UNDER THE SECOND PHASE

WHICH DIRECT ANSWERS

STARTED OR USE

THE

CALLERS

(LABOUR

INSPECTION),

MR

CHAN

/"THE TAPES

THIS MONTH,

"

PRE-RECORDED QUESTIONS,

KWOK-KUEN,