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SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 1991

INMATES HELP IN HANDLING ELECTION MAIL

ONLY

CONCERN NOT PENAL INSTITUTIONS THE MAILING OF PUBLICITY

THE MUNICIPAL COUNCILS ELECTIONS NEXT MONTH ELECTORS AND CANDIDATES, BUT ALSO SOME INMATES OF WHO HAVE RECENTLY LEAFLETS TO VOTERS.

JOINED

ABOUT 150 INMATES

IN TO ASSIST

FROM

ΤΑΙ THE

TAM GAP CORRECTIONAL AND VICTORIA

ARE NOW PRISON INSTITUTION, TAI LAM CENTRE FOR WOMEN

"SIMPLE GUIDE ON UNDERTAKING THE WORK OF INSERTING THE LEAFLETS ON

ENVELOPES VOTING" AND "INTRODUCTION TO CANDIDATES" INTO SOME AND STICKING MAILING LABELS ON THESE ENVELOPES.

760,000

(CSI),

THE MAILING WORK WILL TAKE ABOUT A WEEK TO COMPLETE. THE GENERAL MANAGER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES INDUSTRIES

INMATES HELPED IN MR HERBERT HUI, SAID THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME THE THE MAILING OF ELECTION PUBLICITY MATERIALS.

MARCH,

THE INMATES ALSO THE TIGHT

"IN THE DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS IN HANDLED OVER 600,000 PUBLICITY LETTERS AND MANAGED TO MEET SCHEDULE AND FINISHED THE JOB PROPERLY.

ΤΟ BE

IN VALUABLE

ALLEVIATING PROVED "THEIR WORK HAD WORKLOAD OF THE DISTRICT OFFICES IN THE RUN-UP TO THE DB ELECTIONS.

"IT ALSO SAVES THE GOVERNMENT STAFF OR CONTRACTORS TO DO THE JOB," HE SAID.

THE

FUNDS FOR EMPLOYING TEMPORARY

"IT

FOR WORK

THE DB AND MAILING THE THAT ESTIMATED IS

GOVERNMENT COSTED THE MUNICIPAL COUNCILS ELECTIONS WOULD HAVE $300,000," HE ADDED.

ABOUT

MR NG SAID HE HOPED THE MAILING WORK

WOULD

ALSO BENEFIT THE

INMATES.

IT IS AND WOULD

"THROUGH THEIR CONTACTS WITH THESE PUBLICITY MATERIALS, HOPED THAT THE INMATES WOULD GET TO KNOW MORE ABOUT VOTING BE MORE WILLING TO EXERCISE THEIR CIVIC DUTY UPON RELEASE," HE SAID.

ELECTION MAIL,

APART FROM HANDLING MAILING WORK FOR OTHER ORGANISATIONS BEFORE.

CSI HAS ALSO

UNDERTAKEN

THE PRIVATE SECTOR, HELPED KEEP THE

MR NG SAID CSI WELCOMED SUCH ORDERS FROM WHICH NOT ONLY BOOSTED GOVERNMENT REVENUES BUT ALSO INMATES OCCUPIED FOR CONSTRUCTIVE PURPOSES.

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