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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1991

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NEW CLINIC FOR MA ON SHAN OPENS NEXT MONTH

THE NEW MA ON SHAN (TEMPORARY) CLINIC, LOCATED AT THE GROUND FLOOR OF HENG SHING HOUSE, IN HENG ON

WILL BEGIN OPERATION

FROM OCTOBER 7.

ESTATE,

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAID TODAY (THURSDAY)

CLINIC SERVICES TO THAT THE CLINIC WILL PROVIDE GENERAL OUT-PATIENT RESIDENTS IN THE DISTRICT.

IT WILL OPEN FROM 9 AM TO 1 PM AND FROM 2 PM WEEKDAYS, AND FROM 9 AM TO 1 PM ON SATURDAY.

то 5 PM

DURING

33 INMATES PASS PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS

THIRTY-THREE TRAINING CENTRE INMATES RECEIVED CERTIFICATES THIS (THURSDAY) AFTERNOON FOR PASSING THE PITMAN EXAMINATIONS.

THE INMATES COME FROM THE CAPE COLLINSON CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION, LAI KING TRAINING CENTRE AND ΤΑΙ TAM GAP CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION.

THEY OBTAINED A TOTAL OF ONE DISTINCTION AND 44 PASSES ON THREE SUBJECTS ARITHMETIC, ENGLISH AND TYPEWRITING.

SPEAKING AT A CERTIFICATE PRESENTATION CEREMONY HELD AT THE DEPARTMENT'S STAFF TRAINING INSTITUTE, THE ACTING COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR GARTH HYDES, PRAISED THE DEPARTMENT'S TEACHING STAFF FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE REHABILITATION OF THESE YOUNG OFFENDERS.

"THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAS ALWAYS BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG OFFENDERS. HOWEVER IT WAS NOT UNTIL 1974 WITH THE OPENING OF PIK UK CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION THAT MUCH MORE EMPHASIS WAS PLACED ON THIS IMPORTANT ASPECT OF OUR TRAINING PROGRAMME," HE SAID.

SINCE 1979, OVER 1,500 YOUNG INMATES HAD SAT FOR OVER 2,060 PAPERS IN VARIOUS PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS. TOTALLY, THEY ACHIEVED 402 DISTINCTIONS, 212 CREDITS AND 1,116 PASSES. THE AVERAGE PASS RATE IS 83 PER CENT.

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