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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1991

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CORRECTIONAL SERVICES COMMENDED FOR REHABILITATIVE WORK

LOBO, TODAY

THE COMMISSIONER OF CIVIL AID SERVICES, SIR ROBER (FRIDAY) PRAISED THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT (CSD) FOR MAINTAINING HIGH STANDARDS IN REHABILITATIVE PROGRAMMES FOR PENAL INSTITUTION INMATES DESPITE THE ADDED BURDEN ON ITS SERVICES CREATED BY THE PROBLEM OF VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS,

SPEAKING AT A PASSING-OUT PARADE AT CSD'S STAFF TRAINING INSTITUTE IN STANLEY, SIR ROGER NOTED THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAD A DIFFICULT TASK OF SUPERVISING SOME 11,000 INMATES IN OVERCROWDED PENAL INSTITUTIONS AND THE ADDED RESPONSIBILITY OF LOOKING AFTER 35,000 VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS HELD IN DETENTION CENTRES.

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"THE ADDED BURDEN OF CENTRES HOUSING THE VIETNAMESE PLACES GREAT DEMANDS ON RESOURCES

CREATES ADDITIONAL STRESS FOR THE ENTIRE SERVICE," HE SAID.

"THAT YOU HAVE COPED SO WELL IS TESTIMONY TO YOUR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION," SIR ROGER ADDED.

IN PARTICULAR, HE NOTED THAT HIGH STANDARDS WERE MAINTAINED THE VARIETY OF REHABILITATIVE PROGRAMMES OPERATED BY THE DEPARTMENT.

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"THIS IS EVIDENCED BY THE SUCCESS RATES IN THE TRAINING CENTRES (68 PER CENT), DETENTION CENTRE (94 PER CENT), DRUG ADDICTION TREATMENT CENTRES (69 PER CENT), AND YOUNG PRISONERS (83 PER CENT) PROGRAMMES, HE SAID.

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SIR ROGER SAID THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF CSD COULD ALSO BE SEEN FROM

INMATES THE SUCCESS OF ITS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES FOR YOUNG

AND THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES INDUSTRIES (CSI).

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ABOUT 3,400 YOUNG INMATES ARE AT PRESENT ENGAGED IN SOME OF ACADEMIC PURSUIT. THE COMMERCIAL VALUE OF GOODS AND SERVICES PRODUCED BY CSI FOR 1991 IS EXPECTED TO GO UP TO $290 MILLION.

ON PARADE TODAY WERE 11 OFFICERS AND 64 ASSISTANT OFFICERS WHO HAD JUST COMPLETED BASIC TRAINING AT THE STAFF TRAINING INSTITUTE.

257 VOLUNTARY RETURNEES BACK TO VIETNAM

A GROUP OF 257 VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS TODAY (FRIDAY) RETURNED TO VIETNAM UNDER THE UNHCR'S VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION PROGRAMME.

COMPRISING 82 MEN, 66 WOMEN, 53 BOYS AND 56

THE 83RD BATCH TO GO BACK UNDER THE PROGRAMME.

GIRLS, THEY WERE

THIS GROUP BROUGHT TO 7, 660 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS WHO HAVE RETURNED VOLUNTARILY THIS YEAR, AND TO 13,979 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF RETURNEES SINCE THE PROGRAMME STARTED IN MARCH 1989.

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