TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1992
CURFEW SYSTEM IN VIET DETENTION CENTRES
SPOKESMAN
FOR
THE
IN
TO RESPONSE
PRESS ENQUIRIES, A CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT MADE THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT:
IS
"THE SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF ALL VIETNAMESE UNDER OUR CARE PARAMOUNT. WE BELIEVE THAT OUR PROCEDURES AND SYSTEMS FOR EMERGENCIES SUCH AS FIRE WILL ENSURE THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO ALL PERSONS SAFELY.
EVACUATE
**THE CURFEW SYSTEM WHEREBY VIETNAMESE IN OUR SMALLER CENTRES 1988 AND ARE LOCKED INSIDE THEIR DORMITORIES WAS FIRST INTRODUCED IN
AT HEI IS CURRENTLY IN USE
LING DETENTION CENTRE, NEI KWU CHAU DETENTION CENTRE AND GREEN ISLAND DETENTION CENTRE.
"THIS ARRANGEMENT WAS INSTITUTED TO COMBAT HIGH LEVELS OF CRIME AND SERIOUS ACTS OF VIOLENCE. THESE
BEEN HAVE MEASURES SUCCESSFUL IN CURBING CRIME AND ACTS OF VIOLENCE AT NIGHT.
"IT HAS NOT BEEN POSSIBLE TO INTRODUCE SIMILAR ARRANGEMENTS
FACILITIES IN THE LARGER CENTRES BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF BASIC TOILET DORMITORIES.
IN
SAFETY
THE "WE BELIEVE THAT FOR LAW AND ORDER REASONS AND FOR AND WELL-BEING OF THE INHABITANTS, THE NFED FOR A CURFEW REMAINS.
"DESPITE OUR CONFIDENCE THAT WE CAN DEAL WITH EMERGENCIES,
OF ENFORCING THE CURFEW ARE NOW LOOKING AT ALTERNATIVE METHODS NIGHT."
WE
AT
LINE-UP OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES COMMITTEE ANNOUNCED
THE GOVERNMENT TODAY (TUESDAY) ANNOUNCED THE APPOINTMENT OF
ON AGRICULTURE AND NON-GOVERNMENT MEMBERS TO THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE FISHERIES FOR 1992-93.
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APART FROM NINE RE-APPOINTMENTS, FOUR ARE NEW APPOINTEES TO THE SO AND COMMITTEE. THEY ARE MR HO KWAN-YIU, MR WONG YUNG-KAN, MR KWOK PROFESSOR DANIEL CHAN KWONG-ON.
MR CHAN
LEUNG
COMMITTEE ARE MR CHIK, NR YUNG DR
THE INCUMBENTS RE-APPOINTED TO THE ADVISORY
MR KWOK-WAI, ANDREW WONG WANG-FAT, TIN-TACK, MR HO TAK-YAU, DR ZEK SZR-YONG, PROFESSOR LEUNG TIN-PUI, STAN CHEUNG TSANG-KAY AND MR IP YEUK-LAM.
SAID THE
COMMITTEE
BE
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN
STILL WOULD CHAIRED BY THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, DR LAWRENCE LEE.
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