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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1994

GUIDE THE VOLUNTEERS HELP PROBATIONERS WITH THEIR SCHOOLWORK,

DEVELOP INTERESTS, THEM IN THE PROPER USE OF LEISURE TIME, HELP THEM PROVIDE SUPPORT AND OFFER PRACTICAL ADVICE IF NECESSARY,

GERARD

ALSO SPEAKING AT THE CEREMONY, THE CHIEF MAGISTRATE, MR PAUL MUTTRIE, SAID THE ASSISTANCE OF SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS VOLUNTEERS WAS NOT ONLY OF BENEFIT TO PROBATIONERS.

"IT MAY BE OF BENEFIT TO THE VOLUNTEERS THEMSELVES WHO CAN FEEL SOME SATISFACTION IF THEY ASSIST WRONG-DOERS TO REFORM.

ONE OF THE MAJOR PROBLEMS IN REHABILITATION LIES IN SOCIETY THAT AN OFFENDER MAY BE REHABILITATED, HE ADDED.

THE

OFFENDERS,

CONVINCING

THEY

COULD THAN

AS THE VOLUNTEERS KNOW MORE ABOUT HELP OTHERS UNDERSTAND THAT OFFENDERS MIGHT BECOME ASSETS RATHER LIABILITIES TO SOCIETY, HE SAID.

CHAN TODAY

OF

THEIR

PRESENTED CERTIFICATES TO 58

IN DEDICATED SERVICE

THE

MR MUTTRIE AND MR VOLUNTEERS IN APPRECIATION REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS.

EDUCATION CHIEF COMMENDS STAFF FOR DEDICATED SERVICE

WONG,

TODAY OF THE

THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR DOMINIC S W (SATURDAY) PRESENTED LONG SERVICE AWARDS TO 361 MEMBERS EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.

THE RECIPIENTS RANGED FROM WORKMAN II TO ASSISTANT DIRECTOR.

MOST OF THEM ARE TEACHING STAFF AT GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS, SOME OF THEM BEGAN THEIR CAREER IN 1956.

AMONG THEM, 234 WERE IN GOVERNMENT SERVICE FOR 30 YEARS AND 127 FOR 20 YEARS.

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (BUILDING AND SYSTEMS), MR HSU SHOW-HOO, AND CHIEF INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS, MR HO CHE-LEUNG, WERE AMONG THE RECIPIENTS RECEIVING THE 30-YEAR-OLD LONG AND MERITORIOUS SERVICES CERTIFICATES.

TO

SPEAKING AT THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY, MR WONG PAID TRIBUTE THE RECIPIENTS WHO HAD MADE VALUABLE CONTRIBUTION IN PROMOTING

EDUCATION.

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