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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1994

THE NEW MULTIPLE VISIT PERMIT IS VALID FOR TWO YEARS AND $90, HE ADDED.

COSTS

"THE EXISTING PRACTICE OF ISSUING TO ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS SINGLE WILL VISIT PERMITS AND

ONE YEAR MULTIPLE VISIT PERMITS VALID FOR DISCONTINUE," THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

HE

THERE SAID

THE

RESIDENTIAL MULTIPLE

WAS A PLAN TO FURTHER LOWER REQUIREMENT FOR EX-CHINA RESIDENTS OF MACAU FOR THE ISSUE OF VISIT PERMITS.

"IT WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IN PHASES AND FURTHER

ANNOUNCEMENTS

WILL BE MADE IN DUE COURSE," HE SAID.

OF MACAU VISITS

"THE

FOR THE RELAXATION ARE THAT RESIDENTS REASONS HAVE PROVED TO BE LESS AN IMMIGRATION PROBLEM FOR US AND THEIR HAVE A GOOD TRACK RECORD.

**THERE

NO IS

EASING OF THE EXISTING

OF SYSTEM CONTROL AND THAT VISITORS MUST LEAVE HONG KONG AT THE END PERMITTED STAY," THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

IMMIGRATION OF THEIR

PRISONERS' EDUCATION TRUST FUND PROPOSED

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THE GOVERNMENT PROPOSES TO SET UP A PRISONERS' EDUCATION TRUST TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL RESOURCES FOR PRISONERS ΤΟ ENGAGE IN ACADEMIC PURSUITS.

FUND

SUCH A FUND WILL BE ESTABLISHED UNDER THE PRISONERS' TRUST FUND BILL TO BE GAZETTED ON FRIDAY (NOVEMBER 18).

EDUCATION

WAS

A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT THIS PART OF A A SCHEME TO ENCOURAGE PRISONERS TO OBTAIN EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS WHILE IN PRISON.

THE AIM WAS TO HELP PRISONERS BETTER PREPARED то REINTEGRATE INTO THE COMMUNITY UPON THEIR RELEASE FROM PRISON, HE SAID.

"AT PRESENT, YOUNG OFFENDERS AGED BETWEEN 14 AND 21 ARE PROVIDED WITH GENERAL AND VOCATIONAL COURSES IN PENAL INSTITUTIONS ON A COMPULSORY BASIS," THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED.

"AS FOR ADULT PRISONERS, EVENING CLASSES, SELF-STUDY PACKAGES AND CORRESPONDENCE COURSES ARE AVAILABLE ON A VOLUNTARY BASIS.

ALL

ADULT PRISONERS ARE ENCOURAGED AND ASSISTED, AS FAR AS POSSIBLE, то TAKE PART IN EXTERNAL EXAMINATIONS SUCH AS THOSE ORGANISED BY THE LONDON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY AND THE CITY AND GUILDS OF LONDON INSTITUTE, AS WELL AS THE PITMAN EXAMINATIONS AND THE HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION.

/IN 1993-94