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The terrain of GIRC was such that it created certain unavoidable blind spots for the staff on night duty.
The majority of the recaptured VMs claimed they escaped because they had waited in GIRC for too long. Some also complained about the poor living conditions in the detention centre.
The Board found no evidence to suggest laxity or negligence on the part of the staff in the performance of their duty.
The Board recommended that the physical security on the seaward embankment be strengthened by installing expanded metal and that all the walls of the accommodation be reinforced by mantling expanded metal and cement on the outside.
The Board also recommended that GIRC should be restricted to function as a quarantine centre for newly arrived VMs.
The spokesman said following the escape, all VMs detained in GIRC had been transferred to other detention centres and remedial measures had been taken to tackle the problem of blind spots.
"The Commissioner of Correctional Services is taking action to implement all the other recommendations," he said.
As at today, a total of 19 escapees have been recaptured and four are still at large. There are only two newly arrived VMs in GIRC now.
End/Wednesday, September 6, 1995
Kowloon Walled City Park - a model of classical Chinese garden
The Kowloon Walled City Park is a model of excellence of classical Chinese garden, the Secretary for Works, Mr James Blake, said today (Wednesday).
Speaking at a ceremony to mark the completion of Hong Kong's first authentic Chinese garden, Mr Blake noted: "The experience here is very similar to that in Chatres Cathedral in France. Like the plans of Gothic Cathedrals, a Chinese Garden is a cosmic diagram, revealing a profound and an ancient view of the world and of man's place in it.
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