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These sub-contractors included Benco Engineering Company (1 summons); Cheukman Engineering Company Limited (five summonses); Sun Wing Kee Foundation Engineering Limited (five summonses) and Croft Engineering Limited (five summonses).
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The case has been scheduled for hearing in Tsuen Wan Magistracy on May 7.
Direct supervision gives strength to HK penal system
The strength of Hong Kong's penal system lies in the method of management by direct supervision, the Commissioner of Correctional Services, Mr Raymond Lai Ming-kee said today (Friday).
Speaking at the Rotary Club Kowloon North luncheon meeting, Mr Lai said the method allowed the Correctional Services Department to maintain control even under the most difficult circumstances.
"Hong Kong runs a multi-ethnic, multi-lingual prison system," he said, adding that this, coupled with overcrowding, could lead to a volatile situation.
The multi-ethnic mix means there will be communication problem, different eating habits, religious belief and all these would lead to tension and an "us and them" mentality among prisoners.
"We have seen incidents of mass fights, food refusals, work stoppages as a result," said Mr Lai.
"The trivia are the main cause of discontent among prisoners is because the big issues which cause problems in some prison systems sex, drugs, alcohol are absent in Hong Kong."
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Hong Kong prisons did-face a problem with gambling, he admitted: "But the resolution with which we tackle this issue means that it rarely gets out of hand, and never causes the sort of problems which occur elsewhere.
"The downside of direct supervision, for the prisoners, is that they do not get the freedom of choice they would need to be able to wrest control from the management," Mr Lai concluded.
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