TNAG-0487-FCO40-552-Review-of-death-sentence-in-Hong-Kong-1974 — Page 19

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TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 1974

LABORATORY TRAINING CAMP

A TRAINING CAMP USING THE LABORATORY METHOD TO HELP POTENTIAL YOUTH GROUP LEADERS DEVELOP THEIR PLS AND KNOWLEDGE IN HUMAN RELATIONSHIP AND THEIR S THE ENVIRONMENT IS TO BE HELD FROM JULY 19

SHIVITY TO

JULY 22.

THIS TRAINING CAMP. IS ORGA’UZED BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S YOUTH VORK UNIT VUOSE CFFICER-IN-CHARGE. MR. KAM YING-TONG, SAID SIMPLE EXPERIMENTS AND WORKING PROJECTS WILL BE USED TO GIVE THEM MORE CONFIDENCE !!! ASSUMING THE ROLE OF GROUP LEADERS.

THE CAMP IS INTENDED FOR YOUTHS AGED BETWEEN 17 AND 25

IT WITH AN EDUCATION LEVEL OF SECONDARY SCHOOL OR ABOVE. WILL BE HELD AT THE TSUNG TSAM YOUTH CENTRE IN TAL PO AND ALL PARTICIPANTS WILL BE AWARDED CERTIFICATES FOR FULL

ATTENDANCE.

APPLICATION FORMS ARE OBTAINABLE AT THE YOUTH WORK UNIT OFFICES LOCATED AT ROOM 908, CAUSEWAY BAY MAGISTRACY BUILDING, (TEL. 5-712467) OR THE KOWLOON GOVERNMENT OFFICES BUILDING, 18TH FLOOR, 405 NATHAN ROAD, KOWLOON, (TEL. 3-884111 EXT. 331).

DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED

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THE ACTING GOVERNOR MR. DENYS ROBERTS, AFTER TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE 'ADVICE OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, HAS DECIDED THAT THE DEATH SENTENCE PASSED ON FEBRUARY 8, 1974 ON CHENG WING-FEI SHOULD BE COMMUTED TO A TERM OF 18 YEARS'

IMPRISONMENT.

CHENG, WITH TWO OTHER ACCOMPLICES, WAS FOUND GUILTY OF THE MURDER OF WONG FAT-NIP.

THE TUO ACCOMPLICES, TSE YING-TIM AND LAM KNOK-WAN, WERE SOUTENCED TO DEATH ON SEPTEMBER 13, 1973, BUT BOTH HAD HAD THEIR SENTENCES COMPUTED BY THE COVERNOR ON MARCH 26, 1974, TO A TERM OF 18 YEARS' PRISONEDE

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