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Date:
28.11.86
Time:
Reporter:
8.30
PMS
12.30
CHAIRMAN:
Yes,
Peter.
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MR POON:
Mr Chairman, may I ask the gentlemen here,
how many hours a day does the prisoner work as compared to the outside?
CCS:
It varies from prison to prison. Maximum
security, the most, the longest hours they would do would be six hours a day. And a minimum security prison they would do eight hours a day.
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MR POON:
And you mentioned about incentives, that
they are getting about HK$18.
CCS:
Average HK$18. It ranges from HK$11 a week
to HK$35 a week for the most skilled.
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MR POON:
And even if they have the money it is
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Well, I think when it was mentioned
20 that to give them I think it is a lack of adequate incentives.
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Incentives available
to the public just cannot be made available to a prisoner and it would be very difficult to change that situation.
MR POON:
It remains a fact that as our colleague,
Mr Stephen Cheong, has said it takes six weeks to train a garment
cutter or something like that.
CCS:
job.
That is someone who would like to do the
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MR POON:
Yes, exactly. But it would possibly take you six months or something like that, if you have more tutors, better experienced people to supervise them, maybe you can increase their productivity.
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