{"id":21875,"date":"2012-11-03T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-03T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.news.gov.hk\/en\/categories\/law_order\/html\/2012\/11\/20121103_114315.shtml"},"modified":"2012-11-03T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-11-03T04:00:00","slug":"fair-goers-sample-inmates-fare-for-charity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chinalegalblog.com\/en\/2012\/11\/03\/fair-goers-sample-inmates-fare-for-charity\/","title":{"rendered":"Fair goers sample inmates' fare for charity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.news.gov.hk\/images\/categories\/law_order\/related\/2012\/11\/week1\/icsd_s.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Visitors to the Correctional Services Department's 60<sup>th<\/sup> annual autumn fair in Stanley today were in for a treat: For $100 a plate, they could sample meals served to inmates, at a first-ever Charity Canteen.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Patrons had a choice of four meals, including curry and vegetarian offerings, served up on prison-issue tableware, in a replica of an institution canteen \u2013 behind bars.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Inmates entertained fair goers through a dragon dance, marching band and African drum team performances. Most of them had not had music or dance backgrounds. With intensive training and their officers\u2019 and tutors\u2019 guidance, the inmates mastered the skills &#8211; and wowed the crowds.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Inmates also crafted the items for sale at the fair, including metal and wood handicrafts and limited edition souvenirs.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The funds raised will be distributed to more than 40 volunteer groups and charities, including those that provide inmates\u2019 welfare services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Visitors to the Correctional Services Department's 60th annual autumn fair in Stanley today were in for a treat: For $100 a plate, they could sample meals served to inmates, at a first-ever Charity Canteen.\u00a0Patrons had a choice of four meals, includin&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-chinese-law"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinalegalblog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21875"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinalegalblog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinalegalblog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinalegalblog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/120"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinalegalblog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinalegalblog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21875\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinalegalblog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinalegalblog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinalegalblog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}