Lee Siu On's interview in Victoria Prison

Lee Siu On was a F.3 graduate in Sam Yuk Secondary School in 1966. He applied for a job in the Prisons Department and the venue of the interview was at Victoria Prison. The job requirement for warder was P.6 graduate and the applicants were asked to dictate 120 Chinese characters. Such task was not difficult for Lee since he was over qualified. He was taken to the “finger-print room”(Reception Office) to do the dictation. One officer scared the applicants by telling them not to lose their identity cards because they would be imprisoned there without one. Lee was young and got scared. He entered the training school in Stanley on June 13, 1966 and became the first batch of trainees who received 6-months’ training (the training period varied before from 2 to 3 months). The salary was $315/month. Later on, Lee Siu On had his second “trial shift”(internship) back in Victoria Prison, which lasted for 2 weeks.