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The Wackenhut Corporation Selected By GM For Security

15 September 1998

The Wackenhut Corporation Selected By General Motors Opel Division For Security In Thailand

    PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla., Sept. 14 -- The Wackenhut
Corporation (NYSE: WAK WAKB) today announced that its affiliate, Wackenhut
Thailand, has been selected by General Motors Opel Division to provide
security and fire protection services at the automobile plant currently under
construction in Rayong, about 150 kilometers east of Bangkok.
    The three-year contract is initiated at a value of approximately $500,000
and will be increased in size after automobile production begins in mid 2000.
    Richard R. Wackenhut, president and chief operating officer of The
Wackenhut Corporation, said, "This new contract underscores our company's
ability to provide high quality security and security-related services
regardless of the location around the globe.  We have a long history of
servicing the unique security, fire and safety requirements of the automobile
industry in the United States and throughout the world."
    Wackenhut Thailand Company has operated as an affiliate of The Wackenhut
Corporation since 1986.  It is based in Bangkok and provides security services
at the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok, as well as for a variety of commercial
customers.
    President of the International Group of The Wackenhut Corporation,
Fernando Carrizosa, based in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida said, "We are well
positioned to provide our diversified corporate services to the expanding
Asian market.  This region presents an excellent growth opportunity for our
international business."
    Wackenhut officers at the General Motors Opel site are receiving
specialized training by the Royal Thai Fire Brigade as well as from the
Wackenhut Project manager, former Denver, Colorado Fire Chief and ex-US Sate
Department Fire Marshal, Ralph Johnson, on how to tackle and contain outbreaks
of fire during both the current construction phase and the later production
phase.  Further specialized training in construction site safety is being
provided by the construction coordinating and safety company, Morrison Knudsen
Ltd.
    In addition to security and fire protection duties, Wackenhut Thailand is
responsible for the selection and procurement and deployment of all fire
fighting equipment, such as the seven hundred or more fire extinguishers which
will be required in the plant and a purpose build rapid intervention fire
truck.  Wackenhut is also responsible for the selection and implementation of
a radio communications system which will provide total radio communications to
all sections of General Motors operating at the facility.
    The Wackenhut Corporation is a diversified outsourcer providing security
services, physical protection, employee leasing and temporary staffing,
personnel and facility management, food service, education and training, and
supplementary police, fire and emergency services.  The company serves over
20,000 clients in business, industry and government and has operations in
every state and over 50 countries on six continents.
    The Wackenhut Corporation is the majority shareholder in Wackenhut
Corrections Corporation , a global leader in privatized
corrections:  designing, financing, building, and managing correctional and
detention facilities for government agencies.