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Thursday, December 7, 1972
LOTTERIES FUND GRANTS FOR NURSERY PROJECTS
Grants totalling $120,000 have been allocated from the Lotteries
Fund in aid of three voluntary agencies setting up non-profit-making day
nurseries in housing estates to meet the increasing demand for child care
services and facilities.
The Gospel Preaching Group and the Christian Faith Hope Mission have
been granted $30,000 each to set up day nurseries in the Sau Mau Ping Resettlement
Estate.
The Kindness Day Nursery set up by the Gospel Preaching Group can
accommodate 100 children between the ages of two and six.
Premises with an area of 3,000 square feet has been granted to the
Group on the fifth floor and roof area of the second Welfare Building in
the estate.
The Christian Faith Hope Mission has been granted six bays on the
ground floor of Block 29 of the estate to set up a nursery with an accommodation
of 50 children.
year.
The Mission expects the nursery to be ready for operation early next
In October, the Salvation Army started a day nursery in the Wah Fu
Estate in Aberdeen which can accommodate 100 children.
This is the first day nursery to be set up within the estate.
Two floors have been rented in Wah Sang House as nursery premises, and
a grant of $60,000 had been allocated from the Lotteries Fund to help meet the
cost of furniture, and other equipments, as well as fitting out.
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