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Tuesday, February 27, 1973
VISITS TO VOLUNTARY AGENCIES BY WIFE OF
DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE
Firs. Li Fook-kow, wife of the Director of Social Welfare,
will be making a series of weekly visits to centres operated by
voluntary social welfare agencies during the next two months.
The visits will start on Thursday, March 1, when Mrs. Li
will go to "estern District for a tour of the Ling Yuet Sin Infants'
Home and the Women's Welfare Club Nursery, both of which are
subvented by Government.
She will be accompanied by Mrs. Cynthia Lee Young,
Principal Social Welfare Officer of the estern District Office
of the Social Welfare Department.
Mrs. Li will arrive at the Ling Yuet Sin Infants' Home,
54 Pokfulam Road, at 10:10 a.m.
She will be met by the superintendent, Mother Ginglietta
Tomasetto, and spend 50 minutes touring the home, which is operated
by Sisters of the Canossian Convent.
It provides short-term accommodation for a maximum of
60 infants from birth up to the age of six, and a day nursery for
80 children between the ages of three and six.
At 11:15 a.¤, Irs, Li will arrive at the Women's Welfare Club
Nursery, 60 Bridges Street, where she will be met by the president
of the Club, lrs. Cheung Young Tai-fun, and two other officials.
She will spend 30 minutes touring the nursery which provides
day care services for 160 children aged from two to six.
Note to Editors:
You are invited to send a reporter/photographer to cover irs. Li's visits.