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TUESDAY, JULY 2, 1974
MORE FAMILY PLANNING ASSOCIATION CLINICS INTEGRATED
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ANOTHER TWO FAMILY PLANNING ASSOCIATION CLINICS WERE INTEGRATED INTO THE GOVERNMENT'S MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH SERVICE ON JULY 1 BRINGING THE TOTAL FPA CLINICS NOW
ABSORBED TO 20.
THIS COMPLETED THE SECOND STAGE OF THE THIRD PHASE OF THE INTEGRATION SCHEME WHICH BEGAN LAST OCTOBER, AND IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THIS YEAR WHEN ALL, 28 FPA CLINICS HAVE BEEN ABSORBED.
THE TWO CLINICS ARE ON THE ISLAND. ONE IS AT THE SHAU KI WAN MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH CENTRE, AND THE OTHER AT THE ABERDEEN MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH CENTRE.
THE FIRST OPERATES ON MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS BETWEEN
9 A.M. AND 5 P.M., AND ON SATURDAYS BETWEEN 9 A.M. AND
1 P.M., WHILE THE SECOND IS ACTIVE ON MONDAYS BETWEEN
2 P.M. AND 5 P.M., AND ON FRIDAYS BETWEEN 9 A.M. AND 5 P.M.
ELIGIBLE MOTHERS MAY MAKE USE OF THE DEPARTMENT'S FAMILY PLANNING SERVICE IN ALL THE 20 CLINICS NOW INTEGRATED AT A COST OF $1 A VISIT.
A SPOKESMAN DESCRIBES THE PROGRESS OF THE INTEGRATION SCHEME AS +VERY SATISFACTORY.+ HE SAYS ATTENDANCES ARE BOTH +GOOD AND GROWING.+
DEAF CLUB FORMS NEW SCOUT GROUP ******
THE NUMBER OF EXTENSION SCOUT GROUPS IN THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S CENTRES FOR DISABLED BOYS AND GIRLS WAS INCREASED TODAY WITH THE INAUGURATION OF THE 32ND NEW TERRITORIES GROUP IN ITS DEAF CLUB IN YUEN LONG.
EXTENSION SCOUT GROUPS ARE THOSE FORMED SOLELY OF DISABLED PEOPLE AND THE DEPARTMENT NOW HAS SEVEN IN ITS DEAF CLUBS, BLIND WELFARE CENTRES AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTRES.
THE LATEST GROUP COMPRISES 26 MEMBERS OUT OF THE 44 BOYS AND GIRLS BETWEEN 6 AND 16 YEARS OF AGE WHO ATTEND CLASSES AT THE CLUB IN THE YUEN LONG HOUSING ESTATE.
SPEAKING AT THE INAUGURATION, THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR. KENNETH TOPLEY, TOLD THE GROUP THAT ALTHOUGH THEY SUFFERED FROM HEARING IMPAIRMENT IF THEY EXERTED THEIR EFFORTS TO OVERCOME DIFFICULTIES, THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS AND SFFORTS WOULD BE MUCH MORE ADMIRABLE.
HE SAID THE SCOUT MOVEMENT WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST WORLD- WIDE YOUTH ACTIVITIES AND THE EXTENSION SCOUT MOVEMENT GAVE DISABLED YOUTH ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN ACTIVITIES SHARED BY THE NORMAL COMMUNITY.
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