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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1975
NURSERIES PLAY INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT ROLE # # # # # # #
NURSERIES AND CHILD CARE CENTRES ARE PLAYING AN INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT ROLE IN HONG KONG WHERE THE TREND IS FOR MARRIED WOMEN TO LEAVE THE KITCHEN AND GO OUT TO WORK, THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR. THOMAS LEE, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS' NEW NURSERY IN BLOCK 12 OF THE SHEK LEI ESTATE IN KWAL CHUNG. WITH PLACES FOR 60 CHILDREN, IT WILL CATER TO THE LOWER INCOME FAMILIES IN THE ESTATE AND NEARBY AREAS.
MR. LEE SAID NURSERIES HAD THE RESPONSIBILITY OF FILLING IN THE GAPS IN A CHILD'S LIFE IN AREAS UWICH PARENTS WERE UNABLE TO ATTEND TO THEMSELVES BECAUSE THEY WERE EITHER TOO BUSY OR PREOCCUPIED.
THE PURPOSE OF SETTING UP A NURSERY, HE WENT ON, WAS NOT MERELY TO DISTRIBUTE MEALS AND DAILY NECESSITIES, BUT TO PLAN OUT THE DAILY LIVES OF THE CHILDREN IN DETAIL, SO THAT THE DAILY ACTIVITIES WERE FULLY IN KEEPING WITH THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL GROWTH, INTELLIGENCE AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF EACH AND EVERY CHILD.
IN OTHER WORDS, CHILD CARE SERVICE SUPPLEMENTS PARENTAL CARE, HE SAID, AND HE URGED ALL PARENTS TO KEEP IN CLOSE TOUCH WITH CHILD CARE WORKERS IN NURSERIES SO THAT THEIR YOUNG COULD BENEFIT FROM THE BEST POSSIBLE CARE.
TURNING TO THE WORK OF THE TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS, MR. LEE SAID IT WAS THE OLDEST CHARITABLE ORGANISATION IN HÒNG KONG AND WAS RENOWN FOR PROVIDING A VAST SCOPE OF VALUABLE SERVICES TO THE PUBLIC.
CHILD CARE SERVICE WAS JUST ONE OF ITS AREAS OF ACTIVITY AND IT WAS EXPANDING THIS SERVICE IN LINE WITH THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEVELOPMENT PLAN TO MEET INCREASING DEMANDS. ·
THE TUNG WAH GROUP, HE NOTED, ALREADY HAD A NURSERY OPERATING IN WAN CHAI FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS" PROVIDING CARE FOR ABOUT 200 CHILDREN FROM LOW-INCOME FAMILIES AND IT WAS ALWAYS FULL.
MR. LEE LOOKED FORWARD TO CONTINUED CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE TUNG WAH GROUP AND THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT FOR THE FURTHER ADVANCEMENT OF WELFARE SERVICES IN HONG KONG.
NOTE TO EDITORS®
COPIES OF THE FULL TEXT OF MR. THOMAS LEE'S SPEECH, IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE, WILL BE BOXED FOR COLLECTION TODAY.
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