MONDAY, MAY 31, 1976
CHILD CARE CENTRE OPERATORS URGED TO REGISTER EARLY ******
OPERATORS OF CHILD CARE CENTRES WERE TODAY URGED TO APPLY FOR REGISTRATION WITH THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
THE APPEAL BY THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR. JIMMY SWEETMAN, CAME ONE DAY BEFORE THE CHILD CARE CENTRES ORDINANCE COMES INTO OPERATION.
THIS INCLUDES
UNDER THE ORDINANCE, OPERATORS ARE GIVEN ONE YEAR TO COMPLY WITH THE FIRST OF THE THREE-PHASE IMPLEMENTATION. STRUCTURAL, FIRE SAFETY AND HEALTH REQUIREMENTS.
+DESPITE THIS, MR. SWEETMAN SAID, +OPERATORS SHOULD APPLY FOR REGISTRATION EARLY, OTHERWISE, THEY MAY LATER FIND THERE IS NOT ENOUGH TIME TO MAKE THE NECESSARY ADJUSTMENTS.+
HE POINTED OUT THAT BEFORE A CENTRE WAS REGISTERED, CERTIFICATES AS TO THE SUITABILITY OF THE PREMISES FOR USE AS A CHILD CARE CENTRE WOULD BE REQUIRED FROM THE DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES AND THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS OR THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OR THE BUILDING AUTHORITY.
MEANWHILE, MR. SWEETMAN SAID, A SERIES OF TALKS BY SENIOR OFFICERS OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT WOULD BE ORGANISED FOR OPERATORS AND PARENTS TO EXPLAIN TO THEM THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE ORDINANCE, REGULATIONS AND CODE OF PRACTICE.
+THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING THE TALKS SHOULD CONTACT MR. CARLOS LEUNG OF THE CHILD CARE CENTRE ADVISORY INSPECTORATE_AT_21_HOSPITAL ROAD, SAI YING PUN OR CALL 5-404736 OR 5-404669,+ HE ADDED,
A LEAFLET ON THE CHILD CARE CENTRES ORDINANCE HAS BEEN PUBLISHED FOR THE GUIDANCE OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC, ESPECIALLY PARENTS WHO INTEND TO SEND THEIR CHILDREN TO THESE CENTRES.
COPIES OF THE LEAFLET ARE AVAILABLE AT ALL CITY DISTRICT OFFICES IN THE URBAN AREA DISTRICT OFFICES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES- FAMILY HEALTH CLINICS OF THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND DISTRICT OFFICES, FAMILY SERVICE CENTRES AND COMMUNITY AND YOUTH CENTRES OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT.
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