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SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 1977
THE GREATEST SHARE OF FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION, HOWEVER, IS TAKEN UP BY THE GOVERNMENT IN THE FORM OF SUBVENTIONS. IN THE COMING FINANCIAL YEAR, 1,000 MORE YOUNG CHILDREN WILL BE STAYING IN CENTRES WHERE THE RUNNING COSTS ARE SUBSTANTIALLY SUBSIDIZED.
+EVEN WHERE NO DIRECT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IS AVAILABLE, IN COMMERCIALLY-RUN CENTRES, THE ADVISORY INSPECTORATE CAN BE COUNTED ON TO HELP IN SUGGESTING WAYS OF USING TO THE FULL EXISTING RESOURCES,+ SHE ADDED.
+ IT IS HOPED THAT BY ENFORCING MINIMUM STANDARDS OF OPERATION, EXISTING SUB-STANDARD CHILD CARE CENTRES COULD BE GRADUALLY PHASED OUT. AT THE SAME TIME, FOR THOSE WHO ARE GENUINELY INTERESTED IN PROMOTING THE WELL-BEING OF OUR YOUNGER GENERATION, PARTICULARLY CHILDREN FROM LOW-INCOME FAMILIES WHERE THE MOTHER HAS TO WORK, ALL POSSIBLE ENCOURAGEMENT AND ASSISTANCE WOULD BE READILY GIVEN,+ MISS CHOW SAID.
YOUNG PEOPLE FLOCK TO SEE THE TUEN MUN OF TOMORROW
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THE TUEN MUN NEW TOWN EXHIBITION OPENED BY THE GOVERNOR ON WEDNESDAY IS PROVING TO BE A MAJOR HOLIDAY ATTRACTION TO THOUSANDS OF NEW TERRITORIES TRIPPERS.
DURING THE FIRST THREE DAYS OF THE EXHIBITION, MORE THAN 10,000 PEOPLE HAVE POURED THROUGH TO SEE THE EXHIBITS ON DISPLAY,
+MOST OF THE VISITORS ARE YOUNG PEOPLE, SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR THE P.W.D.'S NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT WHICH IS STAGING THE EXHIBITION AT THE HOH FUK TONG COLLEGE IN CASTLE PEAK ROAD, TUEN MUN.
+THIS IS VERY APPROPRIATE WHEN YOU CONSIDER THAT ABOUT ONE-THIRD OF THE POPULATION OF THE TUEN MUN OF TOMORROW IS LIKELY TO BE UNDER 15 YEARS OF AGE, HE SAID.
+AND WE ARE GETTING MANY YOUNG COUPLES, OBVIOUSLY INTERESTED IN MAKING A FUTURE IN THE NEW TOWN.
+THEY SEEM TO BE SPENDING MOST OF THEIR TIME LOOKING AT THE STANDS ON HOUSING, COMMUNITY SERVICES AND RECREATION, AND WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF QUESTIONS FROM THEM ON THOSE SUBJECTS, HE SAID.
THE EXHIBITION, WHICH IS ON UNTIL APRIL 16, TRACES THE EVOLUTION OF THE NEW TOWN AND DETAILS THROUGH A SERIES OF MODELS, MAPS, AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS, FILMS AND LAYOUT PLANS HOW THE FORMER FISHING VILLAGE WILL BE TRANSFORMED INTO A THRIVING, MODERN METROPOL IS FOR SOME 500,000 PEOPLE BY THE MID-1980S.
IT IS OPEN EVERYDAY BETWEEN 10 A., AND 7 P.N.
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