WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 1978
SECRETARY OF STATE FOR SOCIAL SERVICES AND MP VISIT CHILDREN'S CENTRE AND TRAINING INSTITUTION
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THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR SOCIAL SERVICES, THE RT. HON. DAVID ENMALS, M.P., AND MR. RODERICK MACFARQUHAR, M.P. TODAY VISITED THE CHUK YÜEN CHILDREN'S RECEPTION CENTRE IN WONG TAI SIN AND THE CAPE COLLINSON TRAINING CENTRE IN CHAI WAN.
THEY FIRST WENT TO THE CHILDREN'S CENTRE TO INSPECT THE FACILITIES THERE. THE CENTRE NOW PROVIDES CARE FOR 104 ABANDONED BABIES AND CHILDREN.
ACCOMPANY ING THEM ON THE VISIT WERE THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE MR. JIMMY SWEETPAN▾ THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (SOCIAL WORK), MRS. EVELYN DOE- AND THE CENTRE'S SUPERINTENDENT, PRS. LU CHENG YUK-YIP.
THE VISITORS WERE BRIEFED ON HOW THE CENTRE, IN A HAPPY AND HOMELY SETTING, DEVELOPED THE CHILDREN'S PHYSICAL AND MENTAL POTENTIAL THROUGH ÎNFORMAL SCHOOLING AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES.
THE CENTRE, OPERATED BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, PROVIDES TEMPORARY CARE FOR A MAXIMUR OF SIX MONTHS FOR ABANDONED OR WANDERING CHILDREN BELOW THE AGE OF EIGHT YEARS.
SOME OF THE CHILDREN MOW UNDER CARE AT THE CENTRE WILL 35 REUNITED WITH THEIR FAMILIES WHEN THE IR PARENTS ARE AELE ONCE AGAIN, TO RESUME THE IR ROLE.
OTHERS ARE TRANSFERRED TO OTHER CHILDREN'S HOMES FOR SCHOOLING AND LONGER-TERM INSTITUTIONAL CARE.
FOR THE HOMELESS CHILDREN GIVEN UP BY THEIR PARENTS THE STAFF OF THE CENTRE, THROUGH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE DEPARTMENT'S ADOPTION UNIT, HELP THEM TO BE ADOPTED EITHER LOCALLY OR OVERSEAS,
IN CASES OF CHILDREN &ITH PHYSICAL DISABILITY CR MENTAL DEFECT WHERE THE CHANCE OF ADOPTION IS SLIM, THEY ARE ADMITTED
ITC ONE OF THE CHILDREN'S HOMES FOR LONG-TERM CARE AND SPECIAL TRAINING.
MR. EMMALS AND YR, MACFARGUHAR LATER WENT TO THE CAPE COLLINSON TRAINING CENTRE WHICH IS OPERATED BY THE PF16015 DEPART ENT.
THEY „ERE MET ON ARRIVAL BY THE COMMISSIONER OF PRISONS, R. T.G. GARNER, WHO ASKED
ROUND THE TWITE CENTE.
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