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FOR EXAMPLE, HE SAID, MORE HOMES AND HOSTELS WERE PROVIDED FOR THE ELDERLY, AND TWO DAY AND RESIDENTIAL TRANING CENTRES WERE SET UP FOR SEVERELY MENTALLY RETARDED CHILDREN, A FIELD USED TO BE LOOKED AFTER BY THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
+IN CHILD CARE, DEVELOPMENT HAS TAKEN A BIG STEP FORWARD WITH A LARGE INCREASE IN GOVERNMENT SUBVENTION, THE APPROVED SUBVENTION PROVISION FOR 1978-79 BEING $24.7 MILLION COMPARED WITH $17 MILLION FOR THE PREVIOUS YEAR,+ HE SAID.
THIS WAS BEING USED TO MAINTAIN EXISTING CHILD CARE CENTRES, FINANCING 1,000 ADDITIONAL CHILD CARE PLACES AND COVERING THE COST FOR IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF SERVICE, HE SAID.
IN FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION, MR. LEE SAID A COMMUNITY-WIDE CAMPAIGN WAS LAUNCHED EARLIER IN THE YEAR TO PROMOTE BETTER FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS.
+WE ARE NOW IN THE SECOND PHASE OF THE CAMPAIGN EMPHASISING THE ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITY OF EACH TARGET GROUP IN THE FAMILY, NAMELY PARENTS, HUSBAND AND WIFE, OLD PEOPLE AND YOUTH, HE SAID.
ON REGIONALISATION OF THE DEPARTMENT, MR. LEE SAID A START WAS ALREADY MADE WITH THE POSTING OF FOUR REGIONAL OFFICERS TO HONG KONG ISLAND, EAST KOWLOON, WEST KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES.
+BY APRIL THIS YEAR, WE WILL HAVE DISTRICT SOCIAL WELFARE OFFICERS IN 11 DISTRICTS, AND OUR ULTIMATE AIM IS TO PROVIDE SOCIAL WELFARE SERVICES PRACTICALLY UNDER ONE ROOF,+ HE SAID.
MR. LEE SAID ALL THESE REPRESENTED ONLY PART OF THE EXPANSION AND ACTIVITIES THAT TOOK PLACE IN 1978 AND I AM SURE A LOT MORE WILL CONTINUE TO HAPPEN IN THE SOCIAL WELFARE SCENE IN THE NEW YEAR. +
TSUEN WAN ARTS FESTIVAL OPENS ******
THE STRAINS OF CLASSICAL WESTERN MUSIC MINGLED WITH THE DRUMS AND GONGS OF TRADITIONAL CANTONESE OPERA THIS (MONDAY) EVENING AS TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN OFFICIALLY OPENED ITS FIRST ARTS FESTIVAL.
THE TWO-WEEK FESTIVAL CAME TO LIFE IN SIMPLE STYLE WITH THE CUTTING OF A MULTI-COLOURED RIBBON BY THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES - BUT THE SNIP OF THE GOLDEN SCISSORS HERALDED A BROAD RANGE OF PERFORMANCES AND EVENTS AT VARIOUS VENUES THROUGHOUT THE TOWN.
IT IS THE FIRST DISTRICT-WIDE FESTIVAL EVER STAGED IN HONG KONG AND MARKS, AS MR. AKERS-JONES SAID IN HIS BRIEF OPENING SPEECH, +AN EVOLUTION IN A MODERN CITY OF THE LONG TRADITION ON INTEREST AND INVOLVEMENT IN ART OF ALL KINDS WHICH CHARACTER ISES OUR SOCIETY.+
/THE VEQUE