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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1979
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NEW NURSERY OPENS IN SAU MAU PING
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THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT HAS REGISTERED MORE THAN 200 CHILD CARE CENTRES SINCE THE CHILD CARE CENTRES ORDINANCE CAME INTO OPERATION IN JUNE 1976.
THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR. THOMAS LEE, SAID THIS AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE TUNG WAH NURSERY IN SAU MAU PING ESTATE TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
HIS WIFE LATER UNVEILED A PLAQUE, FOLLOWED BY A TOUR OF ITS FACILITIES.
MR. LEE SAID MORE THAN HALF OF THE REGISTERED CHILD CARE CENTRES ARE SUBSIDISED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO HELP PARENTS WHO CANNOT AFFORD SENDING THEIR CHILDREN TO PRIVATE NURSERIES.
WITH THE RAPID COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN HONG KONG, HE SAID, MORE MARRIED WOMEN ARE TAKING UP JOBS TO HELP BOOST FAMILY INCOME.
+WHILE SOME ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE THEIR CHILDREN TAKEN CARE OF BY FRIENDS OR RELATIVES, THERE ARE OTHER PARENTS OF SMALL FAMILIES WHO NEED CHILD CARE SERVICE, HE SAID.
HE POINTED OUT A CHILD CARE CENTRE NOT ONLY PROVIDES CHILDREN WITH MEALS BUT ALSO TAKES CARE OF THEIR DAILY LIFE WITH EMPHASIS ON THE IR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT.
HE PRAISED THE TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS IN VARIOUS SERVICES FOR THE COMMUNITY, PARTICULARLY IN THE FIELD OF CHILD CARE.
THE SAU MAU PING NURSERY, WITH A CAPACITY OF 120, IS THE SIXTH GOVERNMENT-SUBVENTED DAY NURSERY RUN BY THE TUNG WAN GROUP, WHICH ALSO OPERATES A SELF-SUPPORTING NON-PROFIT MAKING NURSERY.
3 WAN CHAI BUILDINGS DECLARED DANGEROUS
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THE BUILDING AUTHORITY TODAY (WEDNESDAY) DECLARED NOS. 2, 4 AND 6 TIK LUNG LANE, WAN CHAI, TO BE IN A DANGEROUS CONDITION.
IN A STATEMENT ISSUED THIS MORNING, A BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE SPOKESMAN SAID THESE TWO-STOREY PRE-WAR BUILDINGS, CONSTRUCTED WITH LOAD-BEAR ING WALLS AND TIMBER FLOORS AND ROOFS, HAVE BEEN UNDER REGULAR OBSERVATION SINCE 1966.
A RECENT INSPECTION REVEALED SERIOUS OUTWARD MOVEMENT OF THE KITCHEN BLOCKS TO NOS. 2 AND 4 AND THE MAIN FRONT WALL OF NO. 6 HAD OCCURRED.
THE STRUCTURAL TIMBERS ARE ALSO BADLY DECAYED IN MANY PLACES.
+AS THERE IS NOW A SERIOUS RISK OF COLLAPSE IT IS NECESSARY TO CLOSE AND DEMOLISH THESE BUILDINGS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
NOTICES OF INTENTION TO APPLY FOR CLOSURE ORDERS IN VICTORIA DISTRICT COURT AT 9.30 A.M. ON MARCH 22 WERE POSTED TODAY.
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