SUNDAY, MARCH 30, 1980
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FIRST TOY LIBRARY IN NT OPENS
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THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR AUGUSTINE KAM, TODAY (SUNDAY) OPENED THE FIRST TOY LIBRARY IN THE NEW TERRITORIES AT TAI HING ESTATE, TUEN MUN.
THE TOY LIBRARY, THE SECOND IN HONG KONG, HAS BEEN SET UP BY THE HONG KONG JAYCETTES IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE FINNISH MISSIONARY SOCIETY TO DEVELOP THE SKILL AND INTELLIGENCE OF CHILDREN AND TO ENHANCE THEIR SPIRIT OF CO-OPERATION.
IT OCCUPIES AN AREA OF 56 SQUARE METRES IN THE ESTATE'S TAI HING CHRISTIAN YOUTH AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF HONG SHING HOUSE.
WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE CHAIRMAN OF TUEN MUN RURAL COMMITTEE, MR LAU WONG-FAT, IT WILL BE RUN BY THE SOCIETY ON A NON-PROFIT-MAKING BASIS.
LOCAL TOY MANUFACTURERS HAVE DONATED 3 000 ITEMS TO THE LIBRARY WHICH WILL PROVIDE FACILITIES TO MEET THE RECREATIONAL NEEDS OF CHILDREN IN THE ESTATE.
SPEAKING AT A CEREMONY TO MARK THE LIBRARY'S OPENING, MR CHUI SAID WHILE THE GOVERNMENT HAD TRIED TO MEET THE MULTI FARIOUS NEEDS OF THE NEW RESIDENTS IN THE PLANNING AND PROVISION OF BASIC REQUIREMENTS OF A COMMUNITY, THERE WAS A CLEAR DEMAND FOR SERVICES FOR CHILDREN WHO WERE SETTLING IN.
+IT IS GRATIFYING TO SEE SUCH A VAST VARIETY OF TOYS HERE, WHICH I FEEL WOULD NOT ONLY DELIGHT, BUT ALSO EDUCATE THE CHILDREN OF TAI HING, HE SAID.
MR CHUI SAID: +A TOY IS TO A SMALL CHILD AS A STORY BOOK IS TO AN ADOLESCENT AND A MAGAZINE OR NOVELS TO A GROWN-UP: IT PROVIDES MOMENTS OF PLEASURE AND DIVERSION, IT CAUSES AN EXPERIENCE TO HAPPEN TO THE SUBJECT AND IT STIMULATES A RESPONSE.
+TO A CHILD, I IMAGINE, A TOY SIGNIFIES JOY AND HAPPINESS. 1F HE CAN TOUCH IT, PLAY WITH IT, BANG IT ABOUT OR EVEN THROW IT AROUND, HE FEELS HAPPY.+
IT WAS UP TO RESPONSIBLE GROWN-UPS, INCLUDING TOY MANUFACTURERS, PARENTS AND ORGANISERS OF COMMUNITY SERVICES, TO ENSURE THAT THE TOYS WERE OF A SUITABLE HYGIENIC STANDARD FROM BOTH THE PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL POINTS OF VIEW, HE SAID.
THE FIRST TOY LIBRARY IN HONG KONG, ASLO INITIATED BY THE HONG KONG JAYCETTES, WAS SET UP IN 1977 AT TSZ WAN SHAN ESTATE,
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