MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1980
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+ IT IS THE POLICY OF THE BOARD TO CHARGE A FAIR AND REASONABLE RENTAL AND NOT TO EXPLOIT THE FULL SCARCITY VALUE OF PREMISES. THE COMPANY'S FORTUNES ARE SO BOUND UP WITH THOSE OF THE COLONY THAT THERE CAN BE NO LASTING BENEFIT IN FOLLOWING A POLICY AGAINST THE GENERAL INTEREST OF THE COMMUNITY.+
THIS, SIR JACK SAID, WAS +WISDOM WHICH HAS LOST NOTHING WITH THE PASSAGE OF TIME : A LESSON WHICH SOME UNHAPPILY --
HAVE STILL TO LEARN.+
1 500 SUBVENTED NURSERY PLACES PLANNED FOR TUEN MUN
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THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR SELWYN ALLEYNE, SAID TODAY ABOUT 1 500 SUBVENTED DAY NURSERY PLACES WERE BEING PLANNED FOR TUEN MUN NEW TOWN.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE ST SIMON'S TAI HING DAY NURSERY IN TUEN MUN, HE SAID MORE NURSERIES WOULD BE OPENED IN THE NEW TOWN IN THE YEARS AHEAD TO MEET AN INCREASING NEED.
THE SUBVENTED NURSERY, WITH A CAPACITY FOR 100, IS THE SECOND RUN BY THE O.M.S. +ST SIMON+ HOME FOR FISHERMEN'S AND WORKMEN'S CHILDREN - ONE OF THE OLDEST CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS IN TUEN MUN.
MR ALLEYNE POINTED OUT IT WAS THE GOVERNMENT'S POLICY TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE CHILD CARE PROVISION FOR ALL NEW HOUSING ESTATE RESIDENTS, WHO FOR FINANCIAL OR SOCIAL REASONS NEED TO HAVE THE IR CHILDREN LOOKED AFTER.
THE 1 500 NURSERY PLACES NOW UNDER PLANNING WOULD BE IN THE AREAS OF ON TING-YAU OI, SAM SHING, SAN KING, BUTTERFLY AND LEUNG TIN ESTATES, HE SAID.
THE DIRECTOR SAID THE GOVERNMENT FORESAW THE NEED FOR CHILD CARE SERVICES AS EARLY AS 1966 WHEN IT STARTED TO FORMULATE A COMPREHENSIVE SUBVENTION AND PLANNING POLICY FOR DEVELOPMENT.
+THE RECENT GREEN PAPER ON PRIMARY EDUCATION AND PRE-PRIMARY SERVICES IS A REVIEW, ASSESSMENT AND ATTEMPT TO FURTHER STRENGTHEN THE PROVISION OF CHILD CARE CENTRES IN HONG KONG, HE SAID.
HE SAID THAT SUBVENTION FOR EACH CHILD HAD NOW RISEN TO $171 PER CHILD PER MONTH FROM THE $10 IN 1966-67.
AT PRESENT THE GOVERNMENT SUBVENTS 11 411 CHILD CARE PLACES AND HAS ALLOCATED ABOUT $32 MILLION IN 1980-81 FOR SUBSIDISING NON-PROF IT MAKING CHILD CARE CENTRES.
THIS IS ADDITIONAL TO GRANTS FROM THE LOTTERIES FUND TO COVER CAPITAL COSTS FOR NEW PROJECTS AND IMPROVEMENTS, HE ADDED.
MR ALLEYNE CORRECTED SOME MISCONCEPTIONS BY SOME PEOPLE THAT DAY NURSERIES WERE SUBSTITUTES FOR THE CHILD'S OWN HOME, SCHOOL OR KINDERGARTEN.
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