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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1982
CHILD CARE SEMINAR IN SHA TIN
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THE YIN NGAI SOCIETY IN SHA TIN WILL HOLD A SEMINAR ON CHILD CARE AND WOMEN'S HYGIENE FOR ITS MEMBERS ON THURSDAY EVENING (SEPTEMBER 30).
AN EXPERIENCED NURSE, MISS HO LAI-LAT, WILL TALK ON THESE SUBJECTS, AND AFTERWARDS THERE WILL BE A QUESTION-AND-ANSWER SESSION.
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE YIN NGAI SOCIETY IN SHA TIN, MRS LEUNG HO CHUN-TIM, URGED ALL MEMBERS TO ATTEND, AND TO BRING THEIR CHILDREN ALONG.
THE 90-MINUTE SEMINAR WILL START AT 8 PM AT THE WO CHE COMMUNITY HALL ON THURSDAY, WITH THE PRESIDENT, MRS WAI CHEUNG CHOI-LIN AND VICE-PRESIDENT, MISS NG YUK-PING OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY.
INAUGURATED IN DECEMBER LAST YEAR, THE YIN NGAI SOCIETY PROVIDES CULTURAL, EDUCATIONAL, SOCIAL AND RECREATIONAL SERVICES TO WOMEN, AND IS HELPED IN THIS BY THE SHA TIN DISTRICT OFFICE.
THE CHAIRMAN, MRS LEUNG, SAID MOST OF THE MEMBERS LIVE IN LEK YUEN AND WO CHE PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES AND THEIR AVERAGE AGE IS 30.
A PRIVATE TUITION PROGRAMME ORGANISED BY THE SOCIETY FOR PRIMARY ONE TO THREE PUPILS DURING THE SUMMER HOLIDAYS HAD BEEN A BIG SUCCESS AND A LARGE-SCALE CARNIVAL WAS BEING PLANNED AND IT WAS EXPECTED THAT THE DISTRICT BOARD WOULD ALLOCATE FUNDS TO SUPPORT IT, SHE SAID.
THE SHA TIN YIN NGAI SOCIETY HAS A MEMBERSHIP OF 80 AND NEW MEMBERS ARE WELCOME.
WOMEN RESIDENTS ABOVE THE AGE OF 18 ARE ELIGIBLE TO JOIN AND THOSE INTERESTED COULD CALL AT THE COMMUNITY AFFAIRS BRANCH OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT OFFICE AT SAU CHUEN HOUSE, LEK YUEN ESTATE, SHA TIN.
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