TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1982
LADY YOUDE CALLS FOR EFFORT AGAINST CHILD ABUSE
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MEASURES AGAINST CHILD ABUSE CALL FOR THE UNITED EFFORTS OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES, THE POLICE, THE COMMUNITY AND THE VOLUNTARY AGENCIES, LADY YOUDE SAID THIS EVENING (TUESDAY) IN OPENING THE +AGAINST CHILD ABUSE+ CENTRE AT CHOI WAN ESTATE.
+CHILD ABUSE IS AN ISSUE WHICH CONCERNS US ALL. IT BRINGS GREAT SUFFERING NOT ONLY TO THE CHILD, BUT TO THE FAMILY INVOLVED, AND MUCH SADNESS TO THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH IT OCCURS.
+ITS CAUSES ARE LEGION, AND THE MEASURES NOW BEING ADOPTED TO DEAL WITH IT ARE EQUALLY WIDE-RANGING, SHE SAID.
LADY YOUDE ADDED THAT +AGAINST CHILD ABUSE PLAYED A VALUABLE ROLE AS A SOURCE OF DIRECT HELP TO THE FAMILIES AS WELL AS TO THE ABUSED CHILDREN.
SHE THEN CONGRATULATED THE AGENCY ON ITS INITIATIVE AND HUMANITARIAN CONCERN WHICH HAD LED TO THE PROVISION OF THE CENTRE AND WISHED IT SUCCESS IN ITS AIM TO REDUCE AND, HOPEFULLY, ELIMINATE CHILD ABUSE IN HONG KONG.
SIR PHILIP GOING ON VACATION
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THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, WILL BE LEAVING HONG KONG TOMORROW EVENING (DECEMBER 1) FOR ABOUT ONE MONTH'S VACATION LEAVE.
DURING HIS ABSENCE, MR DENIS BRAY WILL ACT AS CHIEF SECRETARY IN ADDITION TO BEING SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS.
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