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THEY ALSO REVEAL THAT OVER 76 PER CENT OF PARENTS ARE PAYING LESS THAN $200 A MONTH TO GET FULL DAY CARE OF A HIGH STANDARD FOR THEIR CHILDREN AND THAT 56 PER CENT OF THEM ARE IN FACT PAYING LESS THAN BEFORE.
+1 NEED HARDLY REITERATE THAT THE FEE ASSISTANCE SCHEME IS INTENDED TO DEMONSTRATE CLEARLY GOVERNMENT'S COMMITMENT TO IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF DAY CARE AND MAKING SUCH FACILITIES AVAILABLE TO THOSE FAMILIES WHO NEED THE SERVICE, SHE SAID.
ENROLMENT HAS NOT BEEN ADVERSELY AFFECTED AND THE SCHEME IS CATERNG TO THE NEEDS OF FAMILIES IN BOTH THE LOWER AND MIDDLE INCOME GROUPS.
CHILD CARE SERVICES, MRS CHAN SAID, MUST CONTINUE TO RELY ON THE POSITIVE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM VOLUNTARY AGENCIES.
SHE PAID TRIBUTE TO THE PO LEUNG KUK FOR ITS DEDICATION TO CHARITABLE DEEDS AND CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THE PROMOTION OF WELFARE SERVICES IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, PARTICULARLY IN THE FIELD OF CHILD CARE SERVICES.
THE NEW NURSERY, WITH A CAPACITY OF 100, HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH A GENEROUS DONATION OF $200 000 FROM MRS CHEUNG WONG SIU-CHING TOWARDS THE CAPITAL COST OF THE PROJECT.
CENTRAL ALLOCATION OF PRIMARY ONE ADMISSION SYSTEM
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CHILDREN WHO FAILED TO SECURE A DISCRETIONARY PLACE IN THE PRIMARY ONE ADMISSION SYSTEM WILL BE CENTRALLY ALLOCATED A PLACE IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.
PARENTS OF THESE CHILDREN HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY LETTER OF THE VARIOUS PROCEDURES CONCERNING THE CENTRAL ALLOCATION OF PLACES.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID IF PARE..TS HAVE NOT RECEIVED THIS LETTER BY TOMORRO, (MARCH 25), THEY SHOULD IMMEDIATELY CONTACT THE DEPARTMENT'S PRIDARY ONE ADMISSION UNIT (TEL. NO. 5-724383).
THE LETTER ADVISES PARENTS TO GO TO A SPECIFIED DISTRIBUTION/ COLLECTION CENTRE FROM MARCH 27 TO 30 BETWEEN 9 AM AND 4 PM TO COLLECT A CHOICE OF SCHOOLS+ FORM AND A LIST OF ALL GOVERNMENT AND AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN THEIR OWN SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THE COMPLETED FORM SHOULD BE RETURNED TO THE SPECIFIED CENTRE DURING THE SAME PERIOD.
WHEN FILLING THE FORM, PARENTS SHOULD ONLY ENTER THE CODES OF THE SCHOOLS SERVING THEIR PARTICULAR HOME DISTRICT, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
IF A PARENT HAD PREVIOUSLY APPLIED UNSUCCESSFULLY FOR A DISCRETIONARY PLACE AT A SCHOOL IN HIS OWN DISTRICT E C √ STILL
INCLUDE THAT SCHOOL IN HIS PREFERENCE LIST.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE CENTRAL ALLOCATION WILL BE BASED SOLELY ON PARENTS' CHOICES.
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