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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1984
SUPPORT FOR SINGLE-PARENT FAMILIES URGED
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THE NEED FOR COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR SINGLE-PARENT FAMILIES WAS STRESSED TODAY BY THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE (OPERATIONS), MRS EVELYN DOE.
MRS DOE MADE THE APPEAL AT THE OPENING OF AN EXHIBITION ON +S INGLE-PARENT FAMILIES IN HONG KONG+ AT THE OCEAN TERMINAL.
SINGLE-PARENT FAMILIES, SHE SAID, OFTEN FACED FINANCIAL AND EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS WHICH DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY AFFECTED THEIR FAMILY LIVES,
+SINCE 1978, THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT HAS JOINED HANDS WITH VOLUNTARY WELFARE AGENCIES TO PROMOTE FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION AIMED AT STRENGTHENING THE LINKS AMONG FAMILY MEMBERS,+ MRS DOE SAID.
+SERVICES SUCH AS COUNSELLING, PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND HOUSING ACCOMMODATION ARE OFFERED TO NEEDY FAMILIES.+
SHE SAID THAT THE ACHIEVEMENT OF BETTER AND QUICKER RESULTS WOULD DEPEND VERY MUCH ON THE COMMUNITY'S UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROBLEM AND ITS SUPPORT.
THE EXHIBITION, ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG CHRISTIAN FAMILY SERVICE CENTRE, WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FROM TODAY UNTIL SUNDAY, BETWEEN 10 AM AND 6 PM DAILY.
VACCINATION FOR BOAT CHILDREN *****
LOCAL FISHERMEN ARE BEING URGED BY THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO HAVE THEIR CHILDREN VACCINATED AGAINST INFECTIOUS CHILDHOOD DISEASES.
FREE VACCINATIONS WILL BE GIVEN TO CHILDREN WHO ARE FROM SIX MONTHS TO 10 YEARS OF AGE, ON SUNDAY AT THE YAU MA TEI TYPHOON SHELTER.
AN INOCULATION TEAM FROM THE DEPARTMENT WILL COVER ALL DWELLING BOATS IN THE TYPHOON SHELTER.
+ THE VACCINATION PROGRAMME WILL COVER MEASLES, DIPHTHERIA, WHOOPING COUGH, TETANUS AND POLIOMYELITIS,+ A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID.
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