SUNDAY, MARCH 31, 1985
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MORE CHILD CARE CENTRES FOR WONG TAI SIN
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THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT IS PLANNING MORE CHILD CARE CENTRES IN WONG TAI SIN AS THE NUMBER OF NUCLEAR FAMILIES IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE WITH THE RE-DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERAL HOUSING ESTATES AND A FEW OTHER AREAS IN THE DISTRICT.
THIS WAS MADE KNOWN BY THE DEPARTMENT'S REGIONAL SOCIAL WELFARE OFFICER (EAST KOWLOON), MR KWOK KA-CHI, WHEN HE OPENED THE W.F.B. WONG SHING TSANG NURSERY TODAY (SUNDAY) AT THE WONG TAI SIN SHOPPING CENTRE.
HE SAID AT PRESENT, THERE ARE 246 CHILD CARE CENTRES IN HONG KONG, PROVIDING MORE THAN 24 000 PLACES.
IN WONG TAI SIN AND SAI KUNG, THERE ARE 17 AIDED DAY NURSERIES WITH A CAPACITY OF 2 314 PLACES.
MR KWOK SAID APART FROM PROVIDING PHYSICAL CARE, NURSERIES PLACE MUCH EMPHASIS ON THE EMOTIONAL AND CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT OF PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN.
+THE SURROUNDINGS, THE FACILITIES AND THE ACTIVITIES ORGANISED IN A NURSERY ARE ALL DESIGNED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF YOUNG CHILDREN AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR ABILITIES.+
MR KWOK SAID THAT THE NEWLY OPENED W.F.B. WONG SHING TSANG NURSERY, WHICH PROVIDED 100 PLACES FOR CHILDREN AGED TWO TO SIX, HAD BEEN SUPPORTED WITH A GRANT FROM THE LOTTERIES FUND AND WAS NAMED AFTER MR WONG SHING-TSANG, IN APPRECIATION OF HIS GENEROUS DONATION.
THE WORLD FELLOWSHIP OF BUDDHISTS (W.F.B.), HONG KONG AND MACAU REGIONAL CENTRE LIMITED, MR KWOK SAID, HAD A LONG HISTORY IN HONG KONG, IT STARTED TO PROVIDE CHILD CARE SERVICES IN 1981 BY RUNNING A DAY CRECHE IN KWAI CHUNG.
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