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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1985
TALKING ABOUT HIS VISIT TODAY. SIR EDWARD SAID HE WAS CATCHING UP ON THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT WHICH WAS AN IMPORTANT PART OF GOVERNMENT SERVICE IN HONG KONG.
+I HAVE HAD A GOOD AFTERNOON BEING BRIEFED ON THE WORK THEY ARE DOING, WHAT OTHER THINGS THEY WANT TO DO, AND LOOKING AT A LITTLE OF THEIR WORK ON THE GROUND.
+1 WOULD LIKE TO MAKE CLEAR THAT WE DO ATTACH VERY GREAT IMPORTANCE TO THE SOCIAL WELFARE WORK WHICH THEY DO, HE SAID.
GOVERNOR VISITS CHILDREN'S CENTRE
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE
THIS (WEDNESDAY) AFTERNOON VISITED THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S CHUK YUEN CHILDREN'S RECEPTION CENTRE IN WONG TAI SIN.
ACCOMPANIED BY THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MRS ANSON CHAN, HE WAS BRIEFED ON THE SERVICES OF THE CENTRE, WHICH PROVIDES TEMPORARY CARE FOR CHILDREN UP TO THE AGE OF EIGHT.
SIR EDWARD TOURED THE VARIOUS WARDS IN THE CENTRE WHICH ARE FOR BABIES, NEWCOMERS, TODDLERS, DISABLED CHILDREN AND NURSERY CHILDREN. HE EVEN STOPPED TO CHAT WITH SOME OF THE CHILDREN IN THE PLAYGROUND.
THE CENTRE PROVIDES SHELTER TO THOSE FOUND ABANDONED OR WANDERING, ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN, OR THOSE IN NEED OF CARE AND PROTECTION,
EARLIER SIR EDWARD VISITED THE DEPARTMENT'S HEADQUARTERS IN CAUSEWAY BAY.
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