THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1985
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IN HER WELCOMING ADDRESS, THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE MRS ANSON CHAN SAID SHA KOK CHILDREN'S HOME WOULD NOT ACCEPT DIRECT ADMISSIONS, BUT ONLY CHILDREN REFERRED FROM THE CHUK YUEN CENTRE WHO COULD NOT BE PROMPTLY DISCHARGED.
SUCH CHILDREN INCLUDED THOSE WHOSE PARENTS COULD NOT CARE FOR THEM OR THOSE FOUND ABANDONED AND THOSE IN NEED OF CARE AND PROTECTION.
+WHILE THE CHILDREN ARE IN CARE, SOCIAL WORKERS FROM THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT WILL LOOK INTO THEIR BACKGROUND AND SPECIAL NEEDS.
+ THE EVENTUAL AIM IS TO REUNITE THE CHILDREN WITH THEIR FAMILIES, BUT IF THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE, REFERRALS WILL BE MADE TO OTHER CENTRES PROVIDING LONGER TERM CARE, AND FOR THOSE FOUND SUITABLE, WE WILL ARRANGE ADOPTION, EITHER LOCALLY OR OVERSEAS, + MRS CHAN SAID.
ABOUT HALF THE ADMISSION TO CHUK YUEN CHILDREN'S RECEPTION CENTRE COULD BE DISCHARGED WITHIN SIX MONTHS.
FOR THOSE WHO MUST REMAIN IN CARE LONGER, THE NEW HOME AT SHA KOK WOULD PROVIDE A MORE HOME-LIKE ENVIRONMENT, SHE ADDED.
ASSISTANT LABOUR COMMISSIONER RETIRES
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AN ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MRS SOO MOK SAU-HA, HAS RETIRED THIS WEEK AFTER 32 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE GOVERNMENT.
MRS SOO FIRST JOINED THE CIVIL SERVICE IN 1953 AS A CO- OPERATIVE OFFICER OF THE THEN CO-OPERATIVE AND MARKETING DEPARTMENT,
THREE YEARS LATER, SHE WAS APPOINTED AS LABOUR OFFICER AND PROMOTED TO SENIOR LABOUR OFFICER IN 1969. SHE HAS BEEN AN ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER SINCE 1979.
MRS SOO IS SUCCEEDED BY MR ALFRED CHAN WING-KIT, REGISTRAR OF TRADE UNIONS, WHO WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MATTERS CONCERNING LABOUR RELATIONS, WOMEN AND YOUNG PERSONS, DEVELOPMENT, PROSECUTION AND ADMINSTRATION.
MR MAK SAI-YIU, A SENIOR LABOUR OFFICER, HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE REGISTRAR OF TRADE UNIONS.
OTHER RECENT STAFF CHANGES IN THE DEPARTMENT INCLUDE THE APPOINTMENTS OF MR CHOW TUNG-SHAN AS CHIEF LABOUR OFFICER IN CHARGE OF LABOUR RELATIONS, AND MR YIP YUK-LUN AS CHIEF FACTORY INSPECTOR. THE IR APPOINTMENTS FOLLOWED THE RESPECTIVE RETIREMENTS OF MR DONALD CHAN AND MR CHAN SHIU-LAP.
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