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MONDAY, MARCH 3, 1986
INDIVIDUAL ENTRIES IN THE LATABASE CAN ER INSTANTLY ACCESSIBLE BY CHEMICAL NAMES OF TRADE NAM FOR INCOMPLETE NAMES AND COMMON NAMES ARE
AND EVEN SEARCHES USSIBLE.
THE LISTING FOR EACH CHEMICAL INGLOTES ITU HAZARDOUS PROPERTIES, PERSONAL PROTECTION AND PAWDLINE PRECAUTIONS, FIRE CONTROL AND DECONTAMINATION METHODS.
THE CHEMDATA SYSTEM IS BEING USED BY THE EFA AS A SCREENING TOOL TO PROVIDE BASIC INFORMATION IN FORMULATING ADVICE ON THE DISPOSAL OF INDUSTRIAL WASTES.
SEARCHES FOR ANY SPECIAL INFORMATION CAN BE CARRIEL AUT LESS THAN 15 SECONDS AND HARD COPY CAN BE READILY OBTAINED.
CONSEQUENTLY, QUICK RESPONSE TO ANY REQUEST FOR ADVICE FRC. EMERGENCY SERVICES CAN BE PROVIDED IN THE EVENT OF AN INCIDENT WHERE HAZARDOUS WASTES ARE INVOLVED OR WHERE A CHEMICAL HAZARD MAY EXIST.
ROLE OF PRIVATE NURSERIES LAUDED
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PRIVATE CHILD CARE CENTRES PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN HONG KONG AND THERE ARE AT PRESENT 84 SUCH CENTRES MAINLY ON HONG KONG ISLAND AND IN WEST KOWLOON, THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MRS ANSON CHAN, SAID TODAY" (MONDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE JINGLE BELL NURSERY IN SHA TIN, MRS CHAN SAID THAT THE 84 PRIVATE CENTRES COMPRISED 28 FULL-DAY CENTRES, 16 HALF-DAY CENTRES AND 24 PLAY GROUPS CATERING FOR 3 544 CHILDREN BETWEEN THE AGES OF TWO AND SIX.
IN ADDITION THERE WERE 16 NURSERIES CARING FOR OVER
600 CHILDREN UP TO THE AGE OF SIX.
+ALTOGETHER THESE PRIVATE CHILD CARE CENTRES PROVIDE
9 178 PLACES, OR ONE-THIRD OF ALL SUCH PLACES IN HONG KONG, AND CLEARLY PLAY A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE IN THIS FIELD, + MRS CHAN SAID.
AT PRESENT THERE ARE 255 AIDED, NON-PROF IT-MAKING AND PRIVATE CHILD CARE CENTRES IN HONG KONG, PROVIDING SOME 26 500 PLACES.
ACCORDING TO EXISTING POLICY, ONE AIDED CHILD CARE CENTRE WITH A CAPACITY OF 100 PLACES WOULD BE PROVIDED FOR EVERY 20 000 PEOPLE.
+ THE GOVERNMENT ALSO ENCOURAGES THE SETTING UP OF PRIVATE CHILD CARE CENTRES IN DENSELY POPULATED AREAS TO MAKE UP FOR SHORTFALLS IN SUCH PLACES.
/+THERE IS