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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 1986
FREQUENCIES WERE DETERMINED ON THE BASIS OF PASSENGER DEMAND IRRESPECTIVE OF ROUTE CLASSIFICATIONS.
OVERALL, THE FARE SCALES OF KMB FOR THE RURAL SERVICES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WERE ALREADY QUITE CLOSE TO THE URBAN SCALES, REFLECTING THE INCREASED URBANISATION OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.
+FOR CMB, THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT IS IN DISCUSSION WITH THE COMPANY ABOUT REVIEWING THE CLASSIFICATION OF BUS ROUTES IN THE LIGHT OF RECENT HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS, PARTICULARLY IN THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT, HE ADDED.
BUILDING NEW CHILD CENTRES IS THE AIM *****
GOVERNMENT AT PRESENT HAS NO INTENTION OF REPROVISIONING OR ENLARGING EXISTING INTEGRATED CHILD CARE CENTRES SINCE THEY MEET CURRENT LEGISLATIVE REQUIREMENTS ON FLOOR AREA, THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, THE HON NEIL HENDERSON, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO QUESTIONS BY THE HON HUI YIN-FAT IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR HENDERSON SAID THE GOVERNMENT'S PRIORITY WAS TO INCREASE THE PROVISION OF PLACES BY PLANNING MORE NEW CENTRES RATHER THAN REPROVISIONING EXISTING ONES.
+NEITHER IS IT INTENDED TO PROVIDE THEM WITH ADDITIONAL STAFF FOR THE TIME BEING, HE ADDED.
REFERRING TO A PROPOSED TWO-YEAR FULL TIME PRE-SERVICE TRAINING COURSE FOR SPECIAL CHILD CARE WORKERS, MR HENDERSON SAID THE ARRANGEMENT WAS NOT CONSIDERED VIABLE UNDER EXISTING CIRCUMSTANCES BECAUSE IT WAS UNLIKELY TO ENCOURAGE SUITABLE GRADUATES TO ENTER THE FIELD OF SPECIAL CHILD CARE.
HOWEVER, ALTERNATIVES HAD BEEN DEVISED: FIRST, A ONE-YEAR PRE-SERVICE FULL-TIME CERTIFICATE COURSE IN CHILD CARE AT PRESENT PROVIDED BY THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC; AND SECOND, EXPERIENCED AND INTERESTED GRADUATES OF THE ABOVE QUALIFICATION WOULD GO
ON TO COMPLETE AN IN-SERVICE COURSE OF ONE ACADEMIC YEAR SPECIALLY FOCUSSING ON CARE FOR THE DISABLED CHILDREN.
THE LATTER COURSE WOULD BE AN EXTENSION OF THE SIX-MONTH COURSE NOW BEING RUN BY THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC.
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