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TUESDAY, MAY 26, 1987
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MORE CHILD CARE FACILITIES FOR SHA TIN
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A TOTAL OF FOUR SUBVENTED CHILD CARE CENTRES PROVIDING AN ADDITIONAL 450 PLACES WILL COME INTO OPERATION IN SHA TIN OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR ALFRED CHUI, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
+IN ADDITION, TWO SPECIAL CHILD CARE CENTRES WILL OPEN THIS YEAR TO PROVIDE 120 PLACES FOR PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN,+ HE SAID.
HE WAS OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE NEW TERRITORIES WOMEN AND JUVENILES WELFARE ASSOCIATION LTD POK
HONG ESTATE CHILDREN GARDEN IN SHA TIN.
AT PRESENT, THE NEW TOWN HAS 14 SUBVENTED CHILD CARE CENTRES WITH 1 540 PLACES AS WELL AS FIVE PRIVATE CENTRES.
MR CHUI NOTED THAT THE SETTING UP OF CHILD CARE CENTRES HAD BECOME AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT IN COMMUNITY SERVICES.
+APART FROM PROVIDING MORE CENTRES, THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT ALSO ATTACHES GREAT IMPORTANCE TO IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF SERVICE,+ HE SAID.
+FOLLOWING THE INTRODUCTION OF THE CHILD CARE CENTRES ORDINANCE IN 1975, THE DEPARTMENT HAS SET UP A CHILD CARE CENTRES ADVISORY INSPECTORATE TO DEAL WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ORDINANCE AND THE RELATED REGULATIONS, TO INSPECT THE VARIOUS CENTRES REGULARLY AS WELL AS TO GIVE ADVICE TO AND DISCUSS WITH CENTRE OPERATORS AS HOW TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF SERVICE AND PROTECT THE INTERESTS OF THE CHILDREN,+ HE ADDED.
THE GOVERNMENT ALSO INTRODUCED A FEE ASSISTANCE SCHEME IN 1982 TO ENABLE LOW-INCOME AND NEEDY FAMILIES TO SEND THEIR CHILDREN EITHER TO CHILD CARE CENTRES OR KINDERGARTENS.
MR CHUI COMPLIMENTED THE NEW TERRITORIES WOMEN AND JUVENILES WELFARE ASSOCIATION LTD FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE WELFARE SCENE IN HONG KONG, PARTICULARLY IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
HE NOTED THAT WITH THE OPENING OF THE NEW CENTRE TODAY, THE AGENCY WOULD BE OPERATING FOUR CHILD CARE CENTRES WHILE TWO MORE WERE BEING PLANNED FOR OPENING WITHIN THIS YEAR IN TAI PO AND TSING YI.
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