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FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1988
MORE AIDED NURSERIES IN PIPELINE
PLANNED TO START
TOTAL
A FURTHER 48 AIDED NURSERIES ARE
TAKING THE
NUMBER DURING THE NEXT THREE YEARS, PLACES TO WELL OVER 30,000, THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND JOHN CHAMBERS, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
OPERATION OF NURSERY WELFARE, MR
TAM YURN LEUNO
HE WAS OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING OF THE FONG NURSERY, WHICH IS THE 20TH NURSERY OPERATED BY THE PO LEUNG KUK.
MR CHAMBERS NOTED
THERE WAS
PLACES, MAINLY BECAUSE AN INCREASING CHILDREN WERE WORKING.
A GROWING DEMAND FOR NURSERY NUMBER OF MOTHERS WITH YOUNG
AIDED, AND
AT PRESENT, THERE WERE 223 NURSERIES, OF WHICH 146 WERE PROVIDING DAY CARE SERVICES FOR ABOUT 26,000 CHILDREN BETWEEN TWO SIX YEARS OLD.
YOUNG CHILDREN A "THESE NURSERIES OFFER
HAPPY AND SECURE TOGETHER UNDER THE SUPERVISION ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY CAN PLAY QUALIFIED CHILD CARE WORKERS," MR CHAMDERS SAID.
OF
CAN ALSO
"WITH CREATIVE AND IMAGINATIVE PROGRAMMES, NURSERIES PROVIDE CHILDREN WITH A VALUABLE FORM OF PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION.
"THEY
PLAY THEREFORE
AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN SUPPLEMENTING
IN PARTICULARLY
SITUATIONS WHERE PARENTAL CARE FOR YOUNG CHILDREN, BOTH PARENTS GO OUT TO WORK, OR WHERE A SINGLE PARENT HAS TO SUPPORT YOUNG CHILDREN."
LEUNG NURSERY WILL FAMILIES MOVING INTO
PROVIDE BELVEDERE
THE OPENING OF THE FONG TAM YUEN 100 DAY CARE PLACES FOR CHILDREN OF GARDEN.
MIL CHAMBERS
THANKED THE
PO
LEUNG KUK
FOR
ITS VALUABLE CONTRIBUTION TO THE PROVISION OF DAY CARE SERVICES FOR YOUNG CHILDREN.
"I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE FONG SHU FOOK TONG FOUNDATION
DONATION OF $200,000, WHICH GENEROUS FOR THE
BEEN USED TO PURCHASE THE FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT FOR THE NURSERY," HE ADDED.
HAS
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