10
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1989.
THERE WERE OVER
AT PRESENT,
CARE 30,000 PLACES IN CHILD
THERE WERE PLANS CENTRES, INCLUDING BOTH NURSERIES AND CRECHES, AND
FEW TO PROVIDE 1,600 ADDITIONAL NURSERY PLACES ANNUALLY OVER THE NEXT YEARS.
MR CHAU NOTED THAT A SMALL NUMBER OF DAY
SPECIAL EXPERIMENTING WITH FLEXIBLE HOURS.
ARRANGEMENTS
SUCH
AS
NURSERIES WERE LONGER AND
ALSO MORE
THESE WERE
ΤΟ
ΤΟ CATER
CHILDREN
FROM
PROBLEMS IN TAKING CARE OF THEM IN THE EVENINGS BECAUSE, OF PARENTS' LONG WORKING HOURS.
FAMILIES
WHICH
HAD
FOR EXAMPLE,
FAMILIES IN
"IN ADDITION, A HOME HELP SERVICE IS AVAILABLE TO SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES.
LOOK
BEING DEVELOPED "LOCAL VOLUNTARY PROGRAMMES HAVE BEEN AND ARE
MUTUAL HELP AMONG TO ENCOURAGE GREATER
то NEIGHBOURS
AFTER
CHILDREN ON A TEMPORARY BASIS, HE SAID.
14
PARENTS
ON THE QUESTION OF LEGISLATIVE CONTROLS AGAINST
SAID HE WOULD ENDORSE THE LEAVING CHILDREN ALONE AT HOME, MR CHAU
COUNCIL ON VIEWS OF HIS PREDECESSOR, AS EXPRESSED IN THE LEGISLATIVE MAY 28, 1986.
THESE VIEWS WERE
GENERALLY ADEQUATE TO DEAL WITH CASES NEGLECT OF CHILDREN.
THAT EXISTING
WERE STATUTORY PROVISIONS OF SERIOUS ABUSE AND WILFUL
MR CHAU POINTED OUT THAT SECTION 27
MADE ORDINANCE PERSON
IT AN OFFENCE
THE OF
ΤΟ
THE
OFFENCES AGAINST WILFULLY ASSAULT,
ILL-TREAT, NEGLECT, ABANDON OR EXPOSE ANY CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF 16.
ΤΟ BE
AND JUVENILES ORDINANCE TO TAKE
THE ACTION IN EXPOSED TO PHYSICAL OR
FURTHERMORE, THE PROTECTION OF WOMEN OF SOCIAL WELFARE EMPOWERED THE DIRECTOR INTERESTS OF A CHILD WHO WAS LIKELY MORAL DANGER.
ALONE AT HOME DUE ΤΟ AS FOR PARENTS LEAVING YOUNG CHILDREN
WITH TEMPORARY ABSENCE OR NEGLIGENCE BUT THROUGH NO WILFUL NEGLECT OR
ON WHETHER DIRECT STATUTORY NO ILL INTENT, MR CHAU EXPRESSED DOUBT CONTROL IN THIS AREA WAS EITHER THE RIGHT ANSWER OR WAS PRACTICAL.
THERE WERE DIFFICULTIES OVER DEFINITION AND ENFORCEMENT THE LATTER POINT.
/11
AS
TO