SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1989
MORE CHILD CARE CENTRES
THERE ARE NOW 167 SUBVENTED CHILD CARB CENTRES PROVIDING SOME 18,000 PLACES, THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF MR STEPHEN LAW, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY),
SPEAKING AT THE OFFICIAL OPENING
IN HONG KONG, SOCIAL WELFARE,
OF CEREMONY
'THE CHAI WAI MR CARE CENTRE,
LAW SAID THAT AI! BAPTIST CHURCHI BRADBURY CHILD
YEAR, ANI ADDITIONAL 1,600 CHILD CARE PLACES WOULD BE PROVIDED EVERY
PROVIDE 100 CHILD CARE PLACES FOR EVER THE GOVERNMENT AIMED TO 20,000 POPULATION.
THE
SOCIAL
UNEVEN DISTRIBUTION "HOWEVER, IN VIEW OF THE
WELFARE
AND THE SUBVENTED DEPARTMENT CONSTANTLY REVIEW THE DEMAND FOR THIS SERVICE AND HE SAID.
OF
POPULATION.
AGENCIES
WILL
MAKE ADJUSTMENTS,"
CENTRES IN AREAS WITH AN "FOR INSTANCE, CHILD CARE POPULATION ARE REPROVISIONED TO NEWLY DEVELOPED DISTRICTS.
AGEING
THEIR
"ALSO, SUBVENTED CHILD CARE CENTRES ARE
ΤΟ CAPACITY
WITH COPE
THE GROWTH
IN
ENCOURAGED TO EXPAND IN THE POPULATION
NEIGHBOURHOOD.
BRADBURY
CHILD
EXAMPLE WAS THE A GOOD
CARE CAPACITY OF WHICH HAD BEEN INCREASED FROM AN INITIAL 100 THE CURRENT 120 TO COPE WITH GROWING DEMAND, HE ADDED.
WHICH
ASSISTED FOR PARENTS EXPENDITURE FOR
ON THE FEE ASSISTANCE SCHEME, FAMILIES, MR LAW SAID THE AVERAGE SUBVENTION WAS ABOUT $430 PER CHILD WHILE THE TOTAL WAS ESTIMATED TO BE AROUND $54 MILLION.
MR
THE LAW
CHAI COMMENDED
WAN CONTRIBUTION TO SOCIAL SERVICES SINCE 1972.
CENTRE, IN 1987 TO
THE
LOW-INCOME LAST YEAR THIS YEAR
BAPTIST
CHURCH FOR
ITS
SAFETY DAY ON WATER SPORTS TOMORROW
TSIM SHA TSUI PROMENADE IN THE FUN AT A
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO VISIT THE TOMORROW (SUNDAY) AFTERNOON WILL BE ABLE TO SHARE WATER SPORTS SAFETY DAY.
MESSAGE THROUGH A
PURSUITS, THE
VARIETY
OF
ORGANISED BY THE COMMITTEE ON SAFETY IN OUTDOOR EVENT IS TO PROMOTE THE "PLAY SAFE" WATER SPORTS ACTIVITIES.
/THE PROGRAMME .................