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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 1989
POLICY,
SERVICE
WITHOUT A CLEARLY STATED
PROVIDERS, PARENTS AND EDUCATORS WERE IN A QUANDARY OVER THE FUTURE DIRECTION OF CARE AND PROTECTION FOR CHILDREN.
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"INDEED, HONG KONG IS AT BEST OFFERING CHILD MINDING SERVICES TO OUR YOUNGER GENERATION, AND A BIG NUMBER OF THEM ARE STRUGGLING SURVIVE IN THIS TRAGIC PLIGHT, MR HUI SAID.
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"HONG KONG NEEDS A CARING SOCIETY
RESPONSIBLE PARENTS WHO
ARE NOT IGNORANT, CHILD CARE WORKERS AND EDUCATORS WHO CAN GUIDE CHILDREN TO LEARN AND BEAR RESPONSIBILITY, AND THE MASS MEDIA WHOSE POSITIVE INFLUENCE CONSUMMATES THE OBJECTIVES OF TRUE EDUCATION.
"ONLY THROUGH AN INTER-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH CAN THE SPIRIT
THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION BE FULLY ENHANCED.
CONTENDING THAT CHILDREN WERE THE PEDESTAL OF OUR
OF
SOCIETY AND
IMPROVE THEIR
THAT THEIR FUTURE LAY IN OUR HANDS, MR HUI SAID IT WAS OUR INHERENT DUTY TO TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT THEIR RIGHTS AND
WELL-BEING.
"LET'S SAVE OUR CHILDREN, NOW, MR HUI URGED.
GOVT CRITICISED ON KINDERGARTEN EDUCATION
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THE GOVERNMENT WAS CRITICISED IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) FOR SHOWING LITTLE DETERMINATION AND COMMITMENT TO IMPROVING THE STANDARD AND QUALITY OF KINDERGARTEN EDUCATION AND FOR ALLOWING A GRADUAL DETERIORATION IN THE STATE OF AFFAIRS IN THIS IMPORTANT, THOUGH ELEMENTARY, SECTOR OF EDUCATION.
THE CRITICISM CAME FROM THE HON SELINA CHOW WHO CONCENTRATED ON PRE-PRIMARY EDUCATION IN THE MOTION DEBATE ON THE WELFARE OF CHILDREN IN HONG KONG.
NOTING THAT ONLY 0.024 PER CENT OF THE GOVERNMENT'S TOTAL EXPENDITURE IN THE YEAR 1988-89 WAS SPENT ON KINDERGARTEN EDUCATION, MRS CHOW SAID THE AUTHORITIES' FAILURE OR REFUSAL ΤΟ DO MORE HAD DENIED THE YOUNG PARENTS OF THESE CHILDREN AN EDUCATION SERVICE WHICH THEY REGARDED AS NOT ONLY DESIRABLE BUT NECESSARY.
MRS CHOW ALSO CRITICISED THE "TOTALLY CLOSED-DOOR NATURE" OF THE WORKING GROUP SET UP TWO YEARS AGO TO LOOK AT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS ON PRE-PRIMARY SERVICES CONTAINED IN THE EDUCATION COMMISSION REPORT NO.2.
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