MONDAY, JULY 31, 1989
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INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATION INVALUABLE IN CHILD CARE
OBTAINING AND
SHARING
WITH LEADING VIEWS
PROFESSIONALS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN AN
EARLY EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT INVALUABLE IN CHILD CARE SERVICES, THE MRS ELIZABETH WONG, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).
ON
IS
DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE,
MRS WONG WAS SPEAKING AT A ATTENDING THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE DEVELOPMENT, TITLED "CHILDHOOD IN THE 21ST CENTURY", BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT AND THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HONG KONG CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION CENTRE.
LUNCHEON RECEPTION FOR DELEGATES ON EARLY EDUCATION AND JOINTLY HOSTED AT THE
THE EXCHANGE OF VIEWS AND THE CONTINUATION OF TIES WITH LEADING PROFESSIONALS WERE VERY IMPORTANT, SHE STRESSED.
INTERNATIONAL
OF EDUCATION, MR ECHOING THE VIEWS OF MRS WONG, THE DIRECTOR
HONG "FOR OBVIOUS REASONS,
KONG IS AN JOHN WINFIELD, SAID THAT,
FOR
CONFERENCES OF ENORMOUSLY ATTRACTIVE VENUE
ALL ARE KINDS, BUT THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR IN-DEPTH EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCES RELATIVELY FEW.
PLEASURE TO WELCOME PARTICIPANTS **IT IS THEREFORE A SPECIAL
RANGE OF WHOSE COLLECTIVE EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE COVER SUCH A WIDE AREAS RELATED TO EARLY EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT.
THE CONFERENCE IS ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG ORGANISING COMMITTEE.
M
AN INTERNATIONAL
COUNCIL AND
INCLUDING LEADING EDUCATORS AND ABOUT 500 DELEGATES,
DEVELOPED
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, CARE SPECIALISTS FROM BOTH TAKING PART IN THE THREE-DAY CONFERENCE WHICH BEGAN TODAY.
MRS
POINTED WONG
OUT THE
AND
CHILD
ARE
HAD
MORE
WELFARE SOCIAL
DEPARTMENT SUPPORTED THE CONFERENCE BY GRANTING $100,000 TOWARDS IT SO THAT
COULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY OF PROFESSIONALS IN CHILD CARE
THE FUTURE PARTICIPATING IN THE CONFERENCE AND SHARING VIEWS TO MAKE
WORK
OF OUR CHILDREN BRIGHTER.
MRS
STRESSED WONG
THAT THE
SOCIAL
ON CHILD CARE SERVICES, WELFARE DEPARTMENT PLACED GREAT IMPORTANCE ON THE WELFARE OF CHILDREN.
"WE
ENVIRONMENT FOR
ARE CONTINUING CHILDREN TO GROW UP
THE
IN A
PROPER
то LOVING,
IMPROVE THE HEALTHY,
DEVELOPMENT OF
INTELLECT, PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH, AND
SAID.
ENVIRONMENT
TO
ENABLE
AND
SHE
HAPPY AND STIMULATING THEIR
PERSONALITY GOOD RELATIONSHIPS,
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