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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1989
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MRS WONG SAID THE PROJECTS INCLUDED HALF-DAY OR FULL-DAY OCCASIONAL CHILD CARE SERVICES. OCCASIONAL CHILD CARE SERVICES IN HOSPITAL, MUTUAL HELP CHILD CARE PROGRAMMES AND EXTENDED SERVICE HOURS IN CHILD CARE CENTRES FOR CHILDREN AGED BETWEEN TWO AND SIX.
ANOTHER EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAMME, IN AFTER-SCHOOL CARE, WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED IN JANUARY FOR CHILDREN AGED BETWEEN SIX AND 12.
THE PROJECTS WOULD PROVIDE FLEXIBLE SERVICES FOR CHILDREN MINIMISE INCIDENTS RELATED TO UNATTENDED CHILDREN, MRS WONG SAID.
AND
IT WAS THE DEPARTMENT'S POLICY TO PROVIDE 100 AIDED NURSERY PLACEMENTS FOR CHILDREN AGED BETWEEN TWO AND SIX IN EVERY 20,000 POPULATION.
HOWEVER, THE PLANNING RATIO WOULD BE TAILORED IN ACCORDANCE WITH DISTRICT NEEDS.
AT PRESENT, THERE ARE 301 NURSERIES PROVIDING ABOUT 30,000 PLACES, OF THESE, 168 ARE AIDED, PROVIDING ABOUT 18,000 PLACEMENTS.
MRS WONG ALSO SAID THE DEPARTMENT WAS PLANNING ΤΟ ADD 1.600 PLACEMENTS PER ANNUM IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS TO MEET DISTRICT DEMANDS,
SHE COMMENDED THE ASSOCIATION FOR ITS CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS WELFARE OF WOMEN AND JUVENILES SINCE ITS INAUGURATION IN 1965.
THE
EMPLOYMENT SERVICE CONSTANTLY UPGRADED
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SEEKS TO IMPROVE
THE AND EMPLOYERS,
DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR HAROLD KWOK, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT REGULARLY REVIEWS AND
TO JOB-SEEKERS
THE SERVICE IT PROVIDES
SPEAKING AT THE
OPENING OF THE
KWAI
OFFICE CHUNG
OF THE MR KWOK SAID THE NEW A BETTER
DEPARTMENT'S LOCAL EMPLOYMENT SERVICE (LES), OFFICE REPRESENTED THE LES'S CONTINUOUS EFFORT IN PROVIDING EMPLOYMENT SERVICE IN DENSELY POPULATED AREAS.
"ITS FACILITIES ARE ESPECIALLY GEARED CLIENTS WHILE THE OFFICE LAYOUT IS DESIGNED NUMBER OF JOB-SEEKERS, HE NOTED.
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TO MEET THE NEEDS TO ACCOMMODATE A
OF LARGE
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PANELS. IT CAN ALLOW UP WITH MORE DISPLAY WINDOWS AND
HE ADDED. 2,000 VACANCY INFORMATION CARDS TO BE SHOWN AT A TIME,
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APART FROM JOB PLACEMENT SERVICE, MR KWOK PROVIDED EMPLOYMENT ADVISORY SERVICES FOR JOB-SEEKERS AND SERVICES FOR EMPLOYERS.
SAID THE LES ALSO RECRUITMENT
"THESE INCLUDE