THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1991
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CHILD CARE SERVICES TO EXPAND
THE GROWING SAID TODAY
AIDED NURSERY PLACES WILL BE INCREASED TO ABOUT 26,800 BY 1995- 96 AND FURTHER TO MORE THAN 31,600 BY 1999-2000 TO MEET NEED, THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR (THURSDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING
M.D. CARTLAND,
KAIFONG WOMEN'S
ESTATE, CHAI WAN,
MR
CARTLAND
NOTED THAT
MAKING PLACES
NUMBER OF PLACES IN CHILD CARE CENTRES PROVIDING AGED UNDER SIX, WERE 33,800
OF WHICH SOME 22,600
REMAINING WHILE THE
OF CEREMONY
HONG KONG AND KOWLOON
NURSERY DAY
WAN TSUI IN WAN TSUI ASSOCIATION
THE PRESENT, CARE FOR
AT
TOTAL
CHILDREN,
WERE
AIDED
OR
IN WERE
PRIVATE
NON-PROFIT
NURSERIES.
NEW
APPROACHES
IN OPERATING
HOURS, OCCASIONAL
CHILD CHILD
CENTRES, CARE CARE SERVICES
ΤΟ IMPLEMENTED
FLEXIBLE WORKING WORK-BASED CENTRES, WERE BEING TESTED AND CHANGING NEEDS, HE ADDED.
SUCH AS
AND MORE COPE WITH
THE POLICY IS ΤΟ AIDED PLACES AND TO ** HE SAID.
"AS REGARDS CRECHES FOR INFANTS UNDER TWO, CONVERT THE CURRENT 1,000 SUBVENTED PLACES TO TREBLE THE NUMBER BEFORE THE END OF THIS DECADE,
ALL ITS ADDING
MR CARTLAND POINTED OUT THAT CHILD CARE, IN
FIELD, WELFARE IN THE WAS A MAJOR PRIORITY AREA INCREASING DEMAND FOR THE SERVICES WAS REFLECTED IN A MARKED IN THE NUMBER OF NUCLEAR FAMILIES, MORE WORKING MOTHERS AND A NUMBER OF SINGLE-PARENT FAMILIES.
ASPECTS, THAT THE INCREASE GROWING
AND BEYOND ΤΟ THE PROVISION AND
THE
"THE WHITE PAPER ON SOCIAL WELFARE INTO THE 1990'S CLEARLY STATES
GOVERNMENT'S EXPANSION OF CHILD CARE.
COMMITMENT
"WHILE THE
RESPONSIBILITY PRIMARY
TO ТАКВ
FOR THE PROPER CARE OF PARENTS, IT IS NEVERTHELESS NECESSARY CHILDREN MUST REST WITH PROVIDE ADEQUATE NURSERY FACILITIES FOR THOSE PARENTS WHO CANNOT CARE OF THEIR CHILDREN DURING THE DAY," HE CONTINUED.
CHILD CARK SERVICES AND SUPPORT, MR HONG KONG AND A DAY NURSERY IN
DEVELOPMENT OF FUTURE NOTING THAT THE DEPENDED TO A LARGE EXTENT ON COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT CARTLAND SAID WITH ITS EXPERIENCE AND DEDICATION, THE KOWLOON KAIFONG WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION WOULD RUN THE WAY THAT WOULD MEET THE NEEDS OF THE PARENTS.
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