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THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1991
THE SEMINARS, WHICH ARE EDUCATIONAL IN NATURE, WILL EACH COMPRISE A TALK, A SLIDE SHOW AND A FILM ON FOOD HYGIENE, FOLLOWED BY AN OPEN DISCUSSION.
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EDUCATIONAL
MATERIALS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED ΤΟ
SUPPLEMENT THE TALK.
PERIOD EACH PARTICIPANT WILL BE
AT THE END OF THE CAMPAIGN AWARDED A CERTIFICATE OF ATTENDANCE.
WITH THE SUPPORT FROM THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, FOUR OTHER SEMINARS WILL BE ORGANISED FOR PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS, WHO WILL IN TURN CONVEY THE MESSAGES TO THEIR STUDENTS.
TO DRIVE HOME THE FOOD HYGIENE MESSAGE, A TELEVISION API (ANNOUNCEMENT IN PUBLIC INTEREST) WILL BE SHOWN AND A 24-HOUR HEALTH EDUCATION HOTLINE (723 0013) WILL BE SET UP TO ANSWER ENQUIRIES ON FOOD HYGIENE MATTERS.
A BROADCASTING VAN WILL BE DEPLOYED TO STEP UP VARIOUS STRATEGIC LOCALITIES.
PUBLICITY AT
ALSO PRESENT AT TODAY'S CEREMONY WAS THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF HEALTH (HYGIENE), DR MAHOMMED BIN ALI.
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LARGE-SCALE PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN AGAINST LEAVING CHILDREN
UNATTENDED AT HOME
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IN RESPONSE TO PRESS ENQUIRIES ON AN INQUEST INTO THE DEATH OF FOUR CHILDREN KILLED IN A FIRE INSIDE THEIR FLAT IN HO MAN TIN ESTATE, A SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN TODAY (THURSDAY) SAID THE GOVERNMENT, IN CONJUNCTION WITH NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS, HAD BEEN LAUNCHING A LARGE-SCALE PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN AGAINST LEAVING CHILDREN UNATTENDED AT HOME.
"THE PUBLICITY PROGRAMMES INCLUDE THE BROADCAST OF TV API'S. AND THE PRODUCTION OF POSTERS TO REMIND THE PUBLIC OF THE HAZARDS OF LEAVING CHILDREN UNATTENDED, HE SAID.
LEAFLETS ARE BEING PRODUCED TO DRIVE HOME THE MESSAGE.
TURNING TO CHILD CARE SERVICES, HE POINTED OUT THAT THERE 19,556 DAY NURSERY PLACES TERRITORY-WIDE AND THAT AN ADDITIONAL 1,400 PLACES ARE IN THE PIPELINE IN THIS FISCAL YEAR.
WERE OF
OTHER MEASURES INCLUDE THE OPERATION OF OCCASIONAL CHILD CARE AND AFTER-SCHOOL CARE SERVICES, HE NOTED.
FROM MAY THIS YEAR, THERE ARE 50 CENTRES PROVIDING A TOTAL OF 150 PLACES AS A RESULT OF AN EXPANSION TO THE OCCASIONAL CHILD CARE SERVICE.
FOR CHILDREN STUDY ING PRIMARY SCHOOLS, THEIR PARENTS COULD MAKE USE OF THE AFTER-SCHOOL CARE SERVICE A SCHEME PUT ON TRIAL FIVE DISTRICTS.
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