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TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1991
PUBLIC CONSULTATION ON MEASURES AGAINST LEAVING CHILDREN UNATTENDED
THE GOVERNMENT IS TO HOLD A THREE-MONTH PUBLIC CONSULTATION EXERCISE ON MEASURES TO PREVENT YOUNG CHILDREN FROM BEING LEFT UNATTENDED AT HOME, COMMENCING FROM OCTOBER THIS YEAR.
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE ADVISORY COMMITTEE (SWAC) PROFESSOR NELSON CHOW WING-SUN, TOLD A SWAC MEETING THIS TODAY (TUESDAY).
PROF CHOW SAID
FOLLOWING SEVERAL FATAL ACCIDENTS INVOLVING CHILDREN LEFT ON THEIR OWN AT HOME, THERE HAD BEEN WIDESPREAD PUBLIC CONCERN OVER THE PROBLEM OF CHILDREN LEFT UNATTENDED.
"THE RECURRENCE OF SUCH TRAGEDIES HAS PROMPTED CALLS ON THE GOVERNMENT TO PREVENT CHILDREN FROM BEING LEFT UNATTENDED, HE SAID.
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APART FROM THE PROVISION OF CHILD CARE SERVICES, ESTABLISHMENT OF MUTUAL HELP AND ENHANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION ON THE HAZARDS OF LEAVING CHILDREN UNATTENDED AT HOME, PROF CHOW SAID BOME PEOPLE STILL THOUGHT THAT THE BEST WAY TO TACKLE THE PROBLEM WAS BY LEGISLATING PROHIBIT PARENTS FROM LEAVING CHILDREN UNATTENDED AT HOME.
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"HOWEVER, THERE ARE ARGUMENTS BOTH FOR AND AGAINST LEGISLATION OF THIS NATURE.
"A PUBLIC CONSULTATION EXERCISE 19, THEREFORE, TO BB ARLD STARTING FROM OCTOBER," HE CONTINUED.
VIEWS AND SUGGESTIONS ON TACKLING THE PROBLEM OF CHILDREN LEFT UNATTENDED SHOULD BE SENT TO THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.
"DISTRICT BOARDS AND BODIES WILL BE CONSULTED,
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PROF CHOW ADDED.
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