SUNDAY, JANUARY 26, 1992
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THE WORKING GROUP COMPRISES REPRESENTATIVES OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT, HONG KONG COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SERVICE AND THE AGAINST CHILD ABUSE.
BASED ON
SHORT STORIES THE BOOK, IN CHINESE, CONTAINS FIVE SHORT REAL EXAMPLES BUT WITH DIFFERENT SETTINGS TO DEPICT THE PLIGHT OF CHILDREN BEING LEFT UNATTENDED, BOTH AT HOME AND OUTDOOR.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE WORKING GROUP SAID THERE WERK OUTDOOR ACCIDENTS INVOLVING CHILDREN WITHOUT PROPER SUPERVISION FROM THEIR ACCOMPANIED PARENTS,·
FOR A
HE REMINDED PARENTS THAT CHILDREN, EVEN LEFT UNATTENDED SHORT SPELL WHILE THEY WERE SHOPPING OR CHATTING WOULD RESULT IN DISASTER.
"A CHILD LEFT ALONE IS A CHILD LEFT IN DANGER," THE SPOKESMAN
STRESSED.
THE THIS MESSAGE IS VIVIDLY PORTRAYED THROUGHOUT THE BOOK WITH
DIM ROOM, COVER SHOWING A SMALL BOY CROUCHING ALONE AT A CORNER OF A
AND HELPLESS. HE IS LOOKING TERRIFIED
CONFRONTED WITH VARIOUS "ANIMATED HOME HAZARDS" SUCH AS LP GAS CYLINDER, KNIFE, LIGHTER, WINDOW WITHOUT GRILLE MATCH, INSECTICIDE, PLUG AND SOCKET, CAPSULE, AND THERMAL FLASK.
THE COMIC BOOK ALSO ILLUSTRATES SOME FEASIBLE WAYS THE CHANCE OF LEAVING CHILDREN LEFT UNATTENDED AT HOME.
ΤΟ REDUCE
IT ALSO CONTAINS A COMPREHENSIVE LIST
ORGANISATIONS WHICH NON-GOVERNMENT WELFARE
AND FAMILY CARE, AFTER-SCHOOL CARE PARENTS.
AND OF GOVERNMENT OFFER OCCASIONAL CHILD
то SERVICES
NEEDY
COUNSELLING
BOOK COPIES OF THE COMIC
WILL BE AVAILABLE FREE AT ALL DISTRICT OFFICES OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, CENTRES OPERATED BY MEMBER AGENCIES OF THE HONG KONG COUNCIL MANAGEMENT OFFICES OF PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES.
OF
SOCIAL SERVICE,
AND
MORE FOSTER PARENTS NEEDED
MARRIED COUPLES WITH A HAPPY AND STABLE
TAKE JOIN THE TEAM OF FOSTER PARENTS TO DEPRIVED OF PARENTAL LOVE AND CARE.
CARE
FAMILY ARE OF CHILDREN
URGED WHO
ΤΟ
ARE
A SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) FAMILY SETTING THROUGH FOSTERING, CHILDREN COULD GROW UNDER A NORMAL AND ENJOY A NORMAL CHILDHOOD.
"FOSTER PARENTS CAN, ON THE ONE HAND, DO THE COMMUNITY A SERVICE AND ON THE OTHER, PUSH UP THEIR ABILITY AS PARENTS," HE ADDED.
/THE OBJECTIVE