SATURDAY, JULY 11, 1992
FOSTER-CARE PLACES TO DOUBLE BY 1995-96
THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT INTENDS TO MORE THAN DOUBLE THE EXISTING 240 FOSTER-CARE PLACES PROVIDED BY NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS AND THE DEPARTMENT TO 500 BY 1995-96, THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR M.D. CARTLAND, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
ADDRESSING THE OPENING OF A TOURING EXHIBITION ON FOSTER-CARE SERVICE ORGANISED BY THE DEPARTMENT, MR CARTLAND SAID ULTIMATELY IT WAS INTENDED TO CONTINUE THE EXPANSION OF FOSTER CARE UNTIL IT REPLACED INSTITUTIONAL CARE AS THE MAIN FORM OF RESIDENTIAL CARE FOR CHILDREN IN HONG KONG.
THIS WOULD REQUIRE NOT ONLY FUNDING RESOURCES FROM THE GOVERNMENT, BUT ALSO THE CONTINUING CO-OPERATION OF FOSTER-CARE AGENCIES, AS WELL AS THE SUPPORT OF RESIDENTS WHO VOLUNTEER TO BECOME FOSTER PARENTS, HE SAID.
"SOCIAL WORKERS ARE GIVING MORE PREFERENCE TO THE PROVISION FOSTER HOMES FOR CHILDREN IN NEED OF CARE, MR CARTLAND ADDED.
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SINCE THE DEPARTMENT'S CENTRAL FOSTER-CARE UNIT WAS SET UP NINE YEARS AGO, MORE THAN 500 CHILDREN HAVE BEEN PLACED IN HOMES AND ABOUT 600 FAMILIES HAVE BEEN RECRUITED TO SERVE AS PARENTS.
TO ENHANCE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF FOSTER CARE AND ΤΟ APPEAL TO MORE FAMILIES TO OFFER FOSTER HOMES, HE SAID ABOUT $250,000 HAD BEEN ALLOCATED FOR A PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN TO BE LAUNCHED OVER THE COMING SIX MONTHS.
"THE EXHIBITION, BEGINS IN CITYPLAZA TODAY, MARKS THE START
OF THE CAMPAIGN. IT WILL TRAVEL то SEVEN BUSY AREAS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY," MR CARTLAND SAID.
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CO-OPERATION WITH LABOUR INSPECTORS URGED * * * * * *
PROPRIETORS AND EMPLOYEES OBSTRUCTING LABOUR INSPECTORS FROM CARRYING OUT THEIR PUBLIC DUTY WILL BE PROSECUTED, SENIOR LABOUR OFFICER MR CHAN KWOK-KUEN SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
IN A RECENT CASE, AN EMPLOYEE OF WAI FAI GARMENT FACTORY GIVEN THE MAXIMUM FINE OF $1,000 BY A NORTH KOWLOON MAGISTRATE OBSTRUCTING TWO LABOUR INSPECTORS FROM OBTAINING INFORMATION ON CHECKING THE IDENTITY CARDS OF FIVE WOMEN WORKERS WORKING OUTSIDE EMPLOYMENT PERIOD.
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