WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 1993
IN ADDITION, THE BIOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY IS ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM BEING THE INCREASED FUNDING FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT WORK THAT IS MADE AVAILABLE, HE SAID,
THIS INCLUDES $510 MILLION PROVIDED FOR THE PERIOD 1991/92 TO PROJECTS AT INSTITUTIONS 1994/95 то FUND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FUNDED BY THE
$200 MILLION THE UPGC; AND DEVELOPMENT SCHEME ESTABLISHED BY INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT.
APPLIED
RESEARCH
AND
ΤΟ
HONG KONG INSUFFICIENT
MR CHAU SAID DIFFICULTIES PERCEIVED BY LOCAL INDUSTRIALISTS THE INTRODUCTION AND EXPLOITATION OF
IN BIOTECHNOLOGY INCLUDED HIGH START-UP COSTS, HIGH INVESTMENT RISKS AND LOCAL SUPPLY OF SKILLED MANPOWER.
"THE
SURVEY SOON
SUB-COMMITTEE BIOTECHNOLOGY
то ASSESS THE AVAILABILITY OF BIOTECHNOLOGY RELATED INDUSTRIES, HE ADDED.
OF ITDC WILL
LOCAL
CARRY OUT EXPERTISE
A
FOR
T
OCCASIONAL CHILD CARE SCHEME SET TO EXPAND
*
WAS INTRODUCED ON A.
ITS
THE OCCASIONAL CHILD CARE SCHEME, WHICH TRIAL BASIS BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT IN 1989, HAS SERVED OBJECTIVE OF PROVIDING OCCASIONAL TEMPORARY CHILD CARE TO FAMILIES WHO MIGHT OTHERWISE LEAVE THEIR CHILDREN UNATTENDED AT HOME.
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON TANG SIU-TONG IN FOR HEALTH THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY), THE SECRETARY AND WELFARE, MRS ELIZABETH WONG, SAID PLANS WERE IN HAND TO EXPAND THE CARE CENTRES, WITH SCHEME AS A REGULAR COMPONENT OF ALL NEW CHILD SUBVENTION FROM THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, FROM 1993/94.
THE EXPANSION PLAN FOR THE SCHEME BETWEEN 1993/94 AND
1996/97
IS AS FOLLOWS:
1993/94
1994/95
1995/96
1996/97
NEW SUBVENTED UNITS
75
60
75
25
CUMULATIVE
75
135
210
235
NUMBER OF
UNITS
COMMENTING ON THE USE AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE OCCASIONAL CHILD DURING THE 12-MONTI EVALUATION PERIOD CARE SCHEME, MRS WONG SAID
IN FROM JULY 1991 TO JUNE 1992, THE CHILD CARE CENTRES PARTICIPATING THE SCHEME RECORDED A TOTAL ATTENDANCE OF 18,349, OR A MONTHLY AVERAGE ATTENDANCE OF 1,529.
IN
THE THREE-MONTH PERIOD FROM NOVEMBER 1992 TO JANUARY THE MONTHLY AVERAGE ATTENDANCE WAS 2,057.
1993,
"THE UTILISATION