- 5
-
SATURDAY, MAY 28, 1994
OF AIDED
SET OUT BY
THE
THIS WILL BRING TO 2,197 BY 1996/97 THE TOTAL NUMBER
A TARGET
WAS THAT DAY CRECHE PLACES IN HONG KONG, GOVERNOR IN HIS 1992 POLICY ADDRESS.
IN
PAST DECADE MRS MA EXPLAINED THAT THE
HAD WITNESSED MARKED
SOCIAL
SUCH CHANGES
AS THE PREVALENCE
NUCLEAR
AN OF
FAMILIES,
THE NUMBER INCREASE
OF WORKING MOTHERS AND THE GROWTH OF SINGLE-PARENT FAMILIES.
IN ADDITION, THERE IS GROWING PUBLIC BRING LEFT UNATTENDED AT HOME, SHE SAID.
CONCERN ABOUT CHILDREN
DAY CRECHES PROVIDE CARE AND CATER FOR THE DEVELOPMENTAL OF CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF TWO.
NEEDS
TO ENSURE THE PROVISION OF SERVICE AT DAY CRECHES IS KEPT TO
STAFF OF THE DEPARTMENT WOULD REQUIRED STANDARD, MRS MA SAID REGULAR VISITS TO THESE PREMISES.
A
PAY
ΤΟ
"DAY CRECHES ARE REQUIRED
STATUTORY RATIO, STAFF REQUIREMENTS IN TERMS OF FLOOR SPACE, STAFF TO CHILDREN QUALIFICATION AND TRAINING, PROGRAMME, DIET, HEALTH AND SANITATION.
COMPLY WITH
CERTAIN
ALSO "ADVICE IS
GIVEN ON SERVICE FACILITIES
IMPROVEMENTS.
AND
STAFFING
11
CAN SHE
"PARENTS WHO SEND THEIR CHILDREN ΤΟ THESE INSTITUTIONS THEREFORE REST ASSURED THAT THEY WILL BE PROPERLY TAKEN CARE OF, SAID.
ABOUT DAY CRECHE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WANT TO KNOW MORE SERVICE ARE WELCOME TO CONTACT THE CHILD
ADVISORY CARE CENTRE INSPECTORATE ON 836 3114 OR CALL THE DEPARTMENTAL HOTLINE 343 2255.
"THEY CAN ALSO APPROACH ANY DAY CRECHE TO FIND OUT
MORE ABOUT
THE SERVICE," MRS MA SAID.
PARENTS WHO CANNOT
AFFORD TO
PAY THE DAY CRECHE FEE CAN APPROACH THE DEPARTMENT'S SOCIAL SECURITY FIELD UNITS FOR HELP.
SEPTEMBER "THE GOVERNMENT WILL, FROM
1 THIS
то ACCORDING
A HELP PARENTS PAY THE DAY CRECHE FEE
AMOUNT OF BASED ON THEIR NET INCOME, UP TO THE FULL ADDED.
YEAR, SLIDING THE FEE,
DIRECTLY
SCALE,
SHE
ORGAN DONATION DRIVE
WAN CHAI PROMOTE ORGAN
THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH WILL STAGE AN EXHIBITION IN
PART OF ITS PUBLICITY TOMORROW ( (SUNDAY) AS
DONATION AWARENESS.
ΤΟ DRIVE
CARDS AND HAVE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN SIGN ORGAN DONATION
CHAI THEM LAMINATED AT THE EXHIBITION WHICH WILL BE SET UP AT THE WAN
CHAI DISTRICT MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY STATION ENTRANCE, NEXT TO THE WAN OFFICE.
/THE EXHIBITION