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Members of the public who need to leave their children alone at home for whatever reason at any time of the day are advised to make full use of the occasional child care service, a spokesman for the department said.
"Leaving children unattended at home, even for a short while, may lead to accidents or even tragedies," the spokesman said.
At present, there are 129 child care centres providing a total of 390 occasional child care places to assist needy parents to look after their children temporarily.
Child care centres offer temporary care for children aged under six on two- hour, half-day (four hours) or whole-day basis. The fee for a two-hour session is $14.
To cope with the increasing demand for the service, SWD plans to provide 225 additional occasional child care places in the 1995-96 financial year.
Members of the public who are interested in the service may call SWD's hotline 2343 2255 or the Child Care Centre Advisory Inspectorate on 2836 3114.
"Parents having any child care problems can seek help from the 62 family services centres throughout the territory," the spokesman said.
End/Tuesday, August 29, 1995
Water storage figure
Storage in Hong Kong's reservoirs at 9 am today (Tuesday) stood at 93.2 per cent of capacity or 546.206 million cubic metres.
This time last year the reservoirs contained 566.277 million cubic metres of water, representing 96.6 per cent of capacity.
End/Tuesday, August 29, 1995