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Monday, February 25, 1974
LADY MACLEHOSE OPENS NEW PO LEUNG KUK BUILDING
Lady MacLehose today commended the Po Leung Kuk for its response
"to the changing needs of a fast-growing society as in Hong Kong."
Speaking at the opening ceremony of the Kuk's new welfare building
at Link Road, she cited the new welfare centre and the increased provision
of day nurseries as examples of the Kuk's "quick response" to meet these
needs
The new welfare building, she said, would "provide much improved
facilities for the training of girls with behaviour problems and for
the care of unmarried mothers and babies as well as for the vocational
training of the children residing at the Kuk".
The following is the full text of Lady MacLehose's speech:
"I am delighted to be here today to officiate at the opening
ceremony of the Po Leung Kuk's new welfare building.
"Po Leung Kuk is a welfare organisation with a long history of
commendable service and achievements in the community, particularly in
its provisions for children and girls in need of care and protection.
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The Kuk provides residential and day care services for children and girls
who, for one reason or another, are deprived of a normal home or whose
families are unable to care for them. Thus, care and protective servicos
are extended from the age 0 to 21 including the orphaned, the abandoned,
the mentally retarded, and unwed mothers.
"The Kuk ............
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