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HE ALSO SAID THAT HE HAD BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THOSE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS WHICH WERE IN DAY-TO-DAY CONTACT WITH INDIVIDUALS IN THOSE PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY WHOSE CHILDREN FOR SOME REASON MIGHT NOT BE AT SCHOOL WITH A VIEW TO MAKING USE OF THE IR RESOURCES TO REMIND PARENTS OF THE IR CELIGATIONS TO SEND THEIR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL.
+AS REGARDS PRIMARY AGE CHILDREN DISCONTINUING THEIR SCHOOLING, I HAVE PREVIOUSLY STATED IN THIS COUNCIL THAT WE HAVE A SYSTEM EY WHICH HEADMASTERS INFORM US CF CASES WHERE THEY BELIEVE THAT A CHILD HAS DISCONTINUED SCHOOLING.
+SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT OFFICERS FOLLOW UP THESE CASES. SOME CHILDREN ARE FOUND TO HAVE LEFT HONG KONG, OTHERS TURN OUT TO BE OVER-AGED OR PROVE UNTRACEABLE. THE PARENTS OF THE REST ARE PERSUADED TO SEND THEIR CHILDREN BACK TO SCHOOL,+MR. TOPLEY EXPLAINED.
ON DISCRETIONARY GRANTS FOR DENTURES AND SPECTACLES UNDER THE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE SCHEME, MR. CHEONG-LEEN URGED THE GOVERNMENT TO MAKE THESE TWO ITEMS MORE READILY AVAILABLE THROUGH WIDER PUBLICITY.
HE NOTED THAT SINCE 1973 UP TO THIS MONTH, 277 PERSONS HAD BEEN GIVEN DISCRETIONARY GRANTS FOR DENTURES AND 121 PERSONS FOR THE COST OF SPECTACLES UNDER THE PUBLIC ARSISTANCE SCHEME.
+BEARING IN MIND THAT WE HAVE ALOUT 49,000 PUBLIC ASSISTANCE CLIENTS AT PRESENT, IT WOULD APPEAR THAT THE DISCRETIONARY GRANT HAS BEEN EITHER HIGHLY DISCRETIONARY OR THAT NOT TOO MANY PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT ITS EXISTENCE, ESPECIALLY IN REGARD TO DENTAL CARE AND SPECTACLES, HE SAID.
PERHAPS, HE ADDED, THE TIME HAD COME TO IMPROVE UPON THESE TWO PARTICULAR ITEMS UNDER THE GRANT BY MAKING THEM MORE READILY AVAILABLE THROUGH WIDER PUBLICITY AND EY ADAPTING THEM TO THE NEEDS OF SCHOOL CHILDREN WHOSE FAMILIES WERE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE CLIENTS.
HE EMPHASISED THAT THE DENTAL CARE ELEMENT, IN PARTICULAR, SHOULD NOT BE LIMITED TO DENTURES ONLY BUT SHOULD ALSO BE EXTENDED TC EXTRACTIONS AND FILLINGS,
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