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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1977

SOCIAL WELFARE DIRECTOR OPENS SHEK LEI NURSERY

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REASONABLE CHILD CARE SERVICE WILL BE AVAILABLE TO POORER FAMILIES AT SHEK LEI AND SHEK YAM ESTATES AND THE NEARBY YAU MA HOM TEMPORARY HOUSING AREA WHEN TWO SUBVENTED NURSERIES IN TSUEN WAN ARE COMPLETED.

THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR. THOMAS LEE, STATED THIS TODAY AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE YAN CHAI HOSPITAL'S TUNG PAK YING CHILD CARE CENTRE AT SHEK LEI ESTATE.

+ IN RECENT YEARS, TSUEN WAN HAS DEVELOPED INTO AN IMPORTANT NEW TOWN. WITH A DRASTIC INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF FACTORY BUILDINGS AND HOUSING ESTATES, MANY HOUSEWIVES WITH CHILDREN ARE NOW COMING OUT TO SEEK EMPLOYMENT.

+TO MEET THE INCREASING DEMAND FOR CHILD CARE SERVICE IN THE AREA, THE YAN CHAI HOSPITAL, APART FROM RUNNING THE TUNG PAK YING CHILD CARE CENTRE WHICH IS NOW OPENED, WILL SET UP ANOTHER NURSERY AT SHEK YAM ESTATE IN THE NEAR FUTURE,+ MR. LEE SAID.

HE SAID THAT RESIDENTS WILL GREATLY BENEFIT FROM THE SETTING UP OF THE TWO CHILD CARE CENTRES, EACH WITH 100 PLACES AND EQUIPPED WITH MODERN FACILITIES.

MR. LEE ALSO PRAISED THE YAN CHAI HOSPITAL FOR THEIR EFFORT IN EXTENDING THIS FORM OF WELFARE SERVICE AND EXPRESSED GRATITUDE TO MR. JOHN TUNG FOR HIS GENEROUS DONATION TOWARDS THE CONSTRUCTION COST AND THE CURRENT YEAR'S EXPENDITURE OF THE SHEK LEI NURSERY.

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