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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1979

FINANCIAL

INSTITUTIONS

10 152

13 443

14 357

914

+ 6.8

(OTHER THAN BANKS)

ENGINEERING,

ARCHITECTURAL

4 983

6 480

6 916

436

+ 6.7

AND TECHNICAL

SERVICES

REAL ESTATE

COMPANIES AND AGENCIES

13 540

15 642

15 897

255

+1.6

NOTE TO EDITORS:

DETAILED EMPLOYMENT FIGURES FOR VARIOUS INDUSTRY GROUPS AND SECTORS ARE OBTAINABLE ON REQUEST FROM THE EMPLOYMENT AND EARNINGS STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, KAI TAK COMMERCIAL BUILDING, 317 DES VOEUX ROAD, CENTRAL.

GOVERNMENT PLANS FOR MORE YOUTH AND CHILDREN'S CENTRES

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MORE YOUTH AND CHILDREN'S CENTRES WILL BE SET UP EACH YEAR TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE ACHIEVE SOUND PHYSICAL AND INTELLECTUAL GROWTH, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MRS, ANSON CHAN, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE HING WAH CHILDREN'S CENTRE IN CHAI WAN, MRS. CHAN SAID THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN FOR SOCIAL WELFARE DEVELOPMENT PROVIDED FOR AN ANNUAL ESTABLISHMENT OF 11 YOUTH CENTRES AND 11 CHILDREN'S CENTRES.

SHE SAID THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN LAID EMPHASIS ON THE PROVISION OF SERVICES AND FACILITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.

THE TARGET WITHIN THE SCOPE OF GROUP AND COMMUNITY WORK SHE SAID, WAS TO PROVIDE A YOUTH CENTRE AND A CHILDREN'S CENTRE IN AN AREA WITH 20 000 PEOPLE.

THE HING WAH CHILDREN'S CENTRE HAD BEEN SET UP IN LINE WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN, SHE SAID.

IT WAS THE LATEST ADDITION TO THE MANY SERVICE UNITS OPERATED

BY THE TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS, SHE ADDED.

MRS, CHAN PRAISED THE TUNG WAH GROUP FOR ITS REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE FIELDS OF EDUCATIONAL, MEDICAL AND WELFARE SERVICES.

/+THE HING.....