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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1982

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+THIS STRICT INCOME ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA,+ HE SAID, +MEANS THAT MANY FAMILIES WHO NEED TO PLACE THEIR CHILDREN IN DAY NURSERIES ARE EXCLUDED FROM SUBVENTED DAY CARE CENTRES BUT ARE, NEVERTHELESS, UNABLE TO PAY THE MUCH HIGHER FEES CHARGED BY PRIVATE CENTRES.+

MR ALLEYNE NOTED THAT VOLUNTARY AGENCIES FELT SOME CONCERN AT THE EFFECT OF THE NEW ARRANGEMENTS ON THEIR OPERATIONS.

HE ASSURED ALL AGENCIES NOW RUNNING SUBVENTED DAY NURSERIES THAT THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT WOULD DO ALL IT COULD TO ENSURE THAT THE TRANSITION FROM THE PRESENT SUBVENTION SYSTEM TO THE NEW FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS WOULD BE AS SMOOTH AS POSSIBLE.

+WITH THE CO-OPERATION OF VOLUNTARY AGENCIES, HE WENT ON, +1 AM SURE THAT WE CAN EMBARK ON THIS NEW PHASE OF DEVELOPMENT OF DAY NURSERY SERVICES WITH THE MINIMUM OF PROBLEMS ON ALL SIDES.+

HE HOPED THAT AGENCIES OR OPERATORS WOULD FEEL FREE TO APPROACH STAFF OF THE DEPARTMENT SHOULD THEY HAVE ANY QUERIES OR POINTS THEY WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY FURTHER,

THE ON NING DAY NURSERY, OPENED TODAY, IS THE FOURTH TO BE ESTABLISHED BY THE TSUNG TSIN MISSION, PROVIDING MORE THAN 160 PLACES FOR YOUNG CHILDREN AT SHUN LEE ESTATE.

IT HAS BEEN FITTED OUT WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF AN OVERSEAS DONATION OF $200 000 AND A GRANT OF $500 000 FROM THE LOTTERIES FUND.

URBAN CLEARWAY IN WING LOK STREET

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A SECTION OF WING LOK STREET BETWEEN DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL AND RUMSEY STREET WILL BE DESIGNATED AS AN URBAN CLEARWAY FROM 10 AM ON MONDAY (FEBRUARY 22).

ALL VEHICLES EXCEPT FRANCHISED BUSES WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO STOP FOR PASSENGERS AND GOODS WITHIN THE CLEARWAY FROM 7 AM TO 10 AM AND FROM 4 PM TO 7 PM DAILY.

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