TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 1988
A CONTINUOUS PROGRAMME
10
OF STUDIES
TOUCH WITH THE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF THE LATTER MIGHT BE OVERCOME.
BOARD,
KEEPS THE GOVERNMENT INDUSTRY AND POINTS TO
IN
HOW
AND
THE ADVICE
OF THE "IN THE LIGHT OF THESE FINDINGS,
THE GOVERNMENT HAS BECOME MUCH MORE INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT
OVERCOME OBSTACLES ACTIVE IN HELPING OUR MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES TO TO THEIR GROWTH, MR YEUNG SAID.
GROWING ROLE FOR CHILD CARE CENTRES
OF
SOCIAL
PROVIDING WELFARE.
HONG KONG NOW HAS 275 REGISTERED CHILD CARE CENTRES,
PLACES, TOTAL OF
THE DIRECTOR 29,100 MRS ELIZABETH WONG, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
A
THEM,
146
ARE
+
OF
MRS WONG SAID AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE TUNG GOVERNMENT-AIDED
FONG CHILD CARE CENTRE AT KWONG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS KWAN
WAH
HOSPITAL.
GOVERNMENT-SUBVENTED
AND
35
ARE
SHE
DEMAND FOR
CARE CHILD
SERVICES
HAD
FOR
THE THAT NOTED INCREASED GREATLY IN RECENT YEARS AS MORE JOB OPPORTUNITIES AROSE WOMEN AND MORE MARRIED WOMEN BECAME INTERESTED IN WORKING.
SHE
YOUNG
MOTHERS SUPPORT AND MIGHT HAVE TO OUT ΤΟ WORK
AS THERE WERE MORE NUCLEAR FAMILIES,
SAID, COULD NO LONGER RELY ON THEIR ELDERLY FAMILY MEMBERS FOR ASSISTANCE IN CARING FOR THEIR YOUNG CHILDREN SO THEY LEAVE THEIR CHILDREN UNATTENDED AT HOME WHILE THEY WENT OR TO TEND TO OTHER BUSINESS.
LEFT "RECENT CASES OF INJURIES OR EVEN DEATHS OF SOME CHILDREN
THIS PROBLEM UNATTENDED AT HOME HAVE PROMPTED THE GOVERNMENT TO FACE SQUARELY," MRS WONG SAID.
EDUCATION
TERRITORY-WIDE HOME SAFETY "APART FROM ORGANISING ACTIVITIES, THE GOVERNMENT IS ACTIVELY EXPANDING CHILD CARE SERVICES.
RENT, CENTRE'S
MORE FOR CHILDREN SUBVENTION SUCH RATES AND
"THE TARGET 15 TO ASSIST VOLUNTARY AGENCIES TO OPERATE 16 PROVIDING
PLACES CHILD CARE CENTRES EVERY YEAR,
1,600 AGED BETWEEN TWO AND SIX, THROUGH DIFFERENT FORMS OF AS
LAND GRANTS, CONSTRUCTION COSTS.
AND
FINANCING THE
A
SHE POINTED OUT THAT IN ORDER TO ASSIST LOW-INCOME FAMILIES,
BEEN INTRODUCED IN 1982 TO LESSEN THE FEE ASSISTANCE SCHEME HAD
SENDING
TO CHILDREN
THESE
FINANCIAL BURDEN
ON
IN PARENTS
THEIR
CENTRES.
/THE TUNG
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