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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1989.

THERE WERE OVER

AT PRESENT,

CARE 30,000 PLACES IN CHILD

THERE WERE PLANS CENTRES, INCLUDING BOTH NURSERIES AND CRECHES, AND

FEW TO PROVIDE 1,600 ADDITIONAL NURSERY PLACES ANNUALLY OVER THE NEXT YEARS.

MR CHAU NOTED THAT A SMALL NUMBER OF DAY

SPECIAL EXPERIMENTING WITH FLEXIBLE HOURS.

ARRANGEMENTS

SUCH

AS

NURSERIES WERE LONGER AND

ALSO MORE

THESE WERE

ΤΟ

ΤΟ CATER

CHILDREN

FROM

PROBLEMS IN TAKING CARE OF THEM IN THE EVENINGS BECAUSE, OF PARENTS' LONG WORKING HOURS.

FAMILIES

WHICH

HAD

FOR EXAMPLE,

FAMILIES IN

"IN ADDITION, A HOME HELP SERVICE IS AVAILABLE TO SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES.

LOOK

BEING DEVELOPED "LOCAL VOLUNTARY PROGRAMMES HAVE BEEN AND ARE

MUTUAL HELP AMONG TO ENCOURAGE GREATER

то NEIGHBOURS

AFTER

CHILDREN ON A TEMPORARY BASIS, HE SAID.

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PARENTS

ON THE QUESTION OF LEGISLATIVE CONTROLS AGAINST

SAID HE WOULD ENDORSE THE LEAVING CHILDREN ALONE AT HOME, MR CHAU

COUNCIL ON VIEWS OF HIS PREDECESSOR, AS EXPRESSED IN THE LEGISLATIVE MAY 28, 1986.

THESE VIEWS WERE

GENERALLY ADEQUATE TO DEAL WITH CASES NEGLECT OF CHILDREN.

THAT EXISTING

WERE STATUTORY PROVISIONS OF SERIOUS ABUSE AND WILFUL

MR CHAU POINTED OUT THAT SECTION 27

MADE ORDINANCE PERSON

IT AN OFFENCE

THE OF

ΤΟ

THE

OFFENCES AGAINST WILFULLY ASSAULT,

ILL-TREAT, NEGLECT, ABANDON OR EXPOSE ANY CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF 16.

ΤΟ BE

AND JUVENILES ORDINANCE TO TAKE

THE ACTION IN EXPOSED TO PHYSICAL OR

FURTHERMORE, THE PROTECTION OF WOMEN OF SOCIAL WELFARE EMPOWERED THE DIRECTOR INTERESTS OF A CHILD WHO WAS LIKELY MORAL DANGER.

ALONE AT HOME DUE ΤΟ AS FOR PARENTS LEAVING YOUNG CHILDREN

WITH TEMPORARY ABSENCE OR NEGLIGENCE BUT THROUGH NO WILFUL NEGLECT OR

ON WHETHER DIRECT STATUTORY NO ILL INTENT, MR CHAU EXPRESSED DOUBT CONTROL IN THIS AREA WAS EITHER THE RIGHT ANSWER OR WAS PRACTICAL.

THERE WERE DIFFICULTIES OVER DEFINITION AND ENFORCEMENT THE LATTER POINT.

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