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SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 1989

LEARNING TOTAL

"BY 1999, WITH THE COMING ON STREAM OF THE OPIN INSTITUTE AND THE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, THE WILL EXCEED 15,000 A QUINTUPLING OF OPPORTUNITY IN JUST 12 YEARS.

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THOUSANDS INSTITUTIONS SKILLED

"TO THOSE REMARKABLE FIGURES MUST BE ADDED THE MANY OF HONG KONG STUDENTS GRADUATING EACH YEAR IN OVERSEAS AND RETURNING TO HONG KONG TO LIVE AND TO WORK, PLUS THE MANY RETURNING EMIGRANTS,

THE NUMBER

OF

"THAT IS WHY DESPITE THE LOSSES TO EMIGRATION, SKILLED AND QUALIFIED PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO GROW."

MR TSAO POINTED OUT THAT THE WAY FOR HONG KONG WAS CLEAR.

*WE MUST CONTINUE ΤΟ DEVELOP; WE MUST CONTINUE TO UPMARKET, WE MUST BOOST VALUE ADDED: WE MUST GROW MORE SOPHISTICATED, HE SAID.

"WE IN GOVERNMENT MUST DO ALL WE CAN TO ASSIST THESE BY PROVIDING THE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES TO GIVE HONG KONG SKILLS THEY NEED."

MOVE

PROCESSES PEOPLE THE

NURSERIES GET SOCIAL WORK INPUT

NURSERIES NOWADAYS ARE NOT MERELY A PLACE LOOKING AFTER CHILDREN BUT ALSO FOR PROVIDING PREPARATION FOR FUTURE SCHOOLING AND GROWTH.

TRADITIONALLY FOR THEM WITH PROPER

THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR ALFRED CHUI, SAID THIS TODAY (SATURDAY) AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE HENG ON BAPTIST NURSERY OPERATED BY THE ASSOCIATION OF BAPTISTS FOR WORLD EVANGELISM IN MA ON SHAN, SHA TIN.

MR CHUI SAID THAT CHILD CARE SERVICES HAD EMERGED INTO A NEW ERA IN THE CONTEXT THAT THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION FROM PROFESSIONAL WORKERS IN LOOKING AFTER CHILDREN.

HE SAID THAT THIS PROFESSIONAL INPUT WOULD HELP CHILDREN TO ACHIEVE A BALANCED AND COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT COVERING PHYSICAL, INTELLECTUAL, LINGUISTIC, SOCIAL AND MENTAL ASPECTS.

CHILD CARE WORKERS WERE PLAYING A SIGNIFICANT AND CHALLENGING ROLE AS THEY WERE INFLUENTIAL IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN, WHO REQUIRED LOVE AND CONCERN.

MR CHUI SAID THAT IN 1976 THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT HAD SET UP THE CHILD CARE CENTRES INSPECTORATE.

"THE INSPECTORATE