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SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1989

MORE CHILD CARE CENTRES

THERE ARE NOW 167 SUBVENTED CHILD CARB CENTRES PROVIDING SOME 18,000 PLACES, THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF MR STEPHEN LAW, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY),

SPEAKING AT THE OFFICIAL OPENING

IN HONG KONG, SOCIAL WELFARE,

OF CEREMONY

'THE CHAI WAI MR CARE CENTRE,

LAW SAID THAT AI! BAPTIST CHURCHI BRADBURY CHILD

YEAR, ANI ADDITIONAL 1,600 CHILD CARE PLACES WOULD BE PROVIDED EVERY

PROVIDE 100 CHILD CARE PLACES FOR EVER THE GOVERNMENT AIMED TO 20,000 POPULATION.

THE

SOCIAL

UNEVEN DISTRIBUTION "HOWEVER, IN VIEW OF THE

WELFARE

AND THE SUBVENTED DEPARTMENT CONSTANTLY REVIEW THE DEMAND FOR THIS SERVICE AND HE SAID.

OF

POPULATION.

AGENCIES

WILL

MAKE ADJUSTMENTS,"

CENTRES IN AREAS WITH AN "FOR INSTANCE, CHILD CARE POPULATION ARE REPROVISIONED TO NEWLY DEVELOPED DISTRICTS.

AGEING

THEIR

"ALSO, SUBVENTED CHILD CARE CENTRES ARE

ΤΟ CAPACITY

WITH COPE

THE GROWTH

IN

ENCOURAGED TO EXPAND IN THE POPULATION

NEIGHBOURHOOD.

BRADBURY

CHILD

EXAMPLE WAS THE A GOOD

CARE CAPACITY OF WHICH HAD BEEN INCREASED FROM AN INITIAL 100 THE CURRENT 120 TO COPE WITH GROWING DEMAND, HE ADDED.

WHICH

ASSISTED FOR PARENTS EXPENDITURE FOR

ON THE FEE ASSISTANCE SCHEME, FAMILIES, MR LAW SAID THE AVERAGE SUBVENTION WAS ABOUT $430 PER CHILD WHILE THE TOTAL WAS ESTIMATED TO BE AROUND $54 MILLION.

MR

THE LAW

CHAI COMMENDED

WAN CONTRIBUTION TO SOCIAL SERVICES SINCE 1972.

CENTRE, IN 1987 TO

THE

LOW-INCOME LAST YEAR THIS YEAR

BAPTIST

CHURCH FOR

ITS

SAFETY DAY ON WATER SPORTS TOMORROW

TSIM SHA TSUI PROMENADE IN THE FUN AT A

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO VISIT THE TOMORROW (SUNDAY) AFTERNOON WILL BE ABLE TO SHARE WATER SPORTS SAFETY DAY.

MESSAGE THROUGH A

PURSUITS, THE

VARIETY

OF

ORGANISED BY THE COMMITTEE ON SAFETY IN OUTDOOR EVENT IS TO PROMOTE THE "PLAY SAFE" WATER SPORTS ACTIVITIES.

/THE PROGRAMME .................