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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1989

ON WHETHER THE DEPARTMENT WAS SHORT OF STAFF. MR STOCK SAID THE DEPARTMENT WAS NOT PARTICULARLY SHORT OF STAFF AT PRESENT.

HE EXPLAINED THAT ACROSS THE CIVIL SERVICE AS A WHOLE. NUMBERS OF VACANT POSTS HAD BEEN CUT RECENTLY AND THIS HAD HAD EFFECT ON THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT AS WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS.

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HOWEVER. IN A DEPARTMENT OF ABOUT 250 LAWYERS. THERE ALWAYS A TURNOVER OF STAFF "SO THERE WILL ALWAYS BE OPPORTUNITIES YOUNGSTERS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN A CAREER IN LAW TO JOIN UB." MR STOCK SAID.

AS FOR THE WHITE BILL ON THE BILL OF RIGHTS. MR STOCK SAID MUCH HARD WORK WAS BEING DONE AND HE WAS CONFIDENT THAT THE TARGET OF PRODUCING A WHITE BILL BY THE END OF THE YEAR WOULD BE MET.

A TOTAL OF 28 GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS ARE TAKING PART IN THE TWO-AND-A-HALF-DAY EXHIBITION WHICH IS BEING HELD AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG.

SWD EXPERIMENTS OCCASIONAL CHILD CARE PROJECT

THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT IS EXPERIMENTING A PROJECT ON OCCASIONAL CHILD CARE SERVICE WITH A VIEW TO ELIMINATING THE RISK OF HAVING YOUNG CHILDREN LEFT UNATTENDED AT HOME. THE DEPARTMENT'S REGIONAL OFFICER (NEW TERRITORIES EAST), MR CARLOS LEUNG, SAID THIS (WEDNESDAY) AFTERNOON.

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SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE KWONG FUR CHILD CARE CENTRE BY THE NEW TERRITORIES WOMEN AND JUVENILES WELFARE ASSOCIATION, LEUNG SAID THE SERVICE AIMED AT PROVIDING SHORT TERM DAY CARE FOR CHILDREN AGED BETWEEN TWO AND SIX WHOSE CARERS HAD TO STAY AWAY FROM HOME OCCASIONALLY DUE TO SUDDEN ENGAGEMENTS AND VARIOUS COMMITMENTS.

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"THESE COMMITMENTS MAY INCLUDE SUDDEN HOSPITALISATION. ESCORTING FAMILY MEMBERS FOR MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS, VISITING SICK OR IMPRISONED FAMILY MEMBERS. OR DEATH OF FAMILY MEMBERS AND RELATIVES." HE EXPLAINED.

MR LEUNG SAID THE PROJECT WAS BEING IMPLEMENTED IN TWO PHASES IN WHICH A TOTAL OF 15 DAY NURSERIES WOULD PROVIDE 105 PLACES.

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"PHASE ONE OF THE PROJECT HAS STARTED ON NOVEMBER 1 THE SERVICE IS NOW BEING PROVIDED IN THREE NURSERIES IN KWUN TONG. SHAM SHUI PO AND TAI PO.

"THE SECOND PHASE WILL BEGIN NEXT MONTH WITH 12 MORE NURSERIES JOINING THE SERVICE. THEY ARE WIDELY DISTRIBUTED IN THE TERRITORY, IN WAN CHAI. TSING YI, MONG KOK. KOWLOON CITY. WONG TAI SIN, SHA TIN. TUEN MUN, YUEN LONG, KWAI CHUNG, EASTERN, TSUEN WAN. SOUTHERN AND NORTH DISTRICTS.

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