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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1989

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MRS WONG SAID THE PROJECTS INCLUDED HALF-DAY OR FULL-DAY OCCASIONAL CHILD CARE SERVICES. OCCASIONAL CHILD CARE SERVICES IN HOSPITAL, MUTUAL HELP CHILD CARE PROGRAMMES AND EXTENDED SERVICE HOURS IN CHILD CARE CENTRES FOR CHILDREN AGED BETWEEN TWO AND SIX.

ANOTHER EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAMME, IN AFTER-SCHOOL CARE, WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED IN JANUARY FOR CHILDREN AGED BETWEEN SIX AND 12.

THE PROJECTS WOULD PROVIDE FLEXIBLE SERVICES FOR CHILDREN MINIMISE INCIDENTS RELATED TO UNATTENDED CHILDREN, MRS WONG SAID.

AND

IT WAS THE DEPARTMENT'S POLICY TO PROVIDE 100 AIDED NURSERY PLACEMENTS FOR CHILDREN AGED BETWEEN TWO AND SIX IN EVERY 20,000 POPULATION.

HOWEVER, THE PLANNING RATIO WOULD BE TAILORED IN ACCORDANCE WITH DISTRICT NEEDS.

AT PRESENT, THERE ARE 301 NURSERIES PROVIDING ABOUT 30,000 PLACES, OF THESE, 168 ARE AIDED, PROVIDING ABOUT 18,000 PLACEMENTS.

MRS WONG ALSO SAID THE DEPARTMENT WAS PLANNING ΤΟ ADD 1.600 PLACEMENTS PER ANNUM IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS TO MEET DISTRICT DEMANDS,

SHE COMMENDED THE ASSOCIATION FOR ITS CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS WELFARE OF WOMEN AND JUVENILES SINCE ITS INAUGURATION IN 1965.

THE

EMPLOYMENT SERVICE CONSTANTLY UPGRADED

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SEEKS TO IMPROVE

THE AND EMPLOYERS,

DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR HAROLD KWOK, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT REGULARLY REVIEWS AND

TO JOB-SEEKERS

THE SERVICE IT PROVIDES

SPEAKING AT THE

OPENING OF THE

KWAI

OFFICE CHUNG

OF THE MR KWOK SAID THE NEW A BETTER

DEPARTMENT'S LOCAL EMPLOYMENT SERVICE (LES), OFFICE REPRESENTED THE LES'S CONTINUOUS EFFORT IN PROVIDING EMPLOYMENT SERVICE IN DENSELY POPULATED AREAS.

"ITS FACILITIES ARE ESPECIALLY GEARED CLIENTS WHILE THE OFFICE LAYOUT IS DESIGNED NUMBER OF JOB-SEEKERS, HE NOTED.

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TO MEET THE NEEDS TO ACCOMMODATE A

OF LARGE

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PANELS. IT CAN ALLOW UP WITH MORE DISPLAY WINDOWS AND

HE ADDED. 2,000 VACANCY INFORMATION CARDS TO BE SHOWN AT A TIME,

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APART FROM JOB PLACEMENT SERVICE, MR KWOK PROVIDED EMPLOYMENT ADVISORY SERVICES FOR JOB-SEEKERS AND SERVICES FOR EMPLOYERS.

SAID THE LES ALSO RECRUITMENT

"THESE INCLUDE