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SUNDAY, JANUARY 28. 1990

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FOSTER CARE PROVIDES LOVE FOR UNFORTUNATE CHILD

THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT IS LOOKING FOR IN TSUEN WAN KWAI TSING OR KOWLOON AREAS TO PROVIDE BABY BOY SO THAT HIS MOTHER COULD SPARE THE TIME TO TWIN BROTHER.

RESIDENTS LIVING FOSTER CARE FOR A LOOK AFTER HIS

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT TODAY (SUNDAY) SAID FOSTERING FOR THE SIX-MONTH OLD TAI MING WOULD LAST FOR ONLY A YEAR.

"THE MOTHER WHOSE HUSBAND RAN AWAY BEFORE THE TWINS WERE BORN PLANS TO RAISE THE TWINS HERSELF. BUT THE LACK OF EXPERIENCE AND SUPPORT FROM HER FAMILY FORCED HER TO RESOLVE ΤΟ FOSTERING. THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

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TO ALLOW THE MOTHER то VISIT ΤΑΙ MING. THE IDEAL FOSTER PARENTS SHOULD LIVE IN TSUEN WAN. KWAI TSING OR KOWLOON URBAN AREAS. INTERESTED PARTIES CAN CALL 5618504 OR 5618946 FOR DETAILS.

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PLACING THE SPOKESMAN SAID FOSTERING AIMED AT

IN STABLE FAMILY WITH PEOPLE WHO COULD ACT AS SATISFACTORY SUBSTITUTE PARENTS FOR A CERTAIN PERIOD.

"THUS. FAMILY CARE COULD RE PROVIDED FOR CHILDREN WHOSE NATURAL PARENTS HAVE TO BE SEPARATED FROM THEM TEMPORARILY.

"IT IS HOPED THAT THROUGH FOSTERING. THE CHILD WOULD CONTINUE PARENTS. TO ENJOY FAMILY LIFE. AND SHARE THE AFFECTIONS OF THE FOSTER A MONTHLY ALLOWANCE IS GRANTED TO FOSTER PARENTS AS AN INCENTIVE."

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THE SPOKESMAN SAID FOSTER CHILDREN MIGHT MAKE GREAT DEMANDS ALL PARTIES CONCERNED BUT IT MIGHT BE THE ONLY WAY IN WHICH THESE

THEY NEEDED AT CHILDREN COULD FIND THE AFFECTION AND HAPPINESS

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CRUCIAL STAGES OF THEIR LIVES.

HE URGED FAMILIES WHO WERE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF SIBLING GROUPS AND OLDER CHILDREN TO EXTEND THEIR LOVE TO THOSE UNFORTUNATE CHILDREN BY BECOMING FOSTER PARENTS.

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