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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1990

SIR DAVID SAID HE WAS VERY SORRY INDEED TO HEAR THAT THE LEADER OF THE CHINESE TEAM OF EXPERTS, MR YONG LONGGUI, HAD SUSTAINED INJURY,

"I AM TOLD THAT HE IS NOW RECOVERING. I CERTAINLY WOULD LIKE TO SEND HIM MY BEST WISHES FOR HIS RECOVERY.' HE SAID.

THE

WERF THE GOVERNOR AND LADY WILSON AT THE AIRPORT MEETING

THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD; THE SENIOR MEMBER OF

DUNN, AND THE SENIOR MEMBER

CHIEF

BARONESS COUNCIL, COUNCIL, MR ALLEN LEE.

OF THE

LEGISLATIVE

SWD TO HELP SETTING UP OF CHILD CARE CENTRES

MATTERS

THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT WILL PROVIDE

REGISTRATION SITE-SELECTION ASSISTANCE, DESIGN AND TO THE SETTING UP OF WORK-BASED CHILD CARE CENTRES.

DIRECTOR OF

ADVICES, RELATING

OPENING SHA WAN M.D. AS A

SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER OFFICIATING AT THE CENTRE IN CHEUNG CEREMONY OF THE HONGKONG BANK CHILD CARE THIS (SATURDAY) MORNING, THE

SOCIAL

MR WELFARE, CARTLAND, DESCRIBED THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THIS CHILD CARE CENTRE WELCOME INITIATIVE BY THE COMMERCIAL SECTOR.

HE

POINTED

OUT THAT THE PROVISION OF CHILD CARE USEFUL FACILITIES WAS A

TOOL, CONDUSIVE то STAFF MORALE MITIGATING STAFF TURNOVER.

CENTRE AND IN

"FROM A BROADER PERSPECTIVE,

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IT SHOULD HELP TO REDUCE PRESSURE WITH ON OTHER NURSERY FACILITIES PROVIDED FOR THE POPULATION AT LARGE ASSISTANCE FROM PUBLIC FUNDS.

PLAY A CENTRAL ROLE IN THE

EMPLOYERS "IN SOME SOCIETIES, PROVISION OF WELFARE SERVICES BUT IN HONG KONG, THE GOVERNMENT HAS ACCEPTED THE MAIN RESPONSIBILITY FOR FUNDING.

"THE NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS AND THE WELFARE AGENCIES THE MAIN VEHICLE FOR DELIVERING SERVICES.

"IT WOULD BE A WELCOME TREND IF MORE EMPLOYERS WERE TO FOLLOW THE BANK'S LEAD AND ESTABLISH WELFARE FACILITIES STAFF, THUS SPREADING

IMPROVING STANDARDS AND HELPING PROVISION, MR CARTLAND SAID.

It

ARE

THE BURDEN

OF

ΤΟ

AND RESPONSIBILITY MAKE UP OVERALL SHORTFALLS IN

ENCOURAGED FOR THEIR HOPEFULLY

WHILE COMMENDING THE BANK'S CONCERN FOR ITS STAFF CARTLAND SAID: "EMPLOYER'S PARTICIPATION INDICATES AN

AS SHARING APPROACH TOWARDS INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS AS WELL RESPONSIBILITY BY THE EMPLOYER.

OF

WELFARE,

ENLIGHTENED SOCIAL

MR

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