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MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 1991

PARENTS URGED NOT TO LEAVE THEIR CHILDREN UNATTENDED AT HOME

* *

COMMITTEE

(SWAC)

THIS

MEMBERS OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE ADVISORY

RECENT TRAGEDY DURING (MONDAY) AFTERNOON EXPRESSED CONCERN OVER THE WHICH FOUR CHILDREN DIED IN A FIRE IN A HOM MAN TIN FLAT.

AT ITS MEETING, SWAC MEMBERS URGED PARENTS NOT TO CHILDREN UNATTENDED AT HOME.

LEAVE THEIR

CHILD

"IT IS THE SAID: TAM ROSANNA

OF THE

CHILDREN. SAFETY

THEIR CHILDREN, THEY CARE SERVICE OR REQUEST

THEIR

THE CHAIRMAN OF SWAC, MRS

ENSURE REPONSIBILITY OF PARENTS TO SHOULD THEY HAVE DIFFICULTIES IN LOOKING AFTER

OCCASIONAL SHOULD MAKE USE OF THE ASSISTANCE FROM THEIR NEIGHBOURS.

"

IN

CHILDREN THEIR THAT CONCERNED ΤΟ EDUCATE THE PUBLIC

THAT THERE WERE DIFFICUTIES SWAC MEMBERS GENERALLY FELT

FROM LEAVING PARENTS ENFORCING LAW TO PROHIBIT

THEY RECOMMENDED UNATTENDED AT HOME. HOWEVER, DEPARTMENTS SHOULD STEP UP PUBLICITY EFFORTS NOT TO LEAVE THEIR CHILDREN UNATTENDED AT HOME.

PROVIDED BY OF INTRODUCING

THE MEMBERS WILL REVIEW, BASED ON THE INFORMATION

THE FEASIBILITY DEPARTMENT, THE SOCIAL WELFARE LEGISLATION TO PREVENT PARENTS TO LEAVE THEIR CHILDREN HOME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

UNATTENDED AT

SHOULD

ΤΟ EXERCISE A

THEY ALSO AGREED THAT THE OCCASIONAL CHILD CARE SERVICE BE CLOSELY MONITORED, IMPROVED AND SUGGESTED OPERATORS GREATER FLEXIBILTY IN PROVIDING THE SERVICE.

WELFARE, MRS PATRICIA CHU, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL

CHILD CARE SERVICE, BEING A TOLD THE MEMBERS THAT THE OCCASIONAL PILOT SCHEME, WAS IN OPERATION IN 15 CHILD CARE CENTRES TERRITORY-WIDE.

SINCE

THE

IMPLEMENTATION

THE OF

AND CHU

PROJECT, CONSIDERABLE

LEAFLETS INTERVIEWS, PRESS PUBLICITY, INCLUDING PRESS RELEASES, RADIO APIS (ANNOUNCEMENTS OF PUBLIC INTEREST), HAD BEEN MADE, MRS NOTED.

'WORKING IN HAND IS A TV API TO ADVISE

SHE SAID. THEIR CHILDREN UNATTENDED,

PARENTS NOT ΤΟ LEAVE

THE

ON SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK SERVICE, THE MEMBERS MAINTAINED THAT

TO 2,000 STUDENTS. MANNING RATIO SHOULD BE ONE SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER THE EXISTING MANNING RATIO IS ONE TO 3,000.

IN

THE

THE

THE 1992/93 RESOURCE THE COMMITTEE

RECOMMENDED ALSO HIGHER PRIORITY SHOULD BE ACCORDED TO LOWER ALLOCATION EXERCISE, MANNING RATIO TO ONE SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER PER 2,500 STUDENTS, AND TARGET SHOULD BE REACHED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

MEMBERS ALSO ENDORSED COMPENSATION SCHEMES

WHICH

ENFORCEMENT INJURIES

IMPROVE TO PACKAGE A COMPRISED OF THE

TRAFFIC COMPENSATION,

THE

CRIMINAL

ACCIDENT

ACCIDENT AND LAW VICTIMS

ASSISTANCE AND EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND.

/THE ESTIMATED