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THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1991

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CHILD CARE SERVICES TO EXPAND

THE GROWING SAID TODAY

AIDED NURSERY PLACES WILL BE INCREASED TO ABOUT 26,800 BY 1995- 96 AND FURTHER TO MORE THAN 31,600 BY 1999-2000 TO MEET NEED, THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR (THURSDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING

M.D. CARTLAND,

KAIFONG WOMEN'S

ESTATE, CHAI WAN,

MR

CARTLAND

NOTED THAT

MAKING PLACES

NUMBER OF PLACES IN CHILD CARE CENTRES PROVIDING AGED UNDER SIX, WERE 33,800

OF WHICH SOME 22,600

REMAINING WHILE THE

OF CEREMONY

HONG KONG AND KOWLOON

NURSERY DAY

WAN TSUI IN WAN TSUI ASSOCIATION

THE PRESENT, CARE FOR

AT

TOTAL

CHILDREN,

WERE

AIDED

OR

IN WERE

PRIVATE

NON-PROFIT

NURSERIES.

NEW

APPROACHES

IN OPERATING

HOURS, OCCASIONAL

CHILD CHILD

CENTRES, CARE CARE SERVICES

ΤΟ IMPLEMENTED

FLEXIBLE WORKING WORK-BASED CENTRES, WERE BEING TESTED AND CHANGING NEEDS, HE ADDED.

SUCH AS

AND MORE COPE WITH

THE POLICY IS ΤΟ AIDED PLACES AND TO ** HE SAID.

"AS REGARDS CRECHES FOR INFANTS UNDER TWO, CONVERT THE CURRENT 1,000 SUBVENTED PLACES TO TREBLE THE NUMBER BEFORE THE END OF THIS DECADE,

ALL ITS ADDING

MR CARTLAND POINTED OUT THAT CHILD CARE, IN

FIELD, WELFARE IN THE WAS A MAJOR PRIORITY AREA INCREASING DEMAND FOR THE SERVICES WAS REFLECTED IN A MARKED IN THE NUMBER OF NUCLEAR FAMILIES, MORE WORKING MOTHERS AND A NUMBER OF SINGLE-PARENT FAMILIES.

ASPECTS, THAT THE INCREASE GROWING

AND BEYOND ΤΟ THE PROVISION AND

THE

"THE WHITE PAPER ON SOCIAL WELFARE INTO THE 1990'S CLEARLY STATES

GOVERNMENT'S EXPANSION OF CHILD CARE.

COMMITMENT

"WHILE THE

RESPONSIBILITY PRIMARY

TO ТАКВ

FOR THE PROPER CARE OF PARENTS, IT IS NEVERTHELESS NECESSARY CHILDREN MUST REST WITH PROVIDE ADEQUATE NURSERY FACILITIES FOR THOSE PARENTS WHO CANNOT CARE OF THEIR CHILDREN DURING THE DAY," HE CONTINUED.

CHILD CARK SERVICES AND SUPPORT, MR HONG KONG AND A DAY NURSERY IN

DEVELOPMENT OF FUTURE NOTING THAT THE DEPENDED TO A LARGE EXTENT ON COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT CARTLAND SAID WITH ITS EXPERIENCE AND DEDICATION, THE KOWLOON KAIFONG WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION WOULD RUN THE WAY THAT WOULD MEET THE NEEDS OF THE PARENTS.

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