XN000022-1991-12-07 — Page 5

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SATURDAY,

DECEMBER 7, 1991

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LEGAL STUDY VISIT TO CHINA

OF HONG AT THE INVITATION OF THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE, A GROUP KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, LED BY MR JOHN WOOD, THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC

TO PEKING VISIT STUDY PAYING A LEGAL PROSECUTIONS, WILL BE SHANGHAI FROM DECEMBER 9 TO 18.

OFFICIALS

AND

FROM THE

ATTORNEY

SEVEN THE DELEGATION COMPRISES GENERAL'S CHAMBERS AND THE CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS BRANCH.

THE VISIT IS ONE OF A SERIES OF RECIPROCAL LEGAL WHICH HAVE TAKEN PLACE OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS.

STUDY VISITS

OF THE

THESE ARE INTENDED TO GIVE OFFICIALS AND LEGAL EXPERTS TWO SIDES A FIRST-HAND UNDERSTANDING OF THE OTHER'S LEGAL SYSTEM AND LAWS.

VOLUNTEER SERVICE ESSENTIAL TO CHILDREN AWAITING ADOPTION

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THE DIRECTOR (SATURDAY) CALLED ON

ADOPTION SERVICE IN A

SOCIAL OF

WELFARE,

TO THE PUBLIC

BID TO ACTIVELY

TODAY MR M.D. CARTLAND,

TEAM IN THE VOLUNTEERS JOIN

PROVIDE CHILDREN AWAITING

ADOPTION WITH PRE-ADOPTION FOSTER CARE.

FOR VOLUNTEERS IN SPEAKING AT AN AWARD PRESENTATION CEREMONY

WELFARE DEPARTMENT, MR BY THE SOCIAL ORGANISED ADOPTION SERVICE

IN THE CARTLAND PAID TRIBUTE TO THE VOLUNTEERS FOR THEIR INVOLVEMENT SERVICE.

LIVES AND HAVE HELPED "INDEED, YOU HAVE BRIGHTENED UP THEIR PREPARE THEM FOR FAMILY LIFE SO THAT WHEN THEY ARE EVENTUALLY ADOPTED,

MORE BASILY, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO INTEGRATE INTO THEIR NEW FAMILIES HE SAID.

MR CARTLAND NOTED THAT A MINORITY OF THE CHILDREN, SPECIAL NEEDS, COULD NOT EXPECT TO BE ADOPTED SO QUICKLY.

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THOSE WITH

OR PHYSICAL LEARNING BACKGROUND IS

CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS ARE THOSE WITH MENTAL

AND CHRONIC ILLNESSES, HANDICAPS, HEALTH PROBLEMS DIFFICULTIES AND DEVELOPMENTAL DELAYS, AND THOSE WHOSE SO COMPLICATED OR ADVERSE THAT MOST PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WOULD NORMALLY ACCEPT THEM.

NOT

BE DONE ΤΟ ** HE ADDED.

IMPROVE

THEIR

"FORTUNATELY, HOWEVER, THINGS CAN SITUATION CONSIDERABLY IN THE MEANTIME,

WEEKENDS

WITH

THEM

BY VISITING THEM OR PROVIDING

HE POINTED OUT THAT VOLUNTEERS' INVOLVEMENT FOR OUTINGS, SPENDING PRE-ADOPTION FOSTER CARE HAD HELPED PREPARE THEM FOR FAMILY LIFE.

THEM WITH

/NOTING THAT

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