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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1992
AH-CHI WOULD HAVE TO STAY
WITH BRANDT FAMILY FOR A PERIOD THE COURT. THIS HELPS BEFORE AN ADOPTION ORDER COULD BE GRANTED BY
THAT ADOPTION TO ENSURE THAT HE IS WELL SETTLED WITH THE FAMILY, AND WOULD BE IN HIS BEST INTERESTS.
SAID CHILDREN
MRS SHIN
WITH SPECIAL NEEDS GENERALLY DID NOT RECEIVE PROPER ATTENTION.
RARELY WOULD ADOPTIVE PARENTS EXPRESS A WISH TO WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, SHE SAID, ADDING THAT MANY OF THEM INDEFINITELY IN INSTITUTIONS.
"THUS ADOPTIONS
MOSTLY HAVE HAD TO BE ARRANGED OVERSEAS,
IN HONG KONG
TAKE CHILDREN HAD ΤΟ STAY
OF SPECIAL NEEDS
CHILDREN FROM HONG KONG SHE NOTED.
A
WITH LIAISON CLOSE
SERVICE ON SOCIAL
SUITABLE
THE ADOPTION UNIT GENERALLY KEEPS VOLUNTARY AGENCIES LIKE THE INTERNATIONAL ARRANGEMENTS OF ADOPTION OF LOCAL CHILDREN BY OVERSEAS FAMILIES.
THE LATTER SERVES AS A MEDIUM FOR RECOMMENDING FAMILIES TO THE FORMER, AND ARRANGES ESCORT OF THE CHILD TO PROSPECTIVE ADOPTERS.
MRS SHIN SAID VULNERABLE.
"SPECIAL RECENTLY
NEEDS" CHILDREN THE DOUBLY
DEPARTMENT ADOPTIVE PARENTS IN HONG KONG WERE WILLING TO CHILDREN.
JOIN THE
WITHOUT PARENTS
WERE
NOTED
HAD
MORE CONSIDER TAKING THESE
THAT
"NEVERTHELESS, AT PRESENT WE STILL HAVE 23 'SPECIAL NEEDS' FOR OTHER NORMAL AND HEALTHY CHILD AWAITING
CHILDREN AND ONE ADOPTION,' SHE SAID.
SHE URGED COUPLES WHO WERE
ADOPTERS DEPARTMENT.
CALL TO
ON
THE
ΤΟ INTERESTED
UNIT ADOPTION
OF THE SOCIAL
BECOME PROSPECTIVE WELFARE
ENQUIRIES CAN BE MADE ON 852 3107.
UNIFIED SALARY SCALE FOR HOME HELPERS
* * * *
THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT CONSIDERED THAT A UNIFIED SALARY SCALE FOR HOME HELPERS SHOULD BE INTRODUCED AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SOCIAL WELFARE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT CONFIRMED HAD ALREADY PUT IN A BID FOR FUNDS ALLOCATION PURPOSE.
то SUBJECT RECOMMENDATION OF
THE THE
THAT THE DEPARTMENT IN 1993/94 FOR THE
"WE HOPE TO IMPLEMENT THE NEW SALARY SCALE FOR HOME NEXT FINANCIAL YEAR, HE SAID.
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