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SUNDAY, APRIL 11, 1993

APPLICATION FORMS ARE NOW AVAILABLE FROM ALL DISTRICT AND THE DEADLINE FOR ENROLMENT IS APRIL 23.

OFFICES,

COMPLETED FORMS SHOULD BE RETURNED TO THE BUILDING MANAGEMENT

KOWLOON REGION

CITY SECTION, HONG KONG AND

HEADQUARTERS,

AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, 29TH FLOOR, SOUTHORN CENTRE, 130 HENNESSY ROAD, WAN CHAI.

ENQUIRIES CAN MADE ON TEL 835 1496 AND 835 1497.

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PLEA ON CHILD CARE

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PARENTS SHOULD NOT, FOR ANY REASON, ABANDON THEIR CHILDREN.

THEY SHOULD SEEK HELP FROM SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT AND NON- GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS IF THEY ENCOUNTER ANY FAMILY OR CHILD CARE PROBLEMS.

A SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN TODAY (SUNDAY) MADE PLEA AFTER A VISIT BY A 27-YEAR-OLD WOMAN TO THE DEPARTMENT'S YUEN CHILDREN'S RECEPTION CENTRE OF WHICH SHE ONCE CALLED HOME.

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CHUK

THE WOMAN HAS RECENTLY RETURNED FROM CANADA TO LOOK FOR HER NATURAL PARENTS.

SHE WAS ABANDONED IN A TSUEN WAN STREET WHEN SHE WAS A BABY NOVEMBER 1965.

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SHE WAS LATER PLACED UNDER THE CARE OF THE CENTRE FOR THREE YEARS BEFORE SHE WAS ADOPTED OVERSEAS.

SHE WAS NAMED WU PIK DURING HER STAY IN THE CENTRE, HE ADDED.

THE CENTRE, BUILT IN 1964, PROVIDES TEMPORARY CARE, NORMALLY FOR A PERIOD OF SIX MONTHS, TO CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHT.

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FOR THE HOMELESS, ABANDONED OR ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN GIVEN THEIR PARENTS, THE ADOPTION UNIT OF THE DEPARTMENT MAKES ARRANGEMENT FOR THEM TO BE ADOPTED EITHER LOCALLY OR OVERSEAS.

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TOURING HER ONE-TIME "HOME" WU PIK THANKED THE CENTRE STAFF FOR THEIR DEVOTION TO DUTY.

"THEY ARE SO KIND TO THE UNFORTUNATE CHILDREN WHO ALL LOOKED SO WELL-CARED FOR," WU PIK SAID.

PARENTS

SHOULD NOT, IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, RESPONSIBILITIES BY ABANDONING THEIR CHILDREN, SHE URGED.

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THE SPOKESMAN ALSO CALLED ON PARENTS TO SEEK HELP FROM THE DEPARTMENT'S 30 FAMILY SERVICES CENTRES THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY, WHEN THEY HAVE FAMILY OR CHILD CARE PROBLEMS.

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