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SATURDAY, MAY 28, 1994

OF AIDED

SET OUT BY

THE

THIS WILL BRING TO 2,197 BY 1996/97 THE TOTAL NUMBER

A TARGET

WAS THAT DAY CRECHE PLACES IN HONG KONG, GOVERNOR IN HIS 1992 POLICY ADDRESS.

IN

PAST DECADE MRS MA EXPLAINED THAT THE

HAD WITNESSED MARKED

SOCIAL

SUCH CHANGES

AS THE PREVALENCE

NUCLEAR

AN OF

FAMILIES,

THE NUMBER INCREASE

OF WORKING MOTHERS AND THE GROWTH OF SINGLE-PARENT FAMILIES.

IN ADDITION, THERE IS GROWING PUBLIC BRING LEFT UNATTENDED AT HOME, SHE SAID.

CONCERN ABOUT CHILDREN

DAY CRECHES PROVIDE CARE AND CATER FOR THE DEVELOPMENTAL OF CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF TWO.

NEEDS

TO ENSURE THE PROVISION OF SERVICE AT DAY CRECHES IS KEPT TO

STAFF OF THE DEPARTMENT WOULD REQUIRED STANDARD, MRS MA SAID REGULAR VISITS TO THESE PREMISES.

A

PAY

ΤΟ

"DAY CRECHES ARE REQUIRED

STATUTORY RATIO, STAFF REQUIREMENTS IN TERMS OF FLOOR SPACE, STAFF TO CHILDREN QUALIFICATION AND TRAINING, PROGRAMME, DIET, HEALTH AND SANITATION.

COMPLY WITH

CERTAIN

ALSO "ADVICE IS

GIVEN ON SERVICE FACILITIES

IMPROVEMENTS.

AND

STAFFING

11

CAN SHE

"PARENTS WHO SEND THEIR CHILDREN ΤΟ THESE INSTITUTIONS THEREFORE REST ASSURED THAT THEY WILL BE PROPERLY TAKEN CARE OF, SAID.

ABOUT DAY CRECHE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WANT TO KNOW MORE SERVICE ARE WELCOME TO CONTACT THE CHILD

ADVISORY CARE CENTRE INSPECTORATE ON 836 3114 OR CALL THE DEPARTMENTAL HOTLINE 343 2255.

"THEY CAN ALSO APPROACH ANY DAY CRECHE TO FIND OUT

MORE ABOUT

THE SERVICE," MRS MA SAID.

PARENTS WHO CANNOT

AFFORD TO

PAY THE DAY CRECHE FEE CAN APPROACH THE DEPARTMENT'S SOCIAL SECURITY FIELD UNITS FOR HELP.

SEPTEMBER "THE GOVERNMENT WILL, FROM

1 THIS

то ACCORDING

A HELP PARENTS PAY THE DAY CRECHE FEE

AMOUNT OF BASED ON THEIR NET INCOME, UP TO THE FULL ADDED.

YEAR, SLIDING THE FEE,

DIRECTLY

SCALE,

SHE

ORGAN DONATION DRIVE

WAN CHAI PROMOTE ORGAN

THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH WILL STAGE AN EXHIBITION IN

PART OF ITS PUBLICITY TOMORROW ( (SUNDAY) AS

DONATION AWARENESS.

ΤΟ DRIVE

CARDS AND HAVE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN SIGN ORGAN DONATION

CHAI THEM LAMINATED AT THE EXHIBITION WHICH WILL BE SET UP AT THE WAN

CHAI DISTRICT MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY STATION ENTRANCE, NEXT TO THE WAN OFFICE.

/THE EXHIBITION