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Strengthening
Family Support, Fostering Child Development
51.
Over
the past two years, we have provided additional
funding of about $200 million for the provision of
support services to families and children in need.
In 2007?8, further funding will be
provided to the following services:
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$52
million to provide more places in early education
and training centres and special child-care
centres for pre-school children with disabilities,
and more day training and residential service
places for people with disabilities.
The Government appreciates the community's
demand for residential services for those with
disabilities and will endeavour to address this
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$31
million to give better care to victims of domestic
violence, strengthen family welfare services and
expand child-care services for families in need; |
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$20
million to enhance outreach services for the
promotion of mental health in the community and
early identification of people with psychological
disturbances, so that they may be given
appropriate support; and |
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an
allocation of about $10 million over the next
three years to expand the Capacity Building
Mileage Programme by strengthening education in
parenting, encouraging continuous learning and
assisting more women to enhance their
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52.
To
provide children from a disadvantaged background
with more development opportunities, I will earmark
$300 million to set up a child development fund.
The Commission on Poverty will discuss the
fund's detailed operation.
We also plan to extend the Comprehensive
Child Development Service to all districts in phases
and strengthen social services support.
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