Supplementary to Question No. 4 in the
Legislative Council on 15 May 1985
Mr. Alex Wu :
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Are the subventions mentioned in paragraph (c) in the reply
given to meet recurrent expenses only?
Secretary for Education and Manpower :- The figures I've given there are
I think the recurrent figures, not the capital.
Mr. Alex Wu : Sir, does Government offer guidance to the agencies
receiving such subventions to exploit properties in their possession to
generate revenue to supplement Government support?
Secretary for Education and Manpower :- I'm sure the Social Welfare
Department encourage voluntary agencies to maximise the use of their
facilities but one must bear in mind that some of the facilities provided
for these kinds of disabilities are not always compatible with the complete
maximisation of use.
Mrs. Chow :- Sir, could the Council be told how successful the assistance
rendered to the blind and the deaf is in the way of job placement?
Secretary for Education and Manpower :- The special placements service
of the Labour Department was set up about three or four years ago and has
made steady progress. I have the figures for the quarter ending 28 February
this year in which the service received nine applications from blind persons
and 24 from deaf persons for employment; and they placed during the same
period 14 blind persons and 42 deaf persons. If Mrs. Chow would like more
detailed figures I will happily supply them.