Question 8.
A
very reliable indication of success but, for what they are
worth, the figures for 1987 were a total of 4,000 job vacancies
registered with the Selective Placement Division, a total
of 1,900 people registering, and a total of 1,030 placements.
The reason why I am skeptical of these kind of figures as
an indication of success is that the figures could actually
get worse if you are successful, rather than better, in
the sense that, if you are very successful, you will encourage
more people to register with you and, therefore, your placement
rate might seem to be lower. If you are obviously achieving
nothing, less people will register. So I think
using figures of this sort to form a judgement of success
can be very misleading.
MR. K.C. CHAN :
policy was relaxed
became hawkers.
Sir, in the last recession, the hawkers
so that a lot of workers from factories
Should we issue
handicapped
people with hawker licences in future, thus
releasing a large number of able-bodied men for employment
in the industrial sector ?
SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER : Sir, I shall be
very happy to pass this suggestion on to the appropriate
authorities.
MR. HUI : Sir, could Government inform this Council what
efforts are being made to provide vocational training and
guidance for the disabled to be gainfully employed in light
industries ? And what are the difficulties, if any,
encountered ?
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