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Monday, June 5, 1972
SELECTIVE PLACEMENT CO-ORDINATORS
SWD Official Returns From Course In Singapore
Mr. Ho Po-wing, Assistant Social Welfare Officer attached to the
Social Welfare Department's Liaison and Placement Unit, has returned from a
one-month course in Singapore for Selective Placement Co-ordinators arranged
by the American Foundation for Overseas Blind/Far East Regional Office.
The term "Selective Placement Co-ordinator" is the Foundation's term
for what is known in Hong Kong as a Placement Officer.
The Course was held under the direction of Major D.R, Bridges, Director
of the AFOB/FERO, and conducted by Dr. Hilde Groth, of the University of
Southern California, Institute of Aerospace Safety and Management.
Along with Mr. Ho, other social workers invited to attend included
placement officers from several Southeast Asian Countries.
The month was spent identifying and analysing suitable employment
opportunities for the visually handicapped with different educational backgrounds
and training. Jobs identified ranged from unskilled labour through to managerial
and professional positions.
Mr. Ho and his colleagues learned that such opportunities existed
in government service, in industry, commerce, and service-oriented organisations.
The course explored in depth the significance of meetings between
liaison officers and staff managers. It defined the responsibilities of such
officers both to the trained disabled and to their prospective employers.
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