THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1977
LOCAL EMPLOYMENT SERVICE FINDS JOBS
FOR OVER 5,800 PEOPLE
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THE LOCAL EMPLOYMENT SERVICE OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT SUCCESSFULLY PLACED A RECORD NUMBER OF JOB-SEEKERS IN VARIOUS EMPLOYMENT LAST YEAR.
ALTHOUGH MORE THAN 5,800 PEOPLE WERE FOUND JOBS BY THE SERVICE AND OF THESE 1,403 WERE PLACED AS TECHNOLOGISTS, TECHNICIANS, EXECUTIVES, TEACHERS, CLERKS, SECRETARIES AND TYPISTS.
COMMENTING ON THE SUCCESSFUL PLACEMENT, THE SENIOR LABOUR OFFICER IN CHARGE OF THE EMPLOYMENT DIVISION, MR. ALFRED CHAN SAID: THIS IS MAINLY DUE TO THE INCREASING CONFIDENCE OF BOTH EMPLOYERS AND JOB-SEEKERS IN OUR LOCAL EMPLOYMENT SERVICE,+
MR. CHAN ALSO ATTRIBUTED PART OF THE SUCCESS TO THE RECENT UPTURN IN HONG KONG'S ECONOMY.
HE WENT ON: +SOME PEOPLE, HOWEVER, STILL HOLD THE MISCONCEPTION THAT THE LES ONLY CATERS FOR INDUSTRIAL WORK, OR AT MOST FOR SOME LOW-PAID JOBS IN COMMERCE.
+ IN FACT WE HAVE BEEN EQUALLY SUCCESSFUL IN THE PLACEMENT OF EXECUTIVES AS WELL AS CLERKS IN ALL SECTORS,+ HE ADDED.
TO SUBSTANTIATE HIS CLAIM, MR. CHAN SAID THE VARIOUS JOBS FOUND FOR THE REGISTRANTS WERE FAIRLY EVENLY DISTRIBUTED IN THE DIFFERENT FIELDS OF EMPLOYMENT 36 PER CENT IN COMMERCE, 45 PER CENT IN INDUSTRY AND 19 PER CENT IN GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER ESTABLISHMENTS.
MR. CHAN ALSO EXPLAINED THE SERVICES OF THE SPECIAL REGISTER+ WHICH HE DESCRIBED AS A SUB-UNIT OF THE LOCAL EMPLOYMENT SERVICE.
THE SPECIAL REGISTER WAS FORMED TO PROVIDE EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE TO OVERSEAS AND LOCAL UNIVERSITY GRADUATES AS WELL AS THOSE WHO HAD COMPLETED POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION OR PROFESSIONAL TRAINING.
THE SPECIAL REGISTER OPERATES ALONG THE LINES OF THE +PROFESSIONAL AND EXECUTIVE REGISTER+ MAINTAINED BY THE MANPOWER SERVICES COMMISSION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.
+LAST YEAR,+ SAID MR. CHAN, A TOTAL OF 62 PEOPLE ON THIS SPECIAL REGISTER WAS PLACED IN POSTS WITH STARTING SALARIES AVERAGING $1,500 A MONTH.
+SOME OF THEM ARE RECEIVING SALARIES AS HIGH AS $2,500 TO $3,000 A MONTH, HE ADDED.
/MR. CHAN