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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1978
+1 WOULD ASK EMPLOYEES, TOO, TO BE SYMPATHETIC TO FELLOW WORKERS WHO ARE DISABLED.
+WE MUST ALL LEARN THAT THOSE WHO APPEAR TO BE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED USUALLY HAVE MANY MORE POSITIVE ABILITIES THAN THE MORE APPARENT NEGATIVE DISABILITIES.
+TO MENTION A FEW OF THE POSITIVE ADVANTAGES OF EMPLOYING THE DISABLED, THEY ARE USUALLY FOUND TO BE LOYAL WORKERS WHO STAY IN THE IR JOBS.
+AGAIN, BECAUSE THEY FEEL THEY HAVE TO PROVE THEMSELVES, THEY ACCEPT THE CHALLENGE OF AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EMPLOYMENT, AND THIS MOTIVATION MAKES THEM BETTER WORKERS THAN THE INDIFFERENT ABLE BODIED.+
MR. HO SAID MANY COUNTRIES HAD ADOPTED LEGISLATIVE MEASURES FOR THE EMPLOYMENT OF VULNERABLE GROUPS BY SETTING A QUOTA FOR EACH EMPLOYER. HE WAS NOT SUGGESTING THAT HONG KONG SHOULD PROCEED ALONG THAT ROAD AT PRESENT.
MR. HO WAS OPTIMISTIC THAT THE WORD WOULD SPREAD FROM THOSE EMPLOYERS WHO WERE HAPPY WITH THE DISABLED AND ELDERLY IN THE IR EMPLOY TO THE REMAINDER OF OUR EMPLOYERS WHO AT PRESENT WERE LESS WILLING TO PARTICIPATE.
+ IF WE ALL ARE WILLING TO BE POSITIVELY INVOLVED, THEN WE WILL BE ENCOURAGING OUR DISABLED AND OUR ELDERLY TO BE INTEGRATED MORE FULLY WITHIN OUR SOCIETY, THEREBY MAKING HONG KONG A BETTER PLACE FOR US ALL TO LIVE AND WORK IN.
+ KNOW THE TASK FACING US IN SPREADING THIS MESSAGE IS NOT AN EASY ONE, AND THE PROCESS OF EDUCATING OUR EMPLOYERS WILL NOT BE SHORT.
+THAT IS WHY I AM ASKING YOU, THE LEADERS OF THE PO LEUNG KUK AND THE COMMUNITY, TO JOIN IN BEING THE STANDARD BEARERS IN THIS EDUCATIONAL AND EXAMPLE SETTING WORK, MR. HO ADDED.
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