SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1981
EXPERT TO ADVISE ON TRAINING NEEDS OF DISABLED
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AN INTERNATIONAL EXPERT HAS ARRIVED IN HONG KONG TO ADVISE THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ON THE TRAINING NEEDS OF THE DISABLED.
HE IS MR ROBERT SPENCER OF CANADA WHO HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED BY THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION.
THE PROJECT, WHICH WILL LAST SIX MONTHS, HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME.
MR SPENCER'S PRINCIPAL ASSIGNMENT IS TO INTRODUCE A NEW TRAINING SYSTEM CALLED +MODULES OF EMPLOYABLE SKILL+,
THIS SYSTEM IS BASICALLY A PROCESS IN WHICH ALL TASKS CONNECTED WITH A DEFINED TRADE OR OCCUPATION ARE BROKEN DOWN INTO SIMPLE TASK-UNITS. A NUMBER OF SUCH TASK-UNITS ARE GROUPED TOGETHER TO FORM A MODULE AND EACH MODULE OR A COMBINATION OF APPROPRIATE MODULES WILL CONSTITUTE AN EMPLOYABLE SKILL COMMENSURATE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE LABOUR MARKET.
+THE REALISATION OF THIS PROJECT IN THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF DISABLED WILL MARK A BREAK-THROUGH IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES IN HONG KONG,+ A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY.
HE ADDED THAT MR SPENCER'S EXPERTISE IN MODULARISED TRAINING PACKAGES AND THE IR DEVELOPMENT IN RELATION TO PRE-IDENTIFIED COMPETENCIES FOR EMPLOYABLE SKILL IN ALL TYPES OF OCCUPATION WOULD BE INVALUABLE TO THE DISABLED IN HELPING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO THE COMMUNITY.
SINCE THE PUBLICATION OF THE 1977 WHITE PAPER INTEGRATING THE DISABLED INTO THE COMMUNITY: A UNITED EFFORT+, THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN GRADUALLY TAKING OVER THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING OF THE DISABLED.
THE TECHNICAL EDUCATION DIVISION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WILL BE PROVIDING MR SPENCER WITH THE NECESSARY MANPOWER AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR HIS PROJECT.
FACTORIES BANNED FROM NON-INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS
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PROSPECTIVE FACTORY OPERATORS WERE REMINDED TODAY THAT NO FACTORIES, EXCEPT SERVICE TRADES ON THE GROUND FLOOR, MAY BE SET UP IN NON-INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS UNDER THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS ORDINANCE.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT EXPLAINED THAT A NON- INDUSTRIAL BUILDING WAS DEFINED AS A BUILDING WHICH WAS NOT CONSTRUCTED OR INTENDED TO BE USED FOR INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES AND IN RESPECT OF WHICH AN OCCUPATION PERMIT HAD BEEN ISSUED ON OR AFTER MARCH 1, 1976.
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