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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1981
MR HAYE WAS REFERRING PARTICULARLY TO THE MERGER OF RANKS WHICH SEEMED TO HAVE UPSET VICE PRINCIPALS IN SCHOOLS -- A DECISION WHICH HAD BENEFITTED 871 TEACHERS AND IN NO WAY DIMINISHED THE SALARY SCALE OF ANOTHER 150. ONLY EIGHT TEACHERS SO FAR SEEMED TO BE LOSING ACTING PAY AND IN FAIRNESS TO THEM, THEIR ADDITIONAL DUTIES MIGHT BE REALLOCATED.
RESPOND ING TO MISS BENNETT'S PLEA FOR EXTRA POSTS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS - VICE PRINCIPALS AND OTHERS TO COVER ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND CAREERS GUIDANCE -- WHICH WOULD NOT DISTURB THE GENERAL TEACHER CLASS RATIO, HE SAID HE WAS PREPARED TO LOOK INTO THIS IN SOME DETAIL BUT WARNED THAT THIS WAS NOT OPENING THE FLOODGATES. CASES WOULD HAVE TO BE JUSTIFIED ON FUNCTIONAL GROUNDS.
+MISS BENNETT AND SHARE MUCH COMMON GROUND IN OUR MUTUAL CONCERN THAT SCHOOLS SHALL BE STAFFED ADEQUATELY TO MEET THE CHALLENGES OF THE '80S.
+ANY DIFFERENCES THAT WE MAY HAVE MUST BE THOSE OF APPROACH I AM BOUND BY CERTAIN RULES, WHICH I AM SURE MISS BENNETT APPRECIATES, AND MISS BENNETT IS FREE TO SUGGEST VARIATIONS OF THESE RULES. TOGETHER WE MUST WORK OUT A SOLUTION TO OUR MUTUAL PROBLEM AND I KNOW THAT I CAN COUNT ON MISS BENNETT'S CONSTRUCTIVE ADVICE, + MR HAYE SAID.
SATISFACTORY START TO PLACEMENT SERVICE
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DURING THE NINE MONTHS SINCE THE SELECTIVE PLACEMENT SERVICE OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT CAME INTO OPERATION LAST JULY 7, THE SERVICE CARRIED OUT NEARLY 1 000 IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS OF DISABLED JOB SEEKERS AND MADE 556 REFERRALS TO EMPLOYERS FOR SELECTION INTERVIEWS, WHICH RESULTED IN 214 SUCCESSFUL PLACEMENTS.
IN ADDITION, THE SERVICE PAID 181 PROMOTIONAL VISITS TO EMPLOYERS FOR THE PURPOSE OF CANVASSING VACANCIES.
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON HO KAM-FAI, IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY), THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, THE HON J.N. HENDERSON CONSIDERED THE PLACEMENT RATE A SATISFACTORY START.
HE POINTED OUT THAT IN ESTABLISHING THE SERVICE, THE DEPARTMENT FOLLOWED THE ADVICE OF TWO INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION EXPERTS THAT EFFORTS SHOULD BE PLACED ON ACHIEVING QUALITY RATHER THAN QUANTITY, I.E. ON PLACING THE RIGHT PERSON IN THE RIGHT JOB WITH A CONTINUING FUTURE RATHER THAN PLACING A GREATER NUMBER OF PLACEMENTS IN ANY KIND OF A JOB.
THE SERVICE THEREFORE CARRIES OUT AN IN-DEPTH INTERVIEW FOR EACH REGISTRANT TO ASSESS HIS OR HER CAPABILITY AND ABILITY FOR WORK AND ALSO A PRE-SELECTION INTERVIEW TO MOTIVATE HIM OR HER FOR A PARTICULAR JOB WHICH IS CONSIDERED SUITABLE FOR HIM OR HER.
/THESE INTERVIEWS
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