MONDAY, MAY 11, 1981
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EMPLOYERS URGED TO GIVE MORE JOBS TO DISABLED PEOPLE
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EMPLOYERS WERE URGED TODAY (MONDAY) TO HAVE MORE CONFIDENCE IN THE WORKING ABILITY OF DISABLED PEOPLE AND OFFER THEM MORE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
THE PLEA WAS MADE BY THE OFFICER IN CHARGE OF THE SELECTIVE PLACEMENT SERVICE OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT, SENIOR LABOUR OFFICER JOHN SUNG, IN A TALK TO THE WEEKLY MEETING OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF NEW TERRITORIES.
MR SUNG STRESSED THAT MANY OF THE DISABLED PEOPLE WHO HAD GONE THROUGH THE VARIOUS STEPS OF REHABILITATION WERE ABLE TO OVERCOME DIFFICULTIES AND REGAIN A HIGH LEVEL OF WORKING ABILITY.
+GIVEN THE RIGHT JOBS BEST SUITED TO THE IR APTITUDE, THEY ARE JUST AS EFFICIENT AS THEIR ABLE-BODIED COUNTERPARTS,
HE SAID.
APART FROM BEING EFFICIENT, THE DISABLED WERE +MORE LOYAL WORKERS COMPARED WITH SOME ABLE-BODIED WORKERS AND LESS LIKELY TO LEAVE FOR OTHER JOBS FOR A SMALL INCREASE IN EARNINGS, HE SAID.
DEVELOPMENTS IN MEDICAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN RECENT YEARS HAD ENHANCED THE COMPETITIVENESS OF THESE PEOPLE WHO WERE NOW CAPABLE OF DOING NUMEROUS JOBS, HE ADDED.
THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF THE SELECTIVE PLACEMENT SERVICE WAS TO HELP A DISABLED PERSON TO RETURN TO A NORMAL WORKING LIFE IN PEMUNERATIVE EMPLOYMENT COMPATIBLE WITH HIS APTITUDE, INTERESTS AND CAPACITY, MR SUNG EXPLAINED.
SINCE ITS START LAST JULY, THE SPS HAD REGISTERED AND INTERVIEWED 1 045 DISABLED JOB-SEEKERS, PAID 183 PROMOTIONAL VISITS TO EMPLOYERS AND MADE 568 REFERRALS TO EMPLOYERS FOR SELECTION INTERVIEWS, WHICH RESULTED IN 230 SUCCESSFUL PLACEMENTS, HE SAID.
ROWING BOATS TO MAKE WAY FOR COASTAL HIGHWAY
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SOME 560 ROWING BOATS AT MA LIU SHUI, SHA TIN, WILL HAVE TO BE MOVED BY THE END OF THIS MONTH TO MAKE WAY FOR RECLAMATION WORK IN CONNECTION WITH THE TA! PO COASTAL HIGHWAY.
THE BOATS HAVE BEEN THERE FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS AND ARE A POPULAR ATTRACTION WITH RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO SHA TIN,
THERE ARE 22 OPERATORS, WHO HAVE RECEIVED AN EX-GRATIA PAYMENT OF $1 500 FOR EACH LICENSED BOAT.
THE RECLAMATION CONTRACT WILL BEGIN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AFTER THE BOATS HAVE BEEN MOVED.
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