FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1981
PAYMENT MAY ALSO BE MADE BY POST BY SENDING A CROSSED CHEQUE IN FAVOUR OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT, TOGETHER WITH THE DEMAND NOTE TO THE COMMISSIONER OF INLAND REVENUE, GPO BOX 132, HONG KONG.
DISABLED PEOPLE CAN WORK, SEMINAR TOLD
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MANY EMPLOYERS STILL HAVE THE WRONG IDEA THAT DISABLED PEOPLE ARE ONLY CAPABLE OF MENIAL JOBS, AND SOME EVEN BELIEVE THAT THE DISABLED ARE INCAPABLE OF HOLDING ANY JOB.
SPEAKING AT A SEMINAR ON +YEAR OF THE DISABLED TODAY (FRIDAY), THE OFFICER IN CHARGE OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S SELECTIVE PLACEMENT SERVICE, SENIOR LABOUR OFFICER JOHN SUNG, SAID HE DISCOVERED THIS SITUATION DURING THE COURSE OF HELPING THE DISABLED IN FINDING EMPLOYMENT.
MR SUNG SAID HIS PLACEMENT OFFICERS ARE ENDEAVOURING TO CONVINCE EMPLOYERS OF THE ABILITIES OF DISABLED PERSONS AND THE VERY MANY ADVANTAGES OF ENGAGING EMPLOYEES THROUGH THE SPS.
HE TOLD THE SEMINAR ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG ASSOCIATION OF HEALTH SERVICE ADMINISTRATORS: +WE ALL KNOW FOR A FACT THAT MANY DISABLED PERSONS, AFTER UNDERGOING A CAREFULLY DESIGNED AND COMPREHENSIVE MEDICAL AND VOCATIONAL REHABILITATIONAL PROGRAMME, ARE CAPABLE OF OVERCOMING THE HANDICAPPING EFFECTS OF THE IR DISABILITY AND REGAINING A VERY HIGH DEGREE OF WORKING ABILITY. +
THE ADVANCES MADE IN THE FIELDS OF MEDICINE, TECHNOLOGY, EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN RECENT YEARS HAVE ALL HELPED IN INCREASING THE NUMBER OF JOBS WHICH THE DISABLED ARE CAPABLE OF DOING, HE STRESSED.
MR SUNG DEFINED +SELECTIVE PLACEMENT+ AS THE PROCESSES OF HELPING A DISABLED PERSON TO ENTER OR RE-ENTER INTO A NORMAL WORKING LIFE IN REMUNERATIVE EMPLOYMENT COMPATIBLE WITH HIS CAPABILITY SO THAT HE CAN EXERCISE TO THE FULLEST HIS AVAILABLE RESIDUAL SKILLS.
THE SELECTIVE PLACEMENT SERVICE (SPS), THEREFORE, OPERATES ON THE PRINCIPLE OF HELPING A DISABLED PERSON TO FIND A JOB COMMENSURATE WITH HIS APTITUDE, CAPABILITY AND INTEREST.
HE SUMMARISED THE WORK ING PROCESSES OF THE SPS AS KNOWING THE WORKER, KNOWING THE JOB AND MATCHING THE WORKER WITH THE JOB.
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