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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1981
MORE GET JOBS THROUGH LES
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DURING THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF THIS YEAR, SOME 25 000 JOB-SEEKERS, INCLUDING 236 UNIVERSITY AND POST SECONDARY COLLEGE GRADUATES, WERE PLACED IN EMPLOYMENT BY THE LOCAL EMPLOYMENT SERVICES (LES) OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE LES'S NEW TSZ WAN SHAN BRANCH OFFICE TODAY (MONDAY), THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR J.N. HENDERSON, SAID THAT THIS IS AN INCREASE OF 18 PER CENT IN PLACEMENTS OVER THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.
THE WORK OF THE LES WAS KEPT UNDER CONSTANT REVIEW TO ENSURE THAT ANY IMPROVEMENT OR EXPANSION OF ITS SERVICES WAS GEARED TO THE NEEDS OF EMPLOYERS, JOB-SEEKERS AND THE ECONOMY AT LARGE, HE SAID.
+ONE OF THE SERVICE'S AIMS THIS YEAR IS TO IMPROVE ITS COVERAGE BY ESTABLISHING NEW OFFICES IN AREAS WITH LARGE POPULATIONS, SUCH AS THE TSZ WAN SHAN AREA, HE ADDED.
MR HENDERSON EMPHASISED THAT THE LES BY ITSELF COULD NOT, AND DID NOT, CREATE JOBS ANY MORE THAN IT COULD CREATE PEOPLE IN TIMES OF A LABOUR SHORTAGE. WHAT IT COULD DO WAS TO MATCH JOB-SEEKERS WITH VACANCIES AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
THE LES THEREFORE DEPENDED ON THE AVAILABILITY OF VACANCIES NOTIFIED BY EMPLOYERS AND THE TYPES OF JOB-SEEKERS REGISTERED.
+ IT IS MY SINCERE HOPE THAT EMPLOYERS AND JOB-SEEKERS IN TSZ WAN SHAN AND THE NEARBY AREA WILL MAKE THE BEST USE OF THE FREE SERVICES PROVIDED BY THIS NEW OFFICE,+ MR HENDERSON URGED.
OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING WITH MR HENDERSON WERE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SAN PO KONG INDUSTRIAL AREA COMMITTEE, MR STEPHEN LEUNG, AND THE VICE-CHAIRMAN, MR DAKCHISON YIU,
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TSZ WAN SHAN BRANCH OFFICE HAS BROUGHT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF LES BRANCH OFFICES TO 15 LOCATED IN MAJOR INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL AREAS OF HONG KONG ISLAND, KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THE NEW OFFICE IS COMPLETE WITH DISPLAY BOARDS TO ENABLE JOB-SEEKERS TO MAKE THE IR OWN PRELIMINARY SELECTION OF JOBS BY COMPARING THE IR SKILLS, QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPECTATIONS WITH THE REQUIREMENTS AND TERMS OF THE VACANCIES SPECIFIED IN THE JOB CARDS ON DISPLAY.
IT IS ALSO LINKED UP WITH THE OTHER 14 BRANCH OFFICES BY A FACSIMILE SYSTEM WHICH TRANSMITTED VACANCY ORDERS SPEEDILY TO ALL OFFICES SO THAT SUITABLE CANDIDATES CAN BE SELECTED FROM THE COMBINED POOL OF JOB-SEEKERS AND INTRODUCED TO AN EMPLOYER WITHIN A VERY SHORT TIME.
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