TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1982
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EQUAL JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR DISABLED
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THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE (OPERATIONS) MRS EVELYN DOE, TODAY (TUESDAY) APPEALED TO THE PUBLIC PARTICULAR EMPLOYERS, TO SUPPORT THE DISABLED AND PROVİDE THEM WITH EQUAL JOB OPPORTUNITIES.
SHE WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S CHOI WAN SHELTERED WORKSHOP AND HOSTEL.
+FOR THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, THIS IS A LONG-TERM INVESTMENT AND ALSO A SOUND METHOD OF ENRICHING OUR HUMAN RESOURCES,+ SHE SAID.
SINCE THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TOOK OVER FROM THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR RUNNING VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTRES FOR THE DISABLED, THE S.W.D. HAS TURNED ITS ATTENTION TO THE PROVISION OF A WIDER RANGE OF SERVICES FOR THE DISABLED,
+SHELTERED WORKSHOPS ARE NOW REGARDED AS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THE SERVICES PROVIDED, SHE STRESSED.
ALTHOUGH THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF DISABLED PERSONS HAD ENDED, MRS DOE SAID THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT WOULD CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE DISABLED WITH MORE AND BETTER SERVICES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FIVE-YEAR DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
BESIDES THE NINE SHELTERED WORKSHOPS RUN BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, VOLUNTARY AGENCIES HAD BEEN ENCOURAGED TO PROVIDE SIMILAR SERVICES WITH A VIEW TO ACCOMMODATING MORE SHELTERED WORKERS AND ESTABLISHING WORKSHOPS CLOSE TO THEIR HOMES, SHE SAID.
THE CHOI WAN WORKSHOP CAN ACCOMMODATE UP TO 120 DISABLED PEOPLE WHILE THE HOSTEL HAS PLACES FOR 26.
APART FROM MRS DOE, OTHER GUESTS OFFICIATING TODAY WERE THE WONG TAI SIN CITY DISTRICT COMMISSIONER, MR IAN STRACHAN, AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CHOI WAN AREA COMMITTEE AND MEMBER OF THE WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT BOARD, MR KUT SING-KUNG.
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