TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 1983
EMPLOYERS URGED TO EMPLOY MORE DISABLED
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LOCAL EMPLOYERS WERE TODAY (TUESDAY) URGED TO EMPLOY MORE DISABLED PEOPLE SO THAT THE IR PRODUCTIVE ABILITY CAN BE TAPPED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT AS AN ADDITIONAL SOURCE OF MANPOWER.
THE PLEA WAS MADE BY MR JOHN SUNG, SENIOR LABOUR OFFICER IN CHARGE OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S SELECTIVE PLACEMENT SERVICE (SPS), AT A MEETING OF THE CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR INSTITUTE (HONG KONG BRANCH).
THE SPS WAS ESTABLISHED IN JULY 1980 TO PROVIDE FREE EMPLOYMENT SERVICE FOR THE BLIND, THE DEAF AND THE PHYSICALLY DISABLED SEEKING OPEN EMPLOYMENT.
MR SUNG TOLD THE MEETING THAT SOME OF THE DISABLED REGISTERED WITH THE SPS WERE INTERESTED IN TRAINEE POSTS SO THAT THEY CAN LEARN A SKILL.
+MY PLACEMENT OFFICERS ARE WILLING TO STUDY AND ADVISE YOU ON THE TYPE OF JOBS IN YOUR COMPANY THAT MAY BE PERFORMED BY THE DISABLED, HE ADDED.
LAST YEAR, MR SUNG CONTINUED, THE SPS RECORDED 505 PLACEMENTS.
THE STATISTICS MIGHT NOT LOOK IMPRESSIVE, BUT TO THE DISABLED, EACH PLACEMENT ALSO MEANT +PROOF OF HIS ABILITY, REGAINING OF CONFIDENCE AND HOPE AND ACCEPTANCE BY THE COMMUNITY+.
MR SUNG POINTED OUT THAT A MAJOR CRITERION FOR THE JOB-MATCHING PROCEDURE IS +PLACING THE RIGHT PERSON IN THE RIGHT JOB+, AND TO THIS END, PLACEMENT OFFICERS ATTACHED GREAT IMPORTANCE TO +KNOWING OUR CLIENTS+.
THE OFFICERS, DURING FACE-TO-FACE+ INTERVIEWS WITH JOB- SEEKERS, TRIED TO OBTAIN SUCH INFORMATION AS THE CAUSE OF DISABILITY, EDUCATION, TRAINING, WORKING EXPERIENCE, WORK PREFERENCES AND FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY, ETC.
IF NECESSARY, THE SPS WOULD SEEK ASSISTANCE FROM THE VOCATIONAL ASSESSMENT SERVICE OF THE TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND INDUSTRIAL TRAINING DEPARTMENT IN RESPECT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL APTITUDE AND TECHNICAL TESTS.
MR SUNG WENT ON TO SAY THAT IN 1982 PLACEMENT OFFICERS MADE 562 PROMOTIONAL VISITS TO EMPLOYERS IN COMMERCE, INDUSTRY AND THE SERVICE SECTOR TO IDENTIFY JOBS SUITABLE FOR THE DISABLED.
IF NECESSARY, THE OFFICERS WILL ADVISE THE EMPLOYER AND THE DISABLED JOB-SEEKER OF THE POSSIBILITY OF ADOPTING A TECHNICAL AID AT THE WORKPLACE OR MAKING AN ADAPTATION TO MACHINES OR WORK PREMISES.
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