WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1985
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HE NOTED THAT 28 OF THIS YEAR'S SOCIAL WORK GRADUATES WERE STILL UNEMPLOYED LAST MONTH.
+ I DO NOT KNOW WHETHER THESE GRADUATES HOPE TO GET JOBS IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR OF SOCIAL SERVICES OR ELSEWHERE.+
+ IN ANY CASE, THE GOVERNMENT CANNOT GUARANTEE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT FOR ALL GRADUATES IN ANY SUBJECT ALTHOUGH THE UNIVERSITIES DO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE DEMAND AND SUPPLY SITUATION WHEN PLANNING THEIR ENROLMENT, HE SAID.
AS FOR IMPROVEMENT OF THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION IN GOVERNMENT AND AIDED SCHOOLS, MR CHAMBERS SAID HE UNDERSTOOD FROM THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER. THAT THE SCHEME FOR PROVIDING ADDITIONAL TEACHERS WHICH WAS IMPLEMENTED LAST SEPTEMBER WAS PART OF A LONGER-TERM PROJECT BEGUN IN 1981 FOR THIS TO TAKE PLACE IN STAGES.
+ IT WAS NOT DEVISED WITH THE SOLE OBJECT OF ABSORBING THE GRADUATES OF THE COLLEGES OF EUCATION, HE ADDED,
JOB PLACEMENT SERVICE FOR DISABLED EXPLAINED
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UP TO SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR, THE SELECTIVE PLACEMENT SERVICE HAD REGISTERED OR RE-REGISTERED SOME 8 000 DISABLED JOB-SEEKERS AND HAD MADE 3 300 PLACEMENTS, A PLACEMENT RATE OF ABOUT 41 PER CENT, THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, THE HON NEIL HENDERSON, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
THE SELECTIVE PLACEMENT SERVICE WAS ESTABLISHED WITHIN THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT IN JULY 1980 WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF PROVIDING JOB PLACEMENT ASSISTANCE TO BLIND, DEAF AND OTHERWISE PHYSICALLY HAND ICAPPED PERSONS SEEKING EMPLOYMENT. IT WAS EXTENDED TO THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED IN JULY 1984.
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON HO KAM-FAI, MR HENDERSON SAID, +PLACEMENT OFFICERS OF THE SPS MAKE REGULAR VISITS TO EMPLOYERS BOTH TO EXPLAIN TO THEM THE WORK ING ABILITY OF THE DISABLED AND TO IDENTIFY JOBS WHICH ARE SUITABLE FOR DISABLED PERSONS.+
THE SERVICE HAD ALSO PRODUCED FIVE PAMPHLETS, DEALING WITH DIFFERENT KINDS OF DISABILITY TO ADVISE PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYERS ON HOW TO COPE WITH DISABLED EMPLOYEES, HE SAID.
APPEALS TO EMPLOYERS TO TAKE ON DISABLED WORKERS WERE REGULARLY MADE THROUGH THE USE OF TELEVISION ANNOUNCEMENTS OF PUBLIC INTERESTS AND LIAISON WAS ALSO MAINTAINED WITH MAJOR EMPLOYERS' ASSOCIATIONS, HE ADDED.
/+AT PRESENT,