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WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 1988
"AFTER CAREFUL CONSIDERATION AND FOUR DRAFTS OF THE BILL WE ARE NOW SATISFIED THAT WE HAVE GOT IT RIGHT.
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TURNING TO THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND BRIDGE SAID THE COUNCIL WAS TO BE FUNDED BY A COMPENSATION INSURANCE PREMIA.
HEALTH COUNCIL, MR LEVY ON EMPLOYEES'
REQUIRED EXTENSIVE
"THE MECHANISM FOR COLLECTING THE LEVY HAS DISCUSSION WITH THOSE CONCERNED, AND IT WAS NOT UNTIL EARLIER THIS MONTH THAT AGREEMENT WAS FINALLY REACHED," HE SAID.
DISABLED PEOPLE FIND EMPLOYMENT
LATEST STATISTICS SHOW THAT ABOUT 36 PER CENT OF DISABLED PEOPLE AGED BETWEEN 15 AND 60 ARE IN OPEN EMPLOYMENT AND, OF THESE, 58 PER CENT ARE IN THE INDUSTRIAL SECTOR, THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, THE HON RON BRIDGE, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
THE FIGURES WERE OBTAINED FROM A SURVEY CONDUCTED JOINTLY BY THE REHABILITATION DEVELOPMENT CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE AND THE HONG KONG COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SERVICE IN THE LAST QUARTER OF 1986 AND THE RESULTS WERE PUBLISHED IN DECEMBER LAST YEAR.
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"THE SURVEY WAS BASED ON A SAMPLE OF 3,415 PEOPLE CHOSEN AT RANDOM FROM OUR CENTRAL REGISTRY OF THE DISABLED, MR BRIDGE SAID WHEN REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON NGAI SHIU-KIT.
"THIS PERCENTAGE IS CLOSE TO THAT ALSO INDICATED BY LABOUR DEPARTMENT FIGURES."
HE SAID THE NUMBER OF DISABLED PEOPLE PLACED IN JOBS BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S SELECTIVE PLACEMENT SERVICE HAD INCREASED FROM 113 IN 1980 WHEN THE SERVICE STARTED, TO 1,033 LAST YEAR.
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