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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1988
"FIRST, OF THE TOP 11 EMPLOYERS, SEVEN DID NOT APPEAR ON LAST YEAR'S LIST WHICH INDICATES THAT A GROWING NUMBER OF EMPLOYERS ARE WILLING TO EMPLOY THE DISABLED IN SUBSTANTIAL NUMBERS.
"SECONDLY, THE TOP 11 EMPLOYERS COME FROM A GOOD MIXTURE OF BACKGROUNDS, AND THE EMPLOYER WHO TOPS THE LIST THIS YEAR COMES FROM THE CATERING INDUSTRY.
"THIRDLY, THERE HAS BEEN A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE PLACEMENT FIGURE FOR THE EX-MENTALLY ILL. THIS SHOWS THAT EMPLOYERS ARE BECOMING MORE OPEN AND RECEPTIVE TOWARDS THE EMPLOYMENT OF THIS PARTICULAR GROUP, MR HAMMOND SAID.
HE SAID THAT DURING THE PERIOD UNDER REVIEW, 493 EMPLOYERS TOOK ON DISABLED PERSONS, COMPARED TO 434 IN THE PRECEDING 12-MONTH PERIOD.
THE 11 EMPLOYERS AWARDED SOUVENIR PLAQUES THIS YEAR HIRED AMONG THEMSELVES A TOTAL OF 190 DISABLED PERSONS. THEY INCLUDED 30 BY MCDONALD'S RESTAURANTS (HK) LTD., 27 BY LO'S CLEANING SERVICES LTD. AND 20 BY WING HANG METAL AND WATCH DIAL FACTORY.
THE OTHERS WHICH EMPLOYED BETWEEN 12 AND 19 DISABLED PERSONS, ARE SECURITY ALLIANCE LTD., WONG'S INDUSTRIAL (HOLDINGS) LTD. MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT, RELIANCE SERVICES
CO. LTD., ORIENTAL PRINTED CIRCUITS LTD., EAST ASIA SECURITY LTD.. PICOTRONICS INDUSTRIES LTD., AND TIM FUNG STEAM LAUNDRY CO. LTD.
ANOTHER EIGHT FIRMS WHICH HAD DONE MUCH то RE-ARRANGE DUTIES AND RE-DEPLOY STAFF IN A BID TO ACCOMMODATE DISABLED EMPLOYEES, WERE ALSO PRESENTED WITH CERTIFICATES OF APPRECIATION BY MR HAMMOND.
ALSO SPEAKING AT THE CEREMONY TODAY WERE MR JAMES CHU, GENERAL MANAGER AND VICE PRESIDENT OF MCDONALD'S RESTAURANTS (HK) LTD., WHO SPOKE ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCE IN EMPLOYING DISABLED WORKERS, AND MISS WONG YUK-CHING, A BLIND TELEPHONE OPERATOR, WHO TALKED ABOUT OVERCOMING THE HANDICAPPING EFFECTS OF HER DISABILITY AND ESTABLISHING HERSELF AT WORK.
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