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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1989
OPEN EMPLOYMENT FOUND FOR MILDLY HANDICAPPED PERSONS
OPEN
PLACEMENT DIVISION OF THE THE SELECTIVE
LABOUR DEPARTMENT SUCCESSFULLY PLACED 181 MILDLY MENTALLY HANDICAPPED PERSONS INTO
THE COMPARABLE EMPLOYMENT LAST YEAR, AN INCREASE OF 30 PER CENT OVER FIGURE FOR 1987.
HEALTH
THE AND WELFARE,
HON T.H. THE SECRETARY FOR STATED THIS IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN A REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM DR THE HON HENRIETTA IP.
CHAU, WRITTEN
INFORMATION ON
MR CHAU POINTED OUT THAT THERE WAS NO ACCURATE THE NUMBER OF MILDLY MENTALLY HANDICAPPED PERSONS OVER THE AGE YEARS WHO WISHED TO BE EMPLOYED BUT HAD NOT YET FOUND JOBS.
OF 18
SELECTIVE PLACEMENT DIVISION WAS CURRENTLY
HANDICAPPED MENTALLY
PERSONS то FIND
THE HOWEVER, ASSISTING ANOTHER 171 MILDLY SUITABLE JOBS, HE ADDED.
ME CHÂU
SAID THE EMPLOYMENT
THESE OF
MILDLY MENTALLY AND INDUSTRIES HELPED, TO A HANDICAPPED PERSONS IN VARIOUS TRADES VERY LIMITED EXTENT, TO ALLEVIATE THE CURRENT LABOUR SHORTAGE.
HE SAID THE PLACEMENTS ACHIEVED BY
THE DIVISION WERE MAINLY ENHANCE THE EMPLOYMENT
ITS PROMOTIONAL EFFORTS TO THE RESULT OF OPPORTUNITIES OF DISABLED PERSONS OF VARIOUS CATEGORIES.
INCLUDED A SPECIAL CAMPAIGN TO LAST YEAR, THESE ACTIVITIES PROMOTE THE EMPLOYMENT OF DISABLED PERSONS IN THE HOTEL INDUSTRY, AN EXHIBITION ON EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE DISABLED.
AND
THE TWO DISTRICT-BASED EXHIBITIONS ON THE WORKING ABILITIES OF
EMPLOYERS OF DISABLED AND A PRESENTATION OF SOUVENIRS TO OUTSTANDING DISABLED PERSONS HAD ALSO BEEN HELD DURING THE YEAR.
FURTHERMORE, OFFICERS
OF THE
DIVISION
MADE
REGULAR VISITS
TO PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYERS TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO EMPLOY DISABLED PERSONS, HE EXPLAINED.
THEY ALSO GAVE TALKS TO DISABLED STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS AND TO OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS IN SPECIAL SCHOOLS AND TRAINING CENTRES.
THESE EFFORTS WERE MADE TO PROVIDE THE STUDENTS WITH EMPLOYMENT MARKET INFORMATION AND TO INTRODUCE THE SERVICES TO ASSIST THEM.
ADEQUATE AVAILABLE
ON THE QUESTION OF SHELTERED EMPLOYMENT, MR CHAU SAID THIS
COULD WHO
NOT ENTER INTO PROVIDED TO THOSE DISABLED PERSONS EMPLOYMENT BECAUSE OF THEIR DISABILITY.
WAS
OPEN
/SHELTERED WORKSHOP