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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1989
BEEN
THE EXHIBITION, WHICH HAS
ORGANISED BY THE SELECTIVE PLACEMENT DIVISION OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT. WILL RUN UNTIL NOVEMBER
16.
IN HIS ADDRESS AT THE OPENING CEREMONY. THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR. MR TONY HAMMOND. SAID DISABLED PERSONS WERE ABLE TO UNDERTAKE SUCCESSFULLY A WIDE RANGE OF JOBS FROM THE UNSKILLED ΤΟ THE PROFESSIONAL LEVELS WITH THE HELP OF SUITABLE VOCATIONAL TRAINING APPROPRIATE TECHNICAL AIDS.
AND
MR HAMMOND SAID THE PROVISION OF A SELECTIVE PLACEMENT SERVICE FOR THE DISABLED HAD LONG BEEN RECOGNISED AS A MOST EFFECTIVE WAY OF HELPING THEM TO COMPLETE THE VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION PROCESS SUCCESSFULLY,
THE OPERATIONAL PHILOSOPHY OF THE SELECTIVE PLACEMENT DIVISION. HE SAID. WAS BASED ON THREE MAIN PRINCIPLES:
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FIRSTLY. DISABLED PERSONS SHOULD ENJOY EQUAL WITH THE ABLE-BODIED TO PERFORM SUITABLE WORK.
OPPORTUNITIES
SECONDLY. EMPLOYERS SHOULD BE FREE ΤΟ TAKE ON DISABLED WORKERS OF THEIR OWN CHOICE AND DISABLED PERSONS SHOULD LIKEWISE BE FREE TO ACCEPT JOBS OFFERED AS THEY CHOSE.
THIRDLY. IN SELECTIVE JOB-MATCHING. EMPHASIS SHOULD BE PLACED ON THE WORKING ABILITIES OF DISABLED PERSONS RATHER
THAN ON THEIR DISABILITIES.
"BUT THESE PRINCIPLES WILL BE MEANINGLESS IF THEY ARE NOT ENDORSED BY THE WORKING COMMUNITY AND REINFORCED BY EMPLOYERS' READY ACCEPTANCE OF DISABLED WORKERS. HE STRESSED.
OBSERVING THAT PREJUDICE TOWARDS DISABLED PEOPLE WAS PRESENT IN ALMOST EVERY COMMUNITY. MR HAMMOND SAID THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT WAS TRYING TO CHANGE THIS NEGATIVE ATTITUDE BY ORGANISING A VARIETY OF PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES ON A REGULAR BASIS.
"I VERY MUCH HOPE THAT. AS A RESULT OF THIS EXHIBITION. EMPLOYERS WILL BE APPRECIATIVE OF THE WORKING ABILITIES OF THE DISABLED AND WILL. GIVE THEM A FAIR CHANCE TO SHOW WHAT THEY CAN DO." HE SAID.
THE
THE EXHIBITION. WHICH IS BEING HELD FOR THE FOURTH YEAR AT NEW WORLD PLAZA. IS OPEN DAILY FROM 10 AM TO 6.30 PM UNTIL NOVEMBER 16.
AIDS ON
VISITORS WILL BE ABLE ΤΟ SEE DIFFERENT EMPLOYMENT DISPLAY. THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE ΤΟ DISABLED PERSONS AND THE VARIETY OF JOBS TAKEN UP BY THEM IN VARIOUS TRADES. PARTICULARLY IN THE COMMERCIAL AND SERVICES SECTORS.
THERE ARE ALSO LIVE WORK DEMONSTRATIONS BY DISABLED WORKERS. MOCK JOB-MATCHING BY COMPUTER AND A COMPUTER QUESTION-AND-ANSWER ON UNDERSTANDING DISABILITIES.
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