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"TRAINED OFFICERS ARE PROVIDED TO ASSIST GRADUATES FROM THESE COURSES AND OTHER DISABLED PERSONS IN SEEKING EMPLOYMENT, MISS WILLIS SAID.
"FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT YET READY FOR OPEN EMPLOYMENT, THERE IS SHELTERED AND SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT TO ENABLE THEM TO FULLY DEVELOP THEIR POTENTIAL, SHE SAID.
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ON A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW CONDUCTED BY THE GOVERNMENT LAST YEAR ON HONG KONG'S REHABILITATION SERVICES AND POLICIES, MISS WILLIS SAID THERE WERE STILL SHORTFALLS IN CERTAIN AREAS, PARTICULARLY ON
RESIDENTIAL AND TRAINING FACILITIES FOR THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.
"TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF DISABLED PERSONS AND TO RELIEVE THEIR PARENTS OR CARERS OF THE BURDEN OF LOOKING AFTER THEM AT HOME, THE GOVERNOR HAS RECENTLY PLEDGED THE NECESSARY FUNDS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PLACES TO MEET THE DEMAND OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS," SHE SAID.
MISS WILLIS ALSO SAID HONG KONG WOULD CONTINUE TO COMMITTED TO ENHANCING ITS REHABILITATION SERVICES.
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JAPAN URGED TO SET UP BASES IN HK
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JAPANESE COMPANIES SEEKING ΤΟ EXPAND THE SCOPE OF OPERATIONS IN CHINA HAVE BEEN URGED ΤΟ IMMEDIATELY SET UP A FOOTHOLD IN HONG KONG.
THE ADVICE WAS GIVEN BY THE PRINCIPAL HONG KONG ECONOMIC AND TRADE REPRESENTATIVE IN TOKYO, MR DAVID LAN, IN A KEYNOTE SPEECH TO THE KEIZEI DOYUKAI (JAPAN ASSOCIATION OF CORPORATE EXECUTIVES).
HE TOLD THE BUSINESSMEN THAT HONG KONG WAS THE "BEST GATEWAY AND SPRINGBOARD TO CHINA" AND THERE WAS EVERY REASON TO BE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE FUTURE.
MR LAN SAID THERE WERE A NUMBER OF REASONS FOR THIS OPTIMISM. THEY INCLUDED:
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CHINA'S EXTRAORDINARY GROWTH RATES WHICH HAD HELPED ΤΟ PROTECT HONG KONG AGAINST RECESSIONARY CONDITIONS THAT HAD AFFECTED MUCH OF THE WESTERN WORLD IN RECENT YEARS;
THE RECENT SATISFACTORY CONCLUSION то THE SECTION NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN CHINA AND THE UNITED STATES; AND
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