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FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1993
FOLLOWING IS A FULL LIST OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL:
PROFESSOR WANG GUNGWU
MR PETER KC WOO
MR MARVIN CHEUNG KIN-TUNG
MR VINCENT CHOW WING-SHING PROFESSOR DAVID GWILT
DR ARLIS HIEBERT
DR LAM TAI-HING
MRS MIRIAM LAU KIN-YEE
MR JOHN K C LEE
MR RAYMOND K P LIU
MR KEVIN C P LO
MR LO KING-MAN
(CHAIRMAN} (VICE-CHAIRMAN)
DIRECTOR, THE HONG KONG ACADEMY FOR PERFORMING ARTS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE URBAN COUNCIL
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE REGIONAL COUNCIL
SECRETARY FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE
COMMISSIONER FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE
SOCIALLY HANDICAPPED NEED HELP TO FIND JOBS * * * * *
HELPING A SOCIALLY HANDICAPPED PERSON TO FIND A JOB PLAYS AN IMPORTANT PART IN HIS OVERALL REHABILITATIVE PROCESS, MRS PATTEN TODAY (FRIDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE SOUVENIR-PRESENTATION CEREMONY OF EMPLOYMENT SERVICE OF THE HONG KONG COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SERVICE, PATTEN PAID TRIBUTE TO THE EMPLOYERS FOR THEIR SUPPORT TO IT'S PLACEMENT SCHEME.
"THE DISTINGUISHED EMPLOYERS WE HONOUR TODAY SET A POSITIVE EXAMPLE TO OTHER EMPLOYERS IN HONG KONG.
SAID
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MRS
JOB
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"THEY HAVE HELPED TO DISPEL THE NEGATIVE IMAGE OF THE SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED IN HONG KONG, MRS PATTEN SAID.
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"ALTHOUGH THERE MAY STILL BE SOME SOCIAL PREJUDICE AND MISUNDERSTANDING ABOUT THE SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED, I AM VERY GLAD ΤΟ SEE THAT MOST EMPLOYERS ARE OPEN-MINDED AND CARING,' SHE ADDED.
MRS PATTEN POINTED OUT THAT IT WAS MORE COMPLEX FOR DISCHARGED PRISONERS, EX-DRUG ADDICTS, METHADON PATIENTS, PROBATIONERS, YOUTHS ATRISK AND ELDERLY PERSONS OVER 60 YEARS OF AGE TO FIND A JOB BECAUSE OF THEIR SPECIAL BACKGROUNDS OR PERSONAL CIRCUMSTANCES.
THEY NEED
TO RECEIVE PRE-JOB TRAINING AND COUNSELLING, JOB PLACEMENT AND AFTER-CARE COUNSELLING TO HELP THEM BOTH FIND AND KEEP A JOB, SHE ADDED.
MRS PATTEN PRAISED THE EMPLOYMENT SERVICE FOR PROVIDING THIS VERY USEFUL AND WORTHWHILE SERVICE FOR OVER 30 YEARS.
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