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"To ensure that local workers have priority in filling the vacancies, contractors who have set restrictive recruitment requirements will be advised to relax the requirements.
"Failure to do so may result in the refusal of application for imported workers," Mr Chan stressed.
He noted that applications from employers found to have no sincerity in employing local workers would also be rejected.
Local construction workers who are interested in airport-related vacancies are urged to call the "jobs hotline" or visit any of the LES offices for placement service.
end/Wednesday, December 7, 1994
Open employment for the disabled
The disabled were given a good chance today (Wednesday) to show off their working abilities.
At the Seminar on Open Employment for the Disabled organised by the Selective Placement Division of the Labour Department, they showed employers how they had overcome their handicaps and were capable of doing various kinds of work.
Speaking at the opening, the Commissioner for Labour, Mr Yiu Yan- nang, said the seminar was a new attempt to enhance employers' understanding of the working abilities of the disabled.
The seminar featured panel discussions among employers, chief executives, personnel managers, departmental managers and representatives of disabled groups, work demonstrations by the disabled, a video show and an exhibition.