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Mr Tsang will also make courtesy calls to the President of the National Assembly, Dr Heinz Fischer, and Minister of Finance, Mr Viktor Klima.
Mr Tsang will return to Hong Kong on October 15.
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Support services for employing disabled
Employers wishing to hire disabled workers can now obtain comprehensive information from the Labour Department on the support services available to them employment of people with a disability.
The department's Selective Placement Division (SPD), which is tasked to help the disabled to find jobs, has recently produced a booklet entitled "Handbook on Employment of People with a Disability - Support Services" and a video on the same topic to introduce such services.
"These services include the Rehabus, Employaid Fund, sign language interpretation service and the services offered by the SPD," Labour Officer (Selective Placement), Miss Wednes Li, said today (Saturday).
"Tips on how to cultivate peer acceptance of disabled employees as well as training courses available to people with a disability are also included in the handbook and video," she said.
The 20-page full colour handbook which is published in both Chinese and English, also contains a job vacancy registration form to facilitate employers to give their vacancies' information to SPD for recruitment.
The 23-minute video has been produced in Cantonese, English and Putonghua.
Interested parties can obtain the handbook at the SPD offices in Harbour Building in Central, Ngau Tau Kok Government Offices and Tsuen Wan Government Offices.