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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1976

+HE WILL THEN ACCOMPANY THE CLIENT OR WORKER TO THE PLACE OF WORK AND ASSIST HIM TO GET ACQUAINTED WITH THE JOB REQUIREMENTS, HIS COLLEAGUES AND TO OVERCOME ANY INITIAL PROBLEM WHEN HE REPORTS FOR DUTY FOR THE FIRST TIME,+ HR. CHAN EXPLAINED.

+THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER VISIT ONE OR TWO DAYS LATER TO FIND OUT THE RESPONSE OF THE CLIENT AND THE EMPLOYER, HE ADDED.

+WE WILL CARRY OUT THESE FOLLOW-UP VISITS FOR THREE

MONTHS BEFORE WE CONSIDER A CASE CLOSED.+

+SHOULD THE WORKER FIND THAT HE CANNOT FIT IN THE POST THE PLACEMENT OFFICER CONCERNED WILL TRY TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS WITH THE EMPLOYER TO FIND AN ALTERNATIVE JOB FOR THE WORKER

IN THE SAME ESTABLISHMENT, + HE SAID.

MR. CHAN NOTED THAT EMPLOYERS WERE NOW MORE ACCEPTABLE TO THE IDEA OF EMPLOYING THE DISABLED THAN BEFORE.

+THEY BEGIN TO REALISE THAT THE DISABLED ARE MORE CAREFUL AND STABLE AND ARE EQUALLY COMPETENT IN MANY AREAS OF WORK. HE SAID.

HE ADDED THAT THE UNIT HAS NEVER RECEIVED ANY SERIOUS COMPLAINT FROM THE EMPLOYERS.

MR. CHAN WAS PLEASED TO NOTE THAT SOME EMPLOYERS EVEN TOOK THE INITIATIVE TO OPEN AN ENTIRE ASSEMBLY LINE FOR THE DISABLED WORKERS.

+MANY HAVE INDICATED THAT THEY ARE PREPARED TO EMPLOY MORE DISABLED WORKERS SHOULD THE OPPORTUNITY ARISE, HE SAID.

MR. SHIMITZ OF THE UNIVERSAL OPTICAL INDUSTRIES LTD IS CURRENTLY EMPLOYING MORE THAN 20 DISABLED PEOPLE, STATED THAT HE INTENDED TO EMPLOY MORE DISABLED WORKERS.

WHICH

+BY EMPLOYING THEM, OUR FIRM WILL BE MAKING CONTRIBUTION TO THE SOCIETY FROM WHICH WE HAVE GAINED SO MUCH, + HE SAID.

HE FOUND THE PERFORMANCE OF THESE WORKERS SATISFACTORY AND HE DID NOT HAVE TO GO OUT OF HIS WAY TO ACCOMMODATE THEM.

HIS GOOD IMPRESSION OF THE DISABLED WORKERS WAS ECHOED BY MRS. LOUISE KAM OF THE PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT OF THE CITIBANK.

+WE DID SPEND SOME MONEY FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A SPECIAL SWITCHECARD FOR OUR BLIND OPERATOR, BUT HER EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE MORE THAN OFFSETS THE COST, SHE SAID.

EMPLOYERS WHO WISH TO EMPLOY THE DISABLED ARE WELCOME TO CONTACT THE JOB PLACEMENT UNIT ON TELEPHONE NO. 3-419221.

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