XN000022-1978-09-05 — Page 6

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1978

S.W.D. HELPS DISABLED YOUNG MAN FIND JOB WITH HIGH PAY

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MR. TSANG NAI-BUN, A 25-YEAR-OLD PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED PERSON, WAS JOB HUNTING FOR THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THIS YEAR. TODAY HE IS SITTING BEHIND HIS DESK IN A LEADING BANK ANALYSING THE FINANCIAL DATA OF THE BANK AND ITS OVERSEAS BRANCHES,

WITH THE HELP OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S JOB PLACEMENT UNIT, MR. TSANG IS NOW EMPLOYED AS AN ANALYSIS SUPERVISOR IN THE BANK OF CANTON HEADQUARTERS EARNING $1,700 A MONTH THE HIGHEST PAY FOR A JOB FOUND FOR A DISABLED PERSON BY THE UNIT..

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HE IS AMONG THE 31 DISABLED PERSONS PLACED TO JOBS BY THE UNIT IN JULY, BRINGING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF DISABLED PERSONS HELPED IN FINDING A JOB SINCE THE UNIT WAS SET UP IN 1967 TO 3,245.

POL 10-STRICKEN AT THE AGE OF TWO AND CRIPPLED EVER SINCE MR. TSANG RETURNED TO HONG KONG LATE LAST YEAR AFTER THREE YEARS OF SCHOOLING IN AMERICA TO LOOK FOR A JOB.

+ I HAD BEEN TO A NUMBER OF JOB INTERVIEWS BUT DID NOT SUCCEED MAINLY BECAUSE I DID NOT HAVE ANY WORKING EXPERIENCE, HE SAID.

+THIS WENT ON FOR ABOUT HALF A YEAR UNTIL I WAS ADVISED TO PPROACH THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT FOR ASSISTANCE,+ HE ADDED.

MR. TSANG'S REQUEST FOR HELP SET THE JOB PLACEMENT UNIT IN A FLURRY OF TELEPHONE CALLS TO PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYERS AND CHECKS ON RECORDS IN A BID TO MATCH HIM TO A SUITABLE JOB.

+THIS DIDN'T TAKE LONG BUT NOT WITHOUT SOME DIFFICULTY THOUGH, SAID MR. CHAN SHIU-WING, WHO HEADS A TEAM OF FIVE JOB PLACEMENT OFFICERS IN THE UNIT UNDER THE DEPARTMENT'S REHABILITATION DIVISION.

MR. CHAN EXPLAINED THAT MR. TSANG HAD ADMIRABLE ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS.

+AFTER FINISHING FORM 6 IN HONG KONG, HE WENT TO STUDY AT THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN WASHINGTON D.C. AND LAST YEAR OBTAINED A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN BUSINESS AND ADMINISTRATION, + HE SAID.

EXTENSIVE ENQUIRIES MADE BY HIS UNIT REVEALED THAT THE BANK OF CANTON HAD A VACANCY IN THEIR CONTROLLER DEPARTMENT. AFTER A BRIEF INTERVIEW, MR. TSANG WAS OFFERED THE JOB.

TRAVELLING DAILY TO WORK BY BUS FROM HIS HOME IN KOWLOON, MR. TSANG IS DOING VERY WELL IN HIS JOB AND VERY PLEASED WITH IT.

HE IS PARTICULARLY HAPPY THAT HE HAS A VERY UNDERSTANDING+ EMPLOYER, MR. MOUNIR HAMAQUI, ASSISTANT CHIEF MANAGER OF THE BANK.

/SPEAKING