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TUESDAY, JULY 16, 1935

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MORE JOBS SOUGHT FOR DISABLED WORKERS

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THERE WERE MANY SKILLED WORKERS AMONG THE DISABLED PEOPLE IN HONG KONG, BUT THEIR POTENTIAL COULD NOT BE REALISED UNTIL EMPLOYERS PROVIDE THEM WITH SUITABLE JOBS, A SENIOR LABOUR OFFICER, MR JOHN SUNG KWAN-CHAK SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).

MR SUNG, WHO HEADS THE SELECTIVE PLACEMENT SERVICE OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT, WAS SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE FOR THE SECOND HONG KONG ABILYMPIC, WHICH WILL BE HELD ON FRIDAY AT THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC.

THE ACTING GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE OPENING AND PRESENT SOUVENIRS.

MR SUNG SAID THE SELECTIVE PLACEMENT SERVICE PROVIDES A SERVICE TO EMPLOYERS AND DISABLED PERSONS THROUGH THE SELECTION AND MATCHING OF A PERSON TO A JOB, SO THAT THE ABILITIES OF THE DISABLED PERSON WILL HAVE AN ENVIRONMENT FOR FULL DEVELOPMENT.

HE SAID THAT THERE WERE EMPLOYERS WHO BELIEVED IN EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR DISABLED PERSONS AND WHO HAD HELPED TO IDENTIFY POSTS SUITABLE FOR DISABLED JOB-SEEKERS.

+TO SHOW OUR APPRECIATION FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND TO GIVE PUBLIC RECOGNITION TO THESE EMPLOYERS, SO THAT OTHER EMPLOYERS MAY FOLLOW THE IR GOOD EXAMPLES, THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT HOLDS AN ANNUAL CEREMONY DURING WHICH SOUVENIRS ARE PRESENTED TO THE OUTSTANDING EMPLOYERS,+ HE SAID.

THIS YEAR, THE ANNUAL PRESENTATION CEREMONY WILL BE HELD AT THE SECOND HONG KONG ABILYMPIC.

MR SUNG SAID THIS WOULD PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EMPLOYERS AND THE DISABLED WORKERS TO GET TOGETHER AND FIND OUT MORE ABOUT EACH OTHER.

THE SECOND ABILYMPIC WOULD ALSO PROVIDE A CHANCE FOR EMPLOYERS TO OBSERVE THE VARIETY OF TASKS THAT DISABLED PERSONS COULD PERFORM, HE ADDED.

MR SUNG SAID THE SKILL CONTEST AT THE ABILYMPIC WOULD GIVE EMPLOYERS CONFIDENCE THAT THERE WERE MANY SKILLED DISABLED WORKERS, AND HE INVITED ALL EMPLOYERS TO VISIT THE CONTEST.

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