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TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1985

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FUNCTIONS OF DISABLED CENTRAL REGISTRY EXPLAINED

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SINCE JANUARY 1984, THE CENTRAL REGISTRY OF THE DISABLED HAS HELPED NEARLY 450 DISABLED PERSONS, INCLUDING THE DEAF, BLIND, PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED, MENTALLY HANDICAPPED AND EX-MENTALLY ILL, TO FIND JOBS THROUGH A+MATCHING PROCESS+, THE ACTING COMMISSIONER FOR REHABILITATION, MR ALDAN KWOK, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).

ADDRESSING A LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF PENINSULA, MR KWOK SAID THAT THE MATCHING PROCESS+ SERVICE ASSISTED THE SELECTIVE PLACEMENT SERVICE OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT IN SHORT- LISTING DISABLED REGISTRANTS WHO FULFILLED THE REQUIREMENTS OF JOB VACANCIES.

HE SAID: THE PROCESS BEGINS WITH THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT FEEDING THE SPECIFICATIONS OF A VACANCY INTO THE COMPUTER. THE COMPUTER MATCHES THE SPECIFICATIONS AGAINST THE PARTICULARS OF DISABLED REGISTRANTS TO IDENTIFY A NUMBER OF SUITABLE CANDIDATES FOR THE VACANCY.

+FACTORS TO BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION ARE QUALIFICATION, EXPERIENCE, SALARY EXPECTED AND SOMETIMES THE ADDRESS OF THE REGISTRANTS.

+THE RESULTS ARE CONSIDERED BY A LABOUR OFFICER WHO SELECTS THE DISABLED PERSONS WHOM HE CONSIDERS ARE BEST MATCHED FOR THE JOB VACANCIES. HE THEN INTERVIEWS THE DISABLED PERSON TO FURTHER ASSESS HIS SUITABILITY.

+ IF THE LABOUR OFFICER FINDS THE DISABLED PERSONS SUITABLE HE WILL INTRODUCE, AND SOMETIMES ACCOMPANY HIM TO THE PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYERS FOR A JOB INTERVIEW.+

MR KWOK SAID THAT THIS SERVICE GREATLY REDUCED THE TIME REQUIRED FOR LABOUR OFFICERS TO SELECT SUITABLE DISABLED PERSONS FOR INTERVIEW.

THE CENTRAL REGISTRY OF THE DISABLED, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE MOST ADVANCED IN THE WORLD, IS THE CENTRAL FEATURE OF THE CO-ORDINATED APPROACH IN THE PROVISION OF HONG KONG'S REHABILITATION SERVICES.

CENTRALISING RECORDS OF DISABLED PERSONS KEPT BY GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES, THE REGISTRY HAD BEEN IN OPERATION FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS.

MR KWOK POINTED OUT THAT THE REGISTRY HAD THREE MAIN FUNCTIONS PLANNING OF REHABILITATION SERVICES; PROVIDING DATA FOR RESEARCH AND SURVEY: AND FACILITATING THE DELIVERY OF REHABILITATION SERVICES TO DISABLED PERSONS.

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