THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1987
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MR FORD WAS TOLD THAT THE DIVISION WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR RESOLVING LABOUR DISPUTES AND ADVISING EMPLOYEES AND EMPLOYERS ON ALL ASPECTS RELATING TO CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT AND PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT.
ABOUT 200 LABOUR DISPUTES, INVOLVING SOME 16 800 WORKERS, WERE HANDLED IN 1986.
TO PROMOTE INTEREST IN JOINT CONSULTATION, OFFICERS FROM THE DIVISION PAID REGULAR VISITS TO ESTABLISHMENTS TO EXPLAIN THE PROVISIONS OF THE EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE AND TO ADVISE GENERALLY ON HOW TO IMPROVE RELATIONS BETWEEN LABOUR AND MANAGEMENT.
FROM THERE, MR FORD WENT TO INSPECT THE OPERATIONS OF THE SELECTIVE PLACEMENT DIVISION'S HONG KONG OFFICE IN DOMINION CENTRE, QUEEN'S ROAD EAST. THE OFFICE IS SPECIALLY FITTED TO TAKE CARE OF THE LIMITATIONS IMPOSED BY THE MANOEUVRABILITY OF DISABLED PERSONS, IN PARTICULAR THOSE IN WHEELCHAIRS.
SPECIAL FEATURES INCLUDE A RAMPED ENTRANCE, WIDER CORRIDOR AND DOORWAY, ALARM BELL AND EQUIPMENT TO ASSESS THE WORKING APTITUDE OF THE DISABLED.
LAST YEAR MORE THAN 1 000 DISABLED PERSONS WERE FOUND JOBS IN BOTH THE PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTORS WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE DIVISION A RECORD NUMBER SINCE IT WAS SET UP IN MID-1980.
BEFORE CONCLUDING HIS VISIT, MR FORD ALSO WATCHED A VIDEO PRESENTATION OF THE RANGE OF SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE DIVISION FOR THE BLIND, THE DEAF, THE EX-MENTALLY ILL, THE MENTALLY RETARDED AND THE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED.
$2 MILLION DONATION TO SET UP TRUST FUND
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A TRUST FUND HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED WITH AN INITIAL DONATION OF $2 MILLION FROM, AN INDUSTRIALIST, MR LAW TING-PONG OF THE LAWS FASHION KNITTERS LTD, TO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY YOUTH CLUB SCHEME OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND VARIOUS EDUCATIONAL, RECREATIONAL, CULTURAL AND ARTS ACTIVITIES.
THE TRUST FUND, KNOWN AS THE LAWS FOUNDATION TRUST, ALSO AIMS AT PROMOTING ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE WELL BEING OF THE COMMUNITY AND AT PROVIDING RELIEF OF POVERTY, HARDSHIP AND SUFFERING WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE PROTECTION OF THE YOUNG AND CARE FOR THE ELDERLY.
THE FUND
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