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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1987

DEPARTMENT

RECENTLY SHOWED THE DISABLED WORKERS

AND SATISFACTORILY

WERE

HE SAID A SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE EMPLOYERS CONSIDERED THEY EMPLOYED "WERE PERFORMING THEIR DUTIES OBEDIENT, CO-OPERATIVE, STABLE AND LOYAL".

THE

AND HAVE

SAME SKILLS WITHOUT THE NEED OF ANY PROPER

PEOPLE "IN FACT, MOST DISABLED ABILITIES TO OFFER AS ABLE-BODIED PEOPLE SPECIAL HELP WHILE MANY OTHERS HAVE AS MUCH TO OFFER GIVEN THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING OR THE USE OF PROPER AIDS," HE STRESSED.

BRING HOME "I HOPE THIS WILL DILLIGENT, THE DISABLED ARE AS COMPETENT' KONG."

'DEVOTED

AND

IN

HONG

THE MESSAGE TO OTHER EMPLOYERS

PURCHASED

FOR

MADE

OF

THE

AND

AIDS AND HAD HE ALSO REMINDED EMPLOYERS WHO

THE PURPOSE ΤΟ ADAPTATION

THEIR PREMISES OR MACHINERY EMPLOYING THE DISABLED THAT THEY COULD APPLY FOR REIMBURSEMENT TO

CHEST COMMUNITY THE FUND EMPLOYAID

WHICH

FUNDED BY IS

KONG SOCIETY ADMINISTERED BY THE EMPLOYAID SUB-COMMITTEE OF THE HONG FOR REHABILITATION.

ALSO SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY WAS THE CHAIRMAN CLOTHING INDUSTRY TRAINING AUTHORITY, MR CHAN SUI-KAU.

OF THE

FOR TRAINING

THE PROVIDING THAT APART FROM SAID MR CHAN

AND ITS TWO TRAINING AUTHORITY THE

INDUSTRY WORKERS,

CLOTHING

IN TAPPING THE WORKING TRAINING CENTRES ALSO PLAYED AN ACTIVE ROLE POTENTIAL OF THE DISABLED AND MADE GOOD USE OF THEM.

MANUFACTURERS

"AS FAR AS I KNOW, MANY CLOTHING DISABLED WORKERS IN VARIOUS POSTS," HE SAID.

HAVE EMPLOYED

+

WHEN THEY ARE PLACED IN SUITABLE POSTS, AS EFFICIENT AS THE ABLE-BODIED."

THE DISABLED CAN

BE

VACANCIES IN MUCH ON THE DILIGENCE

MR CHAN ESTIMATED THAT THEY WERE OVER 40,000 JOB THE CLOTHING INDUSTRY WHICH HE SAID "DEPENDS AND HIGH EFFICIENCY OF HONG KONG WORKERS".

90 AS

HE CALLED UPON EMPLOYERS IN THE CLOTHING INDUSTRY IN OTHER INDUSTRIES TO TAKE ON MORE DISABLED WORKERS THEIR MANPOWER PROBLEMS,

HE ALSO

AS WELL AS ΤΟ SOLVE

WORKERS WHO STILL

POSSESS

INVITED THOSE DISABLED WORKING ABILITIES TO JOIN THE LABOUR FORCE.

THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT THE WEEK-LONG EXHIBITION, ORGANISED BY

THE TRAINING AUTHORITY, INDUSTRY CLOTHING AND SPONSORED BY THE

HONG KONG WOOLEN HONG KONG FEDERATION OF HONG KONG GARMENT MANUFACTURERS, THE

CO AND SYNTHETIC KNITTING MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION LTD, THE

NEW WORLD DEVELOPMENT GARMENT MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION AND THE LTD, AIMS AT ENCOURAGING EMPLOYERS TO EMPLOY DISABLED PEOPLE POSSIBLE.

WHENEVER

USING AUDIO ...