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WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 1988

OF THESE, ABOUT 60 PER CENT FOUND JOBS

IN PRODUCTION

WORK.

RELATED

"BY APPLYING THESE PERCENTAGES TO OUR ESTIMATE OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF DISABLED PEOPLE OF WORKING AGE, WE ESTIMATE THAT THERE ARE ABOUT 34,000 DISABLED PEOPLE IN OPEN EMPLOYMENT, OF WHOM ABOUT 20,000 WORK IN THE INDUSTRIAL SECTOR, 11 MR BRIDGE SAID.

"OUR EXPERIENCE IS THAT MOST OF THEM ARE ENGAGED IN LIGHT INDUSTRIAL WORK SUCH AS GARMENT-MAKING, TOY-MAKING, ELECTRONICS,

PLASTICS AND PRINTING.

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TURNING TO THE MATTER OF PUBLICITY, MR BRIDGE SAID A YEAR-LONG REHABILITATION OF THE DISABLED CAMPAIGN WOULD BE LAUNCHED IN AUGUST TO PROMOTE THE EMPLOYMENT OF THE DISABLED IN THE INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL SECTORS.

"THESE PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES WILL BE DIRECTED AT EMPLOYERS IN THESE SECTORS, AT DISABLED PEOPLE TO BRING HOME THE IMPORTANCE OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING, AND AT THE PUBLIC AT LARGE TO BRING HOME THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SOCIAL INTEGRATION OF DISABLED PEOPLE, HE EXPLAINED.

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"PUBLICITY WILL MAINLY TAKE THE FORM OF TELEVISION API'S { ANNOUNCEMENTS IN PUBLIC INTEREST), RADIO API'S, POSTER DISPLAYS AT SELECTED SITES THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY, AND A COMPREHENSIVE LEAFLET IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE ON SERVICES RELATING TO THE EMPLOYMENT OF DISABLED PEOPLE.

"IN ADDITION,

REGULAR VISITS WILL BE PAID BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT TO VARIOUS ESTABLISHMENTS TO PROMOTE UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORKING ABILITIES OF DISABLED PEOPLE AND ΤΟ SECURE SUITABLE JOB VACANCIES."

EQUAL TREATMENT FOR MEDIA

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THE BASIC POLICY OF THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS TO TREAT THE PRESS AND THE ELECTRONIC MEDIA EQUALLY, HAVING REGARD то 'HEIR DIFFERENT OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS AND REQUIREMENTS, THE SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND INFORMATION, THE HON PETER TSAO, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON CONRAD

LAM, MR TSAO SAID INFORMATION WAS NORMALLY DISSEMINATED VIA THE TELEPRINTER AND FACSIMILE NETWORK WHICH LINKED THE DEPARTMENT WITH ALL PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA ORGANISATIONS.

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