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FRIDAY, JULY 15, 1988

"IT HAS ALSO BEEN ACTIVELY

INVOLVED IN THE PREPARATION AND

DISSEMINATION OF CAREERS INFORMATION AND RESOURCE MATERIALS.

"REGULAR CAREERS VISITS, WORKSHOPS, DISCUSSION SESSIONS, SEMINARS, CONFERENCES AND TRAINING COURSES ARE ORGANISED FOR CAREERS TEACHERS TO UPDATE THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS IN CAREERS GUIDANCE TO KEEP THEM ABREAST OF CHANGES TAKING PLACE, MR LAN SAID.

AND

TODAY'S SEMINAR WAS ATTENDED BY MORE THAN 100 CAREERS TEACHERS FROM VARIOUS SCHOOLS AND TECHNICAL INSTITUTES.

GUEST SPEAKERS INCLUDED MRS GRACE CHOW, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF STUDENT AFFAIRS, CHINESE UNIVERSITY; MR CHAN HIN-SANG, PERSONNEL OFFICER, CHINA LIGHT AND POWER Co. LTD.; AND MR RAYMOND LEUNG, LABOUR OFFICER, LABOUR DEPARTMENT.

SUBJECTS DISCUSSED WERE PREPARATION FOR JOINING THE WORLD OF WORK, LADDER OF SUCCESS FOR YOUNG SCHOOL LEAVERS, AND JOB-SEEKERS CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT,

AND

MORE OPPORTUNITIES URGED FOR DISABLED

THE COMMUNITY MUST OPEN ITS CHANNEL TO THE DISABLED SO THAT THEY COULD SHARE THE SAME RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES AS THEIR ABLE-BODIED COUNTERPARTS BECAUSE REHABILITATION SERVICES ARE ONLY PART OF THE REQUIRED ACTION TO ACHIEVE THE GOAL OF INTEGRATING THE DISABLED INTO THE COMMUNITY, THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MRS ELIZABETH WONG, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

SHE WAS SPEAKING AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND JOINT SCHOOLS' END OF TERM CEREMONY OF THE SPASTICS ASSOCIATION OF HONG KONG, HELD AT THE MARTHA BOSS COMMUNITY CENTRE IN HO MAN TIN.

MRS WONG NOTED THAT LIKE ALL OF US, THE DISABLED ALSO NEEDED EMPLOYMENT AND MOREOVER, THEY NEEDED THE SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE FROM PARENTS, FRIENDS, THEIR FELLOW WORKERS AND THE COMMUNITY TO FACE THE CHALLENGE OF THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT.

ΤΟ PREPARE THEM то FACE THE CHALLENGE, VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION WAS ESSENTIAL, AND THIS INCLUDED VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE AND ASSESSMENT, VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND PLACEMENT SERVICES, SAID.

MRS

WONG

/VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE