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THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1989

INCLUDE: BRANCH, SOCIAL SERVICES,

THE

LABOUR

HEALTH, CITY HONG KONG. THE

EDUCATION PROGRAMME PARTICIPANTS IN THE PUBLIC

AND WELFARE THE HEALTH REHABILITATION DIVISION OF

KONG

OF SOCIAL COUNCIL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, HONG DEPARTMENT. HOSPITAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, DEPARTMENT OF

RADIO TELEVISION NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES AND CONCERNED WELFARE AGENCIES IN REHABILITATION FIELD.

AND

THE RDCC

DISCUSSED ALSO

ACCESS

AND FACILITIES

EMPLOYMENT

OPPORTUNITIES FOR DISABLED PERSONS,

RDCC

MEMBERS

WERE INFORMED

ON ACCESS FACILITIES, TRIAL LIFTS CONNECTING THE PAVEMENT AT GROUND LEVEL TO THE то PROVIDE ACCESS OF DISABLED WALKWAY SYSTEM IN CENTRAL WOULD BE INSTALLED AT STAR FERRY AND PEDDER STREET.

THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB AGREED PROJECT, AT A COST OF ABOUT $5.3 MILLION.

THAT

TWO ELEVATED PERSONS,

то FINANCE THE TRIAL

RDCC MEMBERS NOTED ILL TO USE THE

ON EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR DISABLED,

EX-MENTALLY THAT THERE WAS A GROWING TREND FOR THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S SELECTIVE PLACEMENT SERVICES.

THE PLACE OF

DEAF PLACEMENT

то

THIS TYPE OF JOB-SEEKERS HAD TAKEN THE BECOME THE SECOND LARGEST GROUP OF CLIENTS OF THE SELECTIVE DIVISION.

RDCC MEMBERS WERE GLAD TO LEARN SIGNS THAT EMPLOYERS WERE GRADUALLY EMPLOYING MENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS.

THAT THERE WERE ENCOURAGING BECOMING MORE RECEPTIVE TOWARD

THE IMPLEMENTATION

THEY WERE ALSO INFORMED OF THE PROGRESS IN OF THE HALF-WAY HOUSE BUILDING PROGRAMME,

ΤΟ STEP

UP

PUBLIC

EDUCATION

ON HOUSES AS

GOVERNMENT THE RDCC URGED MENTAL HEALTH AND IN PARTICULAR THE IMPORTANCE OF HALF-WAY AN EFFECTIVE MEANS FOR REHABILITATION OF THE EX-MENTALLY ILL.

FOURTH QUARTER SHIPPING, PORT AND CARGO STATISTICS RELEASED

IN

TOTAL IN HONG AND THE FOURTH

WITH A FOURTH

OF 1988, 4,295 SHIPS THE

QUARTER CAPACITY OF 26.3 MILLION NET REGISTERED TONS (NRT) ARRIVED KONG, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 500 (OR 13 PER CENT) IN NUMBER

OVER CAPACITY OF 3.0 MILLION NRT (OR 13 PER CENT) IN QUARTER OF 1987.

REPORT AND

THIS IS REVEALED IN THE "HONG KONG SHIPPING STATISTICS OCTOBER DECEMBER 1988" PUBLISHED TODAY (THURSDAY) BY THE CENSUS STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

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