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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 1989

HOUSING

AUTHORITY

POLICY. HAWKING

UNDER FROHIBITED IN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES.

ALTHOUGH THERE WERE NO READILY AVAILABLE

NUMBER

PERSONS OF NOTED THAT THE

HANDICAPPED HAWKING ACTIVITIES WAS BELIEVED TO BE VERY SMALL.

ACTIVITIES

WERE

STATISTICS. MR CHAU ILLEGAL ENGAGED

IN

THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE "WHILST I AM NOT AWARE OF ANY REPORTS

OBVIOUSLY DESIRABLE THAT BEING EXPLOITED FOR COMMERCIAL GAIN, IT IS SUITABLE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE DISABLED SHOULD BE WIDENED, HE SAID.

"IN THIS REGARD, OUR EFFORTS INCLUDE THE PROVISION OF SPECIAL TRAINING FOR ADULTS EDUCATION FOR HANDICAPPED CHILDREN, VOCATIONAL SUITABLE FOR OPEN EMPLOYMENT AND ASSISTANCE IN SEEKING JOBS FOR WHO POSSESS THE APPROPRIATE SKILLS.

THOSE

AND SHELTERED

OPEN EMPLOYMENT, WE SHALL "FOR THOSE WHO ARE UNSUITABLE FOR CONTINUE TO PROVIDE PLACEMENTS IN DAY ACTIVITY CENTRES WORKSHOPS. HE ADDED.

DECISION TO CLOSE POLICE CADET SCHOOL EXPLAINED

THE POLICE OF GOOD QUALITY THE SECRETARY THE LEGISLATIVE

IN THE CHANGING ACADEMIC ENVIRONMENT IN HONG KONG.

NO LONGER

NUMBERS OFFER THE CADET SCHOOL COULD RECRUITS WHICH WOULD BE REQUIRED IN THE POLICE FORCE.

GEOFFREY BARNES. SAID IN FOR SECURITY, THE HON COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

BARNES REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM DR THE HON HENRIETTA IP. MR

THAT THE RIGHT WAY TO MAINTAIN THE SAID THE GOVERNMENT BELIEVED

WAS BY STANDARDS OF POLICE RECRUITS AND SOLVE THE RECRUITING PROBLEM MAKING A CAREER IN THE POLICE FORCE ATTRACTIVE TO FORM 5 GRADUATES.

SCHOOL HAD BEEN A VALUABLE MR BARNES SAID THE POLICE CADET

IN 1973, AND WOULD SOURCE FOR POLICE RECRUITS SINCE ITS FORMATION REMAIN SO UNTIL ITS CLOSURE IN MARCH 1990.

BECAUSE IT HE SAID THE DECISION TO CLOSE THE SCHOOL WAS TAKEN

GETTING SUFFICIENT PUPILS FACED A RECRUITMENT PROBLEM OF ITS OWN IN TO ENROL AND SERVE AS A CONTINUING SOURCE OF RECRUITS FOR THE POLICE.

FACING A RECRUITMENT

"THE REASON FOR THE POLICE CADET SCHOOL PROBLEM IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF SECONDARY EDUCATION IN HONG KONG.

5.

ENTRY INTO THE "THE REQUIRED EDUCATIONAL STANDARD FOR DIRECT

HOWEVER. POLICE FORCE AS A POLICE CONSTABLE IS COMPLETION OF FORM

CADET SCHOOL ARE FORM 3 OVER 70 PER CENT OF THE RECRUITS INTO THE

A FORM

THE 4 PLACE WITHIN

BEEN

STUDENTS WHO HAVE NOT SECONDARY SCHOOL SYSTEM.

ALLOCATED

"THEY RECEIVE