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FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1991

"UNDER THE

PROHIBITED

WITHIN

+

MIDNIGHT AND 6 AM,

SUBJECT TQ

PERMITTED BETWEEN

PRESENT REGULATIONS, THE OPERATION OF APUS

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A SPECIFIED "APU CONTROLLED AREA" BETWEEN THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

IS

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CERTAIN CONDITIONS, THE OPERATION OF APUS MAY BR 11 PM AND 6 AM IN THE ADJACENT AREA WITHIN THE

BOUNDARIES OF THE AIRPORT.

THESE RESTRICTIONS

GROUND NOISE AT NIGHT.

HAVE BEEN EFFECTIVE IN REDUCING AIRPORT

BREAKTHROUGH IN VOCATIONAL ASSESSMENT FOR THE DISABLED

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THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT WILL SOON PUT INTO USE STATE-OF-THE-ART VOCATIONAL ASSESSMENT SYSTEM ΤΟ HELP ASSESS THE WORKING ABILITIES OF DISABLED JOB-SEEKERS.

THE DEPARTMENT'S SELECTIVE PLACEMENT DIVISION PURCHASED THREE ASSESSMENT KITS, KNOWN AS VALPAR COMPONENT WORK SAMPLE SERIES (VCWSS} + LAST YEAR WITH FUNDS DONATED BY THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB (RHKJC).

"ESPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR THE DISABLED, THE SYSTEM ENABLES PLACEMENT OFFICERS TO REALISTICALLY AND ACCURATELY ASSESS INDIVIDUAL DISABLED PERSON'S RESIDUAL WORKING ABILITIES FOR PLACEMENT IN THE RIGHT JOB, THE SENIOR LABOUR OFFICER (SELECTIVE PLACEMENT), MR HOUDINI HO, EXPLAINED.

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RHKJC, THE DIVISION

'WITH A FURTHER GRANT OF $175,000 BY THE HAS RECENTLY ENGAGED AN EXPERT INSTRUCTOR FROM THE USA ΤΟ RUN A TRAINING PROGRAMME FOR 20 PLACEMENT OFFICERS ON THE EFFECTIVE USE OF THE ASSESSMENT KIT," MR HO SAID.

"THE PROGRAMME COMPRISES A FIVE-DAY SESSION CONDUCTED BY A CERTIFIED VOCATIONAL EVALUATION SPECIALIST FROM THE PRODUCER OF THE SYSTEM THIS WEEK, AS WELL AS ANOTHER FIVE-DAY FOLLOW-UP SESSION TO BE HELD SIX TO NINE MONTHS LATER.

THREE

"UPON COMPLETION OF THE INITIAL TRAINING SESSION, PLACEMENT OFFICERS WILL START USING THE KIT IN JOB-MATCHING

ALL THE REGIONAL OFFICES OF THE DIVISION," HE ADDED.

THE ADDRESSES OF THE THREE OFFICES ARE:

* HONG KONG OFFICE

HARBOUR BUILDING, GROUND FLOOR, 38 PIER ROAD, CENTRAL. TEL. NO. 852 4801

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/* KOWLOON OFFICE