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SUNDAY, APRIL 11, 1993

AND THEY HAVE NO WORKING EXPERIENCE IN OTHER FIELDS AT ALL.

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"THOUGH WE HAD TO OVERCOME MANY OBSTACLES TO START ON PRESENT JOB, THE EMPLOYEES RETRAINING SCHEME DID MANAGE TO HELP US IN MAKING OUR FIRST STEP BY PROVIDING US WITH A BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF HOTEL SERVICES," MISS FUNG ADDED.

"NOW, WE FEEL MORE SECURED IN THE NEW JOB THAN IN THE

MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY.

IN THOSE DAYS, THEY HAD TO FACE THE PROBLEM OF INADEQUATE WORK.

"THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S EFFORTS IN ASSISTING US TO FIND NEW ARE ALSO IMPORTANT, OTHERWISE, WE MAY NEVER GET THIS JOB SIMPLY BECAUSE HOTELS WOULD NORMALLY NOT TAKE IN NEW HANDS, THEY ADDED.

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THEIR EMPLOYER, THE HOTEL FURAMA KEMPINSKI HONG KONG ALSO EXPRESSED GREAT SUPPORT IN THE GOVERNMENT'S RETRAINING PROJECT.

"WE FEEL THAT IT IS OUR DUTY TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE COMMUNITY AND THAT BY SETTING A PRECEDENT, OTHER EMPLOYERS WILL HAVE MORE CONFIDENCE IN EMPLOYING RETRAINED WORKERS, THE HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER OF THE HOTEL, MISS WINNIE CHOW SAID.

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"MEANWHILE, WE ARE GLAD TO HAVE RECRUITED MISS NG AND MISS FUNG WHO ARE BOTH CONSCIENTIOUS AND WILLING TO LEARN, SHE SAID, ADDING THAT THE HOTEL IS PREPARED TO ORGANISE FURTHER TRAINING ΤΟ BETTER POLISH THEIR SKILLS.

THEIR PERFORMANCE HAVE GIVEN THEM CONFIDENCE IN RECRUITING OTHER RETRAINEES UNDER THE EMPLOYEES RETRAINING SCHEME, SHE SAID.

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"WE ARE NOW PLANNING TO TAKE ON OTHER SUITABLE RETRAINERS TO FILL THE VACANCIES IN THE HOTEL'S OPERATIONAL DEPARTMENTS, MISS CHOW ADDED.

OFFICER LOCAL

MEANWHILE, LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S SENIOR LABOUR (EMPLOYMENT SERVICES), MR RAYMOND CHAN, SAID THE DEPARTMENT'S EMPLOYMENT SERVICE (LES) IS STILL HELPING 51 RETRAINEES IN FINDING JOBS.

AT THE END OF MARCH, 397 RETRAINEES HAVE COMPLETED RETRAINING. MORE THAN 200 HAVE FOUND WORK THROUGH ABOUT 540 REFERRALS MADE EITHER BY LES OR BY TRAINING BODIES, MR CHAN SAID.

"THE REMAINING 140 HAVE NOT REQUESTED FOR EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE AND PRESUMABLY HAVE FOUND WORK," HE SAID.

MR CHAN SAID PROFILES OF THE RETRAINEES HAD SENT TO ALL

TO EMPLOYERS TO HELP THEM SELECT SUITABLE CANDIDATES

FILL

POTENTIAL THEIR VACANCIES.

"OUR OFFICERS WILL

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MAINTAIN CLOSE CONTACTS WITH POTENTIAL EMPLOYERS ΤΟ MONITOR EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR RETRAINEES, HE ADDED.

/MR CHAN