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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1994

GOVT CONTINUES TO EMPLOY THE DISABLED * * * * *

IT IS

THE

GOVERNMENT'S POLICY

TO

PLACE

DISABLED

PERSONS,

INCLUDING THE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED, IN APPROPRIATE JOBS IN THE CIVIL SERVICE WHEREVER POSSIBLE.

IS

CONSISTENT

WITH

THE

GENERAL

POLICY

ΤΟ

INTEGRATE REHABILITATION

PUBLIC

THIS DISABLED PERSONS INTO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH VOCATIONAL AND EVENTUAL GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT IN THE PRIVATE AS WELL AS THE SECTORS.

SERVICE,

THIS WAS STATED BY THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL MR STUART HARBINSON, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON SZETO WAH IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

FOR

OP THE

DISABLED ENTIRE CIVIL

MR HARBINSON SAID THE GOVERNMENT WAS EMPLOYING 3,778

2.07 PER CENT PERSONS, WHICH SERVICE.

ACCOUNTED

THE MAJOR

REGIONAL

DEPARTMENTS

EMPLOYING

THEM MECHANICAL

ARE

SERVICES, ELECTRICAL AND

URBAN SERVICES,

SERVICES, HOSPITAL

SERVICES, HOUSING, THE POLICE, AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, WATER SUPPLIES, SOCIAL WELFARE AND EDUCATION.

OVER ONE-THIRD OF DISABLED OFFICERS ARE ON MODEL SCALE SCALE, WITH MONTHLY SALARY RANGING FROM $6,635 TO $7,620.

9.2 PER CENT ARE IN MORE SENIOR POSITIONS MAXIMUM SALARY AT MASTER PAY SCALE POINT 26 OR ABOVE WITH MONTHLY SALARY OF $22,890 OR ABOVE.

ANOTHER

1 PAY

DRAWING

A

OR EQUIVALENT,

MR HARBINSON RECALLED THAT 1,432 DISABLED PERSONS WERE EMPLOYED IN THE CIVIL SERVICE IN 1983.

"THE EXISTING POLICY THEREFORE SERMS GENERALLY APPROPRIATE,'

П

ADMINISTRATION

TO

ENCOURAGE

"THE

EFFORTS WILL CONTINUE ITS EMPLOYMENT OF DISABLED PERSONS IN THE CIVIL SERVICE.

ENTRY

FOR

REQUIREMENTS

THE ACTING SECRETARY NOTED THAT DISABLED PERSONS APPLYING

THE IN

HAD TO CIVIL

MEET THE APPLICABLE TO ALL OTHER APPLICANTS.

JOBS

SERVICE

HOWEVER, IF THEY ARE FOUND SUITABLE FOR EMPLOYMENT, GIVEN AN APPROPRIATE DEGREE OF PREFERENCE.

IN ADDITION, A DISABLED PERSON WHO IS ABLE TO CARRY CERTAIN DUTIES OF A PARTICULAR RANK MAY BE RECOMMENDED FOR EVEN THOUGH HE MAY NOT, ON ACCOUNT OF HIS DISABILITY, PERFORM ALL THE DUTIES OF THAT RANK.

THEY ARE

OUT ONLY EMPLOYMENT

BE ABLE TO

MAY CRITERIA

BE

IN SOME RECRUITMENT EXERCISES, ADDITIONAL IMPOSED TO SHORTLIST QUALIFIED CANDIDATES FOR SELECTION INTERVIEWS.

THAT

THESE CRITERIA WOULD NOT APPLY TO DISABLED CANDIDATES SO ALL DISABLED CANDIDATES WHO POSSESS THE BASIC ENTRY QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE POSTS ARE GIVEN THE CHANCE TO ATTEND THE INTERVIEWS.

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