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SUNDAY, APRIL 17, 1994

JOCKEY CLUB CHARITIES TRUST DONATES

$1.1M TO HELP DISABLED GET JOBS

THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT IS PRODUCING PUBLIC EDUCATION PROGRAMMES AIMING ΤΟ IMPROVE THE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE DISABLED, THANKS TO A DONATION OF $1.1 MILLION FROM THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB CHARITIES TRUST.

EXTENDING HER APPRECIATION TO THE CLUB FOR THE DONATION, SENIOR LABOUR OFFICER IN CHARGE OF THE SELECTIVE PLACEMENT DIVISION (SPD), MRS JENNIE CHOR, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) THAT THE FUNDS WOULD BE USED FOR THE PRODUCTION OF PUBLICITY MATERIALS WHICH INCLUDED TWO 30- MINUTE TELEVISION PROGRAMMES AND A 15-MINUTE FILM ON INTERVIEWING SKILLS.

"RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG HELPS THE PRODUCTION OF THE VISUAL MATERIALS, MRS CHOR SAID.

IN REGARD TO THE TWO 30-MINUTE TELEVISION PROGRAMMES, MRS CHOR NOTED THAT THE FIRST ONE WOULD CONTAIN AN OVERVIEW OF THE PRESENT VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION PROCESS AND THE PROBLEMS THERETO.

THE SECOND PROGRAMME WOULD HIGHLIGHT THE WORKING ABILITIES OF DISABLED PEOPLE, SHE SAID.

THE TWO PROGRAMMES WILL BE RECORDED ON VIDEO TAPES AFTER BEING BROADCAST AND WILL BE USED AS PROMOTIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS BY THE SPD AS WELL AS OTHER REHABILITATION ORGANISATIONS.

THE 15-MINUTE FILM ON INTERVIEWING SKILLS FOR DISABLED JOB- SEEKERS WILL BE SHOWN TO REGISTRANTS IN THE SPD BEFORE THEY ATTEND JOB INTERVIEWS. THE FILM WILL ALSO BE SHOWN AT EXHIBITIONS AND

SEMINARS.

IT WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR USE BY OTHER VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AGENCIES.

THE PROJECT HAS COMMENCED AND THE FINAL PRODUCT WILL BE MADE PUBLIC EARLY NEXT YEAR.

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HOPE THAT THE TWO TELEVISION PROGRAMMES CAN AROUSE PUBLIC CONCERN OVER THE EMPLOYMENT NEEDS OF THE DISABLED PERSONS AND RECTIFY MISCONCEPTIONS THAT DISABLED PERSONS ARE NOT PRODUCTIVE, MRS CHOR SAID.

"WE ALSO HOPE THAT DISABLED JOB-SEEKERS CAN ACQUIRE SOME BASIC SKILLS FOR JOB INTERVIEWS THROUGH THE EDUCATIONAL FILM AND BE SELECTED AS EMPLOYEES SO THAT THEY CAN CONTRIBUTE THEIR TALENTS TO THE JOB AND WORK ALONGSIDE WITH THE ABLE-BODIED, SHE ADDED.

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