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SATURDAY, JUNE 11, 1994

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VISITORS WILL BE ABLE TO SEE HOW HONG KONG HAS TRANSFORMED FROM

150 VILLAGE

INTERNATIONAL

SMALL FINANCIAL

CENTRE.

THEY

YEARS AGO INTO

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TRADE AND

VIDEO

WILL ALSO LEARN THROUGH SHORT FILMS ON A FULL-SIZE WALL. ON HOW PUBLIC MONEY IS SPENT ON BUILDING NEW TOWNS, HOSPITALS, SCHOOLS, PARKS, ROADS AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURAL PROJECTS.

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THE EXHIBITION ALSO FEATURES CHARTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS ILLUSTRATING THE MAIN ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN BY THE WORKS BRANCH, NEW AIRPORT PROJECTS CO-ORDINATION OFFICE, AND SEVEN WORKS DEPARTMENTS ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, DEPARTMENT, ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT, TERRITORY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT.

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DRAINAGE

SERVICES

ALSO

AND

BOARD CHAIRMAN,

OFFICIATING AT THE CEREMONY WERE WAN CHAI DISTRICT CHAIRMAN, MRS PEGGY LAM: CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT BOARD MR AMBROSE LAU; ACTING WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICER, MISS VIVIAN KO; CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR HERMAN CHO.

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NEW LEAFLET FOR DISABLED JOB-SEEKERS

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DISABLED JOB-SEEKERS CAN NOW OBTAIN A NEWLY PUBLISHED LEAFLET DESCRIBING THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S SELECTIVE PLACEMENT DIVISION (SPD) FROM VARIOUS SOURCES SO THAT THEY CAN MAKE GOOD USE OF THE SERVICES.

A TOTAL OF 10,000 COPIES OF THE LEAFLET HAVE BEEN PRINTED. FACILITATE THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED JOB-SEEKERS TO UNDERSTAND DETAILS THE LEAFLET, THE SPD HAS ALSO PRODUCED 2,000 BRAILLE COPIES WITH ASSISTANCE OF THE HONG KONG SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND.

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OF

THE

SPD

THE LEAFLETS ARE NOW AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION AT THE THREE BRANCHES OFFICES, THE NINE OFFICES OF THE EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT, VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL'S SKILLS CENTRES FOR THE DISABLED IN KWUN TONG, TUEN MUN AND ABERDEEN, SEVEN TECHNICAL INSTITUTES AND TWO TECHNICAL COLLEGES OF THE COUNCIL, CARITAS LOK MO VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTRE, PINEHILL, TRAINING CENTRE OF THE HONG KONG ASSOCIATION FOR THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED, AND VARIOUS NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS IN THE VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION FIELD.

ESTABLISHED IN JULY 1980. THE SPD HAS BEEN PROVIDING FREE

EMPLOYMENT SERVICES TO THE DISABLED AND EMPLOYERS.

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"IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS, WE HAVE MADE MORE THAN 1,000 PLACEMENTS BACH YEAR FOR THE DISABLED,' SENIOR LABOUR OFFICER

| SELECTIVE PLACEMENT) MRS JENNIE CHOR SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

STAFF

IN 1993. THE CONCERTED EFFORT OF THE DIVISION'S CONTRIBUTED TO THE 1.340 PLACEMENTS FOR THE DISABLED. INCLUDING THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED, HEARING IMPAIRED, PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED, MENTALLY RETARDED AND EX-MENTALLY ILL JOB-SEEKERS.

/MRS CHOR