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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1994

WORK TOGETHER WITH DISABLED EMPLOYEES

TEN EMPLOYERS WERE COMMENDED FOR THEIR OPEN-MINDEDNESS IN HIRING DISABLED PEOPLE WHILE 14 DISABLED EMPLOYEES WERE RECOGNISED FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING WORK PERFORMANCE.

THEY WERE GIVEN SOUVENIRS TODAY (THURSDAY) AT AN OUTSTANDING DISABLED EMPLOYEES AWARDS CEREMONY ORGANISED BY THE SELECTIVE

PLACEMENT DIVISION (SPD) OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT.

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IN THE WELCOMING REMARKS AT THE CEREMONY, THE COMMISSIONER LABOUR, MR YIU YAN-NANG, SAID THE EMPLOYERS HAD BEEN SELECTED FROM MORE THAN 600 EMPLOYING ESTABLISHMENTS.

"THEY WERE SELECTED BECAUSE THEY HAVE ADOPTED AN ENLIGHTENED ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE EMPLOYMENT OF THE DISABLED, THUS ENABLING THEM TO FULLY DEVELOP THEIR POTENTIALS, HE SAID.

MR YIU CONGRATULATED THE AWARD WINNERS WHOSE OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE AT WORK HAD DEMONSTRATED THEIR WORKING ABILITIES.

"I HOPE THAT OTHER DISABLED PERSONS CAN FOLLOW THEIR EXAMPLES AND IN JOINT EFFORT WITH THEIR ABLE-BODIED COUNTERPARTS, WILL ACHIEVE THE ULTIMATE GOAL 'TOGETHER WE WORK, TOGETHER WE CONTRIBUTE' HE ADDED.

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FOLLOWING THE SUMMIT MEETING CHAIRED BY THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, IN EARLY FEBRUARY THIS YEAR, SPD HAS BEEN ACTIVELY PROMOTING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE WORKING ABILITIES OF THE DISABLED.

"THESE PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDE THE PRODUCTION OF TELEVISION AND RADIO PROGRAMMES, MR YIU SAID.

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*FURTHERMORE, TO ENHANCE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN EMPLOYERS DISABLED EMPLOYEES, WE HAVE PREPARED A SERIES OF GUIDE BOOKS ON PEER GROUP ACCEPTANCE.

WORK

"TO HELP JOB-SEEKERS UNDERSTAND THE NECESSARY PREPARATORY FOR JOB INTERVIEWS, WE HAVE ALSO PREPARED A PAMPHLET ON SUCCESSFUL JOB INTERVIEW, HE SAID.

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PROMOTIONAL

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THE DISABLED EDUCATIONAL

HOPE THAT THE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES COULD BE HEIGHTENED THROUGH THESE ACTIVITIES, HE ADDED.

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DURING THE CEREMONY, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, MRS PRESENTED THE OUTSTANDING DISABLED EMPLOYEES AWARDS TO AND GAVE SOUVENIRS TO EMPLOYERS WHO NOMINATED THEM.

ANSON CHAN,

EMPLOYEES

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/THE AWARD