Supplementary to question No. 9
in Legislative Council on 20.11.85
Dr. HO Kam-fai : Sir, what monetary incentives does Government provide to the
Las employers who are willing to employ disabled persons and how much/Government
spent in the last three years as incentives and how many disabled persons have been
placed under such scheme?
Secretary for Education and Manpower : Sir, I think Dr. Ho referred to monetary
incentives though there are no direct monetary incentives as such. Although of course
we do
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in conjunction with employers associations, honour employers who make special
efforts in employing the disabled.
Prog, Poon: Sir, has the Government any plans to increase the annual intake of
disabled persons in full time employment since it is the biggest employer in Hong Kong?
Secretary for Education and Manpower: That question, Sir, should of course be addressed
to the Chief Secretary, However I will manfully try on his behalf since it is civil
service employment. The Government recognises the need to take a lead in placing the
disabled in appropriate jobs in the civil service wherever possible. As at 1 April,
1985 there were 1,966 disabled officers working in a wide variety of jobs in the civil
service. The number of disabled persons newly recruited each year has been increasing
from 70 in 1980 to 189 in 1983. The number dropped to 169 in 1984 and so far this
year 97 has been placed. This drop is largely the result of the financial restraint ·
placed on civil service growth. The Selective Placement Service together with the
Civil Service Branch is concurrently conducting a series of visits to departments
with a view to identifying more job opportunities to the disabled in the civil
service
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