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Question No.

3.

MR. TAM (in Cantonese) : Sir, will the Government consider

some more effective measures ? For example, can we learn from

it mandatory that employers

other countries

and

make

should employ a certain ratio of disabled people?

SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER : Sir, we have from

has been

time to time considered this idea which, as Mr. TAM says,

has been tried elsewhere. It is an idea on which opinions

are very divided. The general impression we have had from talking to people involved in the employment of disabled

people in those countries which use such a system

rather unfavourable. Several problems arise. One is

that employers, in practice, seem to be able to evade such legislation very easily and the net result tends to be negative.

Because of this kind of legislation, employer attitudes tend to become very negative and those trying to find jobs for disabled

people find their work actually gets more difficult as a

result. Because of this kind of feedback, we have so far

not followed this particular course.

MR. POON CHI-FAI (in Cantonese) : Sir, will the Government

of

inform this Council the success rate of finding jobs for the

disabled people ?

Does the Civil Service give priority

to disabled people in posts for which they are suitable?

SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER : Sir, the only figures

we have on success rates are the Labour Department's Selective

figures of registrations, vacancies

Placement

Service

and placements.

I, personally, do not regard this as a