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Helping the Disabled Find Jobs
The Selective Placement Division of the Labour Department helps people with a disability integrate into the community through open employment. It provides free employment counselling and placement services for the hearing impaired, visually impaired, physically handicapped, chronically ill, ex-mentally ill and mentally handicapped. In 2004, the division launched a series of activities to promote the employment of people with disabilities. It registered disabled 4 002 job-seekers and achieved 2 391 placements.
Employment Agencies
The Employment Agencies Administration of the Labour Department enforces Part XII of the Employment Ordinance and the Employment Agency Regulations. It monitors the operation of employment agencies through licensing, inspection and investigation of complaints. In 2004, it issued 1 501 employment agency licences, revoked eight such licences and refused to issue two licences.
Preparing People for Work
Careers Guidance
The Careers Advisory Service of the Labour Department, through the promotion of careers education, helps young people choose a career best suited to their talents, interests and abilities and also supports careers teachers with back-up information. The public can also have access to careers information published by the service through its website.
Throughout the year, the service arranged student group visits to its Careers Information Centres and various commercial and industrial establishments. Its Education and Careers Expo 2004 attracted 186 381 visitors and a total of 41 719 students took part in its Online Careers Quiz 2004.
Skills Upgrading Scheme
The Finance Committee approved in June 2001 the allocation of $400 million for focused skills training for workers with secondary, or below, education. By December 31, 2004, the number of industry sectors brought under the Skills Upgrading Scheme has increased from six in 2001 to 22. These were: Printing, Chinese Catering, Retail, Import and Export Trade, Transportation, Wearing Apparel and Textile, Hotel, Tourism, Hairdressing, Property Management, Insurance, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, Real Estate Agents, Building Maintenance and Decoration, Beauty Care, Passenger Transport, Elderly Care, Film, TV and Entertainment, Sports and Recreation, Floral Arts and Horticulture, Medical and Health Care, and Clocks, Watches and Jewellery. By year-end, 101 900 in-service workers from 4 948 classes have benefited from the training.
Youth Pre-employment Training Programme
The Youth Pre-employment Training Programme was
Training Programme was launched in 1999 to enhance the employability of school leavers aged 15 to 19 through a wide range of employment-related training, workplace attachment, careers counselling and
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