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Since its introduction in June 2007 and up to December 2011, the scheme received 45 339 applications for which about $340 million was earmarked for successful applicants and some $225 million was paid out.
Work Incentive Transport Subsidy Scheme
A territory-wide 'Work Incentive Transport Subsidy Scheme' started receiving applications since October 2011 to help employed members of low-income households reduce their cost of travelling to and from work and promote sustained employment.
These workers are given between $300 and $600 a month and payment can be dated back to April 2011.
A total of 10 437 workers received the subsidy at year's end.
Helping People With Disabilities Find Jobs
The Labour Department's Selective Placement Division helps people with disabilities to integrate into the community through open employment. It provides free employment counselling and placement services to people with hearing or visual impairment, physical handicap, chronic illness, intellectual disability, ex-mental illness, specific learning difficulties and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, etc. The division launched employment programmes and promotional events in 2011 to help these people secure jobs. It registered 2 672 job seekers with disabilities and secured 2 403 job placements during the year.
The Labour Department continues to run a 'Work Orientation and Placement Scheme' to improve the employment opportunities of people with disabilities by giving them on-the-job training and support. Employers participating in the scheme receive a financial incentive amounting to not more than $4,000 per month from the Labour Department for a maximum period of six months. In 2011, a total of 479 job placements were achieved under the scheme.
Preparing People for Work
Youth Pre-employment Training Programme and Youth Work Experience and Training Scheme (YPTP&YWETS)
The YPTP&YWETS provides a full range of pre-employment and on-the-job training lasting between six and 12 months for young school leavers aged between 15 and 24 with educational attainment at sub-degree level or below. Over the years, the YPTP&YWETS had become a highly effective arrangement for Government departments, employers and non-governmental organisations to work together to help young people enhance their employability, improve their job search skills and secure employment.
Over 12 000 young school leavers applied to join the programme in 2010-11. Youth Employment Support
The Labour Department operates two youth employment resource centres called 'Youth Employment Start' to offer one-stop advisory and support services to young
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