The Chief Executive, Mr Tung Chee Hwa, today (Friday), sees for himself how both able-bodied job-seekers and people with a disability are assisted to find suitable jobs through services provided by the Labour Department.

Employers, on the other hand, are also assisted to recruit staff to fill job vacancies in their companies.

During a visit to the department's offices in Tsuen Wan, Mr Tung was briefed on the services provided by the Local Employment Service (LES) office and the Selective Placement Service office.

At the Selective Placement Service office in Tsuen Wan Government Offices, Sai Lau Kok Road, Mr Tung observed some disabled job-seekers attending vocational assessment and placement officers conducting job-counselling sessions.

At the LES office he met some job-seekers in need of employment assistance to find suitable jobs.

He was also shown how the new LES computer matching system would match job-seekers with suitable vacancies. The computer system which is expected to be fully operational in February next year would link up all vacancy information of the nine LES offices located in different districts throughout the territory.

Mr Tung also visited the Occupational Safety and Health Training Centre in Chung On Street.

He was briefed by the Commissioner for Labour, Miss Jacqueline Willis; Deputy Commissioner (Labour Administration), Mr Chan Wing-kit; and Deputy Commissioner (Occupational Safety and Health), Mr Lee Kai-fat, on the work of the department. He also met and had discussion with other directorate members of the department.