A physically challenged employee on Tuesday appealed to the commissioner of the Department of Labor to renew his contract with the Taipei City Government. But the commissioner stressed that under the law the employees contract was for six months only, and that the department would do its best to help find him another job.Wu Chih-kang （吳志剛）, a 24-year-old temporary worker at the labor department, suffers from a rare disease that makes his head tilt backward uncontrollably. The right side of his body has also been paralyzed since he was a child and the illness causes him to totter when he walks. He was hired by the city government to do paperwork and document input for six months, and the contract will expire this September.

Local cable news station reported on Tuesday that Wu went down on his knees in front of Labor Department Commissioner Su Ying-kwei. However, reports said Su was aloof and ignored Wus plea when Wu knelt before him.

"I met Su at the restroom. I knelt down and even kowtowed three times, begging him to let me keep the job. But Su only said the case has to be studied further," Wu said to reporters on CTI TV. "I do not need people to donate money. I do not want sympathy. All I want is keep the job."

Su rebutted media reports, stressing that he did not ignore Wus request, but was shocked by Wus behavior. "I did not act indifferently toward Wu, but rather I was stunned and shocked by his actions. I never said that I would not help him," said the commissioner.

Su noted that according to the Labor Standards Law, temporary workers can hold a job at each workplace for no more than six months, adding that the department has to stand by the law. He added that there are more than 110,000 physically and mentally challenged people in Taipei City, and that public organizations cannot provide job opportunities for all of them. "Private entrepreneurs have to join in and also provide jobs for physically and mentally challenged people," said Su.

The labor department later said that since 2003 it has offered six jobs to Wu.