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Monday, May 22, 1972
PLACEMENT OF THE DISABLED
26 Engaged By Various Organisations During April
Twenty six disabled were found jobs in April through the service
of the Social Welfare Department's Liaison and Placement Unit.
Of the 26, six were young blind men between 18 and 22 who were
taken on by an industrial organisation as assemblers at the rate of $10.50
a day.
One young blind man aged 24 was engaged by the Medical and Health
Department as telephone operator for the new Siu Lam Hospital on a pay of
$600 a month.
The Cosmos International Garment Manufacturing Company Limited
engaged nine disabled during the month for a variety of tasks including
packing, sewing, and office cleaning, on salaries varying from $9 a day,
to piece rate, and $200 a month.
A crippled young man of 26 was engaged by J. & L. Miao Limited
as a night watchman on $400 a month, and a former TB patient was taken on
by Carter Semi-Conductor Limited as a messenger clerk at $310 a month.
The Alliance Printing and Sewing Company Limited took on a middle-
aged crippled man as a watchman at $370 a month.
There were other successful placements in the Texwood Garment Factory,
the International Dress Corporation, and Chiap Hua Clocks and Watches' Limited.
/Mr. Paul Leung,