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Thursday, August 16, 1973
EMPLOYMENT OF HANDICAPPED LAST MONTH DISAPPOINTING
July was a disappointing month for placing handicapped people
in jobs, Mr. Chan Shiu-wing, officer-in-charge of the Social Welfare
Department's Job Placement Unit, said today.
"There are two reasons for this. First, we faced the seasonal
factor where summer student workers were again given jobs which could
rightly have been filled by disabled people. Then, there was a slow
down in production by some factories because of the shortage and increasing
cost of raw materials," Mr. Chan said.
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During the month, his Unit was only able to place 16 disabled
a discharged mental patient, a cured tuberculosis patient, three
mentally retarded, three deaf and eight crippled.
Of these, two were taken on by the government as key punch
operators and another by a hotel as a storekeeper.
Of the remainder, six
were found jobs as machine sewers, five as general workers and two as
watchmen.
Despite the difficulties, officers of the Unit continued their
efforts to find employment for the disabled. They held discussions with
the Hong, Kong Telephone Company, and following visits to its workshop,
exchange building and training school, recommended 10 persons for employment
with that company
/The Unit