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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1974.
THE BLIND ARE NOT A BURDEN ON SOCIETY
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EFFORTS OF SOCIAL WORKERS ALONE CANNOT SOLVE THE PROBLEMS OF THE BLIND. PUBLIC SUPPORT IS NEEDED AS WELL.
THIS WAS STATED TODAY BY MR. JOSEPH HO, THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S JOB PLACEMENT OFFICER FOR THE BLIND, AT A PRESS CONFERENCE AND FILM SHOW ARRANGED BY THE HONG KONG JUNIOR CHAMBER, PENINSULA CHAPTER, TO ANNOUNCE A FORTH- COMING EXHIBITION ON BLIND WELFARE WORK.
MR. HO SAID SOCIAL WORKERS HAD THE RESPONSIBILITY OF ASSISTING THE BLIND TO OBTAIN EMPLOYMENT, BUT THE PUBLIC TOO HAD AN EQUAL RESPONSIBILITY TO GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO BECOME SELF-SUPPORTING.
THE BLIND SHOULD NOT JUST BE REGARDED AS A BURDEN ON SOCIETY, HE SAID.
THE EXHIBITION IN WHICH THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT IS ALSO PARTICIPATING TO SHOW EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS OF THE BLIND, AIMS AT HELPING THE PUBLIC TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEMS OF THE BLIND AND HOPEFULLY OPEN UP MORE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM.