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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1975
EMPLOYMENT OF DISABLED PICKED UP LAST MONTH
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EMPLOYMENT OF DISABLED PEOPLE PICKED UP LAST MONTH AND THE JOB PLACEMENT UNIT OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT FOUND WORK FOR 15 OF THEM, NEARLY DOUBLE THAT FOR THE PREVIOUS MONTH.
MOST OF THEM WERE EMPLOYED BY ATLAS ELECTRONICS LTD. INCLUDING TWO BLIND WHO WERE TAKEN ON AS PRESS MACHINE OPERATORS.
THE OTHERS, SOME OF THEM DEAF, CRIPPLED AND MENTALLY ILL ARE NOW WORKING IN DIFFERENT TYPES OF JOBS SUCH AS MACHINE SEWING WORKERS,
CLEANSING WORKERS AND PRESS MACHINE
OPERATORS.
OF THE 15, TWO WERE EMPLOYED ON A PIECE-RATE BASIS AND FOUR ON DAILY RATES RANGING FROM $16 TO $23. THE SALARY OF THE OTHER NINE VARIES BETWEEN $300 AND $474 A MONTH.
MR. CHAN SHUT-WING, OFFICER-IN-CHARGE OF THE JOB PLACEMENT UNIT, SAID HE HOPED THIS ENCOURAGING TREND OF MORE JOB OPPORTUNITIES BECOMING AVAILABLE FOR THE DISABLED WOULD CONTINUE.
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