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SATURDAY, MAY 22, 1976
OVER 30 DISABLED GIVEN WORK ******
THIRTY-TWO DISABLED PEOPLE WERE PLACED TO WORK BY THE JOB PLACEMENT UNIT OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT LAST MONTH.
AMONG THE DISABLED EMPLOYED, TEN WERE CRIPPLED, NINE DEAF, SIX BLIND, THREE MENTALLY ILL, TWO MENTALLY RETARDED AND TWO EX-T.B. PATIENTS.
THE MAJORITY OF THEM WERE EMPLOYED AS SEWING MACHINE OPERATOR, ASSEMBLER AND TELEPHONE OPERATOR.
WITH REGARD TO THEIR SALARY 17 WERE EMPLOYED ON DAILY RATE RANGING FROM $12 TO $20 WHILE TWO WERE PAID ON PIECE-RATE BASIS, THE SALARY OF THE OTHERS AVERAGED $550 A MONTH.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT URGED EMPLOYERS TO ACCEPT DISABLED WORKERS.
HE SAID THAT THEY WERE STEADY WORKERS AND WERE READILY ACCEPTED BY THEIR COLLEAGUES.
REGISTRATION FOR JUVENILE IDENTITY CARDS
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THE COMMISSIONER OF REGISTRATION, MR. JOHN MITCHELL, TODAY ADVISED PARENTS TO REGISTER THEIR CHILDREN BETWEEN THE AGES OF 11 AND 17 FOR THE NEW TYPE JUVENILE IDENTITY CARDS BEFORE THE END OF JUNE.
IF THEY DELAY THE REGISTRATION TILL JULY, THEY WILL ENCOUNTER MUCH INCONVENIENCE AS THE REGISTRATION OF PERSONS DEPARTMENT WILL BE VERY CROWDED AT THAT TIME WITH SCHOOL STUDENTS MAKING USE OF THE SUMMER VACATION TO GO FOR REGISTRATION, HE SAID.
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