SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 1976
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WELFARE PREMISES IN WO CHE ESTATE
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THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT IS NOW INVITING VOLUNTARY WELFARE ORGANISATIONS TO APPLY FOR PREMISES RESERVED FOR WELFARE PURPOSES IN THE WO CHE ESTATE IN SHATIN.
THE ESTATE IS BUILT IN TWO PHASES AND ON FULL DEVELOPMENT, IT WILL HAVE A POPULATION OF 40,900.
IN PHASE 1, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY DECEMBER 1977, A UNIT INTENDED FOR A NURSERY IS AVAILABLE ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF BLOCK 3 OF THE ESTATE. ANOTHER TWO PREMISES SUITABLE FOR A CHILDREN'S CENTRE AND A YOUTH CENTRE ARE RESERVED ON THE SECOND AND THIRD FLOORS OF THE CENTRAL COMPLEX.
IN PHASE II, SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED BY DECEMBER 1978 A UNIT IS RESERVED ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF BLOCK 6 FOR A NURSERY WHILE ANOTHER TWO INTENDED FOR A CHILDREN'S CENTRE AND A YOUTH CENTRE ARE AVAILABLE ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF BLOCK 7 AND 8 RESPECTIVELY.
RENT IS CHARGED ON THE BASIS OF 50 CENTS PER SQUARE FOOT, EXCLUSIVE OF RATES.
APPLICATION FORMS AND FURTHER INFORMATION ARE OBTAINABLE FROM THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT UNIT OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT IN LEE GARDENS, HONG KONG.
APPLICATION SHOULD BE MADE BEFORE JULY 23, 1976 AND INCLUDE THE NATURE OF THE PROJECT, THE AMOUNT OF SPACE REQUIRED, THE NUMBER AND LEVEL OF STAFF AND FINANCIAL RESOURCES.
60 DISABLED PLACED TO WORK IN MAY ******
THE NUMBER OF DISABLED PEOPLE PLACED TO WORK LAST MONTH BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S JOB PLACEMENT UNIT REACHED A RECORD HEIGHT OF 60, AN INCREASE OF 24 AS COMPARED WITH THE DECEMBER FIGURE OF 36 WHICH WAS THE HIGHEST IN 1975.
AMONG THE DISABLED EMPLOYED, 32 WERE CRIPPLED, 10 BLIND, EIGHT DEAF FIVE FORMER MENTAL PATIENTS, FOUR MENTALLY-RETARDED AND ONE EX-T.B. PATIENT.
WITH REGARD TO THEIR SALARY, 33 WERE EMPLOYED ON DAILY RATE RANGING FROM $14 TO $25 WHILE FOUR WERE PAID ON PIECE-RATE BASIS. THE SALARY OF THE OTHERS AVERAGED $550 A MONTH.
THE MAJORITY OF THE DISABLED PEOPLE PLACED TO WORK WAS ABSORBED BY THE ELECTRONICS AND CAMERA-MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES AS ASSEMBLERS.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT SAID: IT IS ENCOURAGING TO KNOW THAT THE JOB PLACEMENT UNIT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN ITS FIRST ATTEMPT TO PLACE THE DISABLED IN THE CAMERA- MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY WHICH REQUIRES FINE FINGER DEXTERITY AND PRECISE EYE-HAND CO-ORDINATION.
+ IT IS EQUALLY ASSURING TO LEARN THAT EMPLOYERS ARE BECOMING MORE PROGRESSIVE IN ACCEPTING DISABLED WORKERS.+