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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1976
11 BLIND PLACED TO WORK IN SEPTEMBER
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ELEVEN BLIND PEOPLE WERE PLACED TO WORK BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S JOB PLACEMENT UNIT IN SEPTEMBER · THE HIGHEST FOR A SINGLE MONTH.
MOST OF THESE BLIND PEOPLE ARE ENGAGED IN ASSEMBLY WORK SUCH AS WATCH-CASING AND FINISHING-LINE REELING, AND ONE IS EMPLOYED BY THE COUNTRY CLUB AS A MASSEUR.
APART FROM THE BLIND, 22 DEAF, 19 PHYSICALLY DISABLED, TWO MENTALLY RETARDED AND THRÉE FORMER MENTAL PATIENTS WERE PLACED TO WORK, MAKING A TOTAL OF 57 SUCCESSFUL PLACEMENTS FOR SEPTEMBER.
OF THESE, 42 ARE EMPLOYED ON DAILY RATE RANGING FROM $12.50 TO $34 WHILE TWO ARE ON PIECE-RATE BASIS. THE SALARY OF THE OTHERS AVERAGE $550 A MONTH.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE JOB PLACEMENT UNIT SAID: IT IS ENCOURAGING TO NOTE THAT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PLACEMENTS FOR THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1976 REACHED 170, AN INCREASE OF MORE THAN FOUR TIMES AS COMPARED WITH THE FIGURE OF 38 FOR THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.
+ IT IS ALSO COMFORTING TO KNOW THAT EMPLOYERS ARE MORE WILLING TO ACCEPT DISABLED WORKERS NOWADAYS.+
TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENT
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THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT SIU LEK YUEN ROAD IN SHA TIN, NEW TERRITORIES, WILL BE OPENED TO ALL MOTOR VEHICLES FROM MONDAY (OCTOBER 18).
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