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SUNDAY, MARCH 19, 1978
MORE DISABLED FOUND JOBS IN FEBRUARY
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THE JOB PLACEMENT UNIT OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT LAST MONTH (FEBRUARY) FOUND JOBS FOR 31 DISABLED PERSONS, BRINGING TO 429 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SUCCESSFUL JOB PLACEMENTS SINCE APRIL LAST YEAR.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY AMONG THOSE PLACED TO WORK DURING FEBRUARY WERE FIVE BLIND. 13 PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED, SIX DEAF, TWO EX-MENTAL PATIENTS AND FIVE MENTAL RETARDATES.
HE SAID MOST OF THEM WERE ENGAGED IN THE COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL FIELDS AS GENERAL WORKERS, ASSEMBLERS AND MACHINE OPERATORS, WHILE OTHERS WERE EMPLOYED AS TYPISTS AND TELEPHONE OPERATORS.
+THEY ARE PAID EITHER MONTHLY SALARIES RANGING FROM $520 TO $940, OR AT A DAILY RATE AVERAGED AT $19, WITH ONE GETTING A DAILY WAGE AS HIGH AS $80,+ HE SAID.
THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT MORE AND MORE EMPLOYERS WERE REALISING THAT DISABLED PERSONS COULD WORK JUST AS WELL AS ANY ABLED PERSON.
THE JOB PLACEMENT UNIT WAS STARTED IN 1967 WHEN IT FOUND JOBS FOR 46 DISABLED PERSONS, COMPARED WITH 526 DURING THE YEAR 1976-77.
+SO FAR, THE UNIT HAS FOUND JOBS FOR A TOTAL OF 3,062 DISABLED PERSONS,+ HE SAID,
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