FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1978
SUCCESSFUL YEAR FOR JOB PLACEMENT UNIT
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THE JOB PLACEMENT UNIT OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT FOUND JOBS FOR 461 DISABLED PEOPLE DURING THE LAST FINANCIAL YEAR, BRINGING TO 3.094 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF JOBS SECURED FOR THE DISABLED BY THE UNIT SINCE IT WAS SET UP IN 1967.
THE OFFICER-IN-CHARGE OF THE UNIT, MR. CHAN SIU-WING, TODAY POINTED OUT THAT THE 1977-78 FIGURE, WHICH SHOWS A SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT OVER THE PREVIOUS 10 YEARS' ANNUAL AVERAGE OF 263, HELPS TO ILLUSTRATE LOCAL EMPLOYERS' INCREASING ACCEPTANCE OF THE CAPABILITY OF THE DISABLED.
+MORE EMPLOYERS ARE REALISING THE FACT THAT HANDICAPPED PEOPLE ARE RELIABLE WORKERS IF PLACED AT JOBS MATCHING THE IR QUALIFICATIONS AND POTENTIAL, AND THIS HAS GREATLY FACILITATED OUR CONTINUOUS EFFORTS IN SECURING GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT FOR THEM, HE SAID.
APART FROM THIS, MR. CHAN NOTED THAT IN SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR THE UNIT FOUND 81 JOBS FOR THE DISABLED, THE HIGHEST MONTHLY FIGURE SINCE ITS INCEPTION.
HE SAID THAT AMONG THOSE PLACED TO WORK DURING THE YEAR UNDER REVIEW, WERE 64 BLIND, 178 PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED, 127 DEAF 42_EX-MENTAL PATIENTS, 47 MENTAL RETARDATES AND THREE EX-TUBERCULOSIS PATIENTS.
+MOST OF THEM ARE ENGAGED IN THE INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL FIELDS AS MACHINE SEWING WORKERS, ASSEMBLERS AND LIFT OPERATORS, WHILE OTHERS ARE EMPLOYED AS CLERKS, TYPISTS, MESSENGERS AND TELEPHONE OPERATORS,+ HE SAID.
AS FOR THE IR SALARY, MR. CHAN SAID THAT THEY WERE EITHER PAID WAGES AT A MONTHLY AVERAGE OF $650, OR AT A DAILY RATE RANGING FROM $18 TO $28, SOME EVEN RECEIVING WAGES, AS HIGH AS $80 A DAY.
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