THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1978
P.W.D.'S LANDS AND SURVEY DEPARTMENT RETITLED
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT THE LANDS AND SURVEY DEPARTMENT HAD BEEN RETITLED +THE LANDS, SURVEY AND TOWN PLANNING DEPARTMENT+.
ACCORDINGLY, THE DIRECTOR'S TITLE IS +DIRECTOR OF LANDS, SURVEY AND TOWN PLANNING+,
THE TITLES OF FOUR OTHER POSTS HAVE ALSO BEEN AFFECTED BY THE CHANGE. THEY ARE CHIEF PLANNING OFFICER, NOW RETITLED CHIEF TOWN PLANNER= SENIOR PLANNING OFFICER, NOW SENIOR TOWN PLANNER PLANNING OFFICER, NOW TOWN PLANNER AND ASSISTANT PLANNING OFFICER, NOW ASSISTANT TOWN PLANNER.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT SAID THE CHANGE WAS INTRODUCED, WITH EFFECT FROM MARCH 15, THIS YEAR, BECAUSE THE OLD TITLE DID NOT TRULY REFLECT THE OVERALL FUNCTION OF THE DEPARTMENT.
+ THE NEW TITLE DOES SO, HE SAID.
MORE DISABLED FOUND JOBS
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THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S JOB PLACEMENT UNIT FOUND JOBS FOR 47 DISABLED PEOPLE LAST MONTH.
AMONG THEM WERE 19 PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED, NINE BLIND, EIGHT DEAF, FIVE EX-MENTAL PATIENTS, FOUR MENTAL RETARDATES, ONE FORMER T. B. PATIENT AND ONE EX-LEPER. THEIR AGE RANGES FROM 17 TO 51.
THEY ARE NOW ENGAGED AS CLERKS, TYPISTS, TELEPHONE OPERATORS, ASSEMBLERS, CLEANSING AND IRONING WORKERS IN THE COMMERCIAL AND
INDUSTRIAL SECTORS.
THE OFFICER-IN-CHARGE OF THE UNIT, MR. CHAN SHIU-WING, SAID TODAY THE FIGURE SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 15 OVER THAT OF MARCH, AND THIS IN PART REFLECTED AN ENLIGHTENED ATTITUDE OF EMPLOYERS.
+WE HOPE MORE PROPRIETORS OF FACTORIES AND COMMERCIAL FIRMS WOULD OFFER A WIDER RANGE OF JOBS TO FIT THE QUALIFICATION AND CAPABILITY OF THE DISABLED, WHO COULD BE VERY LOYAL AND RELIABLE EMPLOYEES,+ MR. CHAN SAID.
THOSE WHO FOUND JOBS LAST MONTH ARE EITHER PAID AT A MONTHLY RATE AVERAGED AT $650 OR AT A DAILY RATE RANGING FROM $18 TO $28.
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