WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1979
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SUCCESSFUL YEAR FOR SWD'S JOB PLACEMENT UNIT
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DISABLED PEOPLE IN SEARCH OF OPEN EMPLOYMENT HAVE CONTINUED TO TURN TO THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S JOB PLACEMENT UNIT FOR ASSISTANCE.
WITH 119 SUCCESSFULLY PLACED IN JOBS FROM SEPTEMBER TO DECEMBER, A TOTAL OF 396 DISABLED PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT CATEGORIES HAVE FOUND WORK THROUGH THE UNIT LAST YEAR.
THIS BRINGS TO 3,395 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SUCCESSFUL PLACEMENTS SINCE THE DEPARTMENT SET UP THE UNIT IN 1967 AS AN EMPLOYMENT AGENCY FOR THE DISABLED.
MR. CHAN SIU-WING, IN CHARGE OF THE UNIT, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) LAST YEAR'S FIGURE SHOWED A GENERAL IMPROVEMENT OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR BECAUSE OF EMPLOYERS' INCREASING ACCEPTANCE OF THE ABILITY OF THE DISABLED.
HE SAID MORE EMPLOYERS HAVE COME TO REALISE THAT DISABLED PEOPLE ARE RELIABLE WORKERS IF PLACED IN JOBS MATCHING THE IR QUALIFICATIONS AND POTENTIALS.
+THIS HAS GREATLY FACILITATED OUR EFFORTS IN FINDING SUITABLE AND GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT FOR OUR CLIENTS, HE SAID.
MR. CHAN SAID THAT OF THE 396 PLACED IN JOBS LAST YEAR, 182 WERE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED, 55 BLIND, 67 DEAF, 50 MENTALLY RETARDED, 38 EX-MENTAL PATIENTS, TWO EX-T.B. PATIENTS AND TWO EX-LEPERS.
THEY WERE GENERALLY ENGAGED IN THE INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL FIELDS AS MACHINE SEWING WORKERS, ASSEMBLERS AND LIFT OPERATORS WHILE OTHERS WERE EMPLOYED AS CLERKS, TYPISTS, MESSENGERS AND TELEPHONE OPERATORS, HE SAID.
THEY WERE PAID EITHER AT DAILY RATES RANGING FROM $20 TO $28 OR ON A MONTHLY BASIS BETWEEN $450 AND $1,100, HE ADDED.
MR. CHAN SAID HIS UNIT LAST YEAR SCORED AN UNUSUAL PLACEMENT BY MATCHING A PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED YOUNG PERSON TO A JOB WITH A MONTHLY SALARY OF $1.700 -- THE HIGHEST PAY FOR A JOB FOUND FOR THE DISABLED BY THE UNIT.
+HE WAS HIRED IN JULY BY THE BANK OF CANTON IN CENTRAL AS AN ANALYSIS SUPERVISOR ANALYSING THE FINANCIAL DATA OF THE BANK AND ITS OVERSEAS BRANCHES, HE SAID.
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