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FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1984
MORE JOBS URGED FOR EX-DRUG ADDICTS
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EMPLOYERS WERE URGED TODAY BY THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR JOHN CHAMBERS, TO CONTINUE GIVING JOBS TO VOLUNTARILY REHABILITATED DRUG ADDICTS.
SPEAKING AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE EMPLOYMENT GUIDANCE COMMITTEE FOR VOLUNTARILY REHABILITATED DRUG ABUSERS, HE STRESSED THAT EX-DRUG ADDICTS NEEDED JOBS FOR THEIR LIVELIHOOD AND +TO RESTORE THEIR CONFIDENCE AND SELF-RESPECT+.
+THIS WILL HELP THEM KEEP AWAY FROM DRUGS AND RE-INTEGRATE INTO THE COMMUNITY, HE SAID.
MR CHAMBERS THANKED THOSE EMPLOYERS WHO HAD HELPED SO MUCH WITH JOB PLACEMENTS FOR THESE PEOPLE+.
LAST YEAR SAW THE EMPLOYMENT GUIDANCE COMMITTEE ACHIEVE FURTHER SUCCESS WITH ITS INTEREST-FREE SMALL LOAN SCHEME, CASH ASSISTANCE AND COMMUNITY WORK TO HELP EX-DRUG ADDICTS.
MR CHAMBERS PRAISED THE LOK SIN TONG BENEVOLENT SOCIETY, KOWLOON, FOR DONATING $30 000 AS A MEANS OF SHOWING ITS CONTINUED SUPPORT TO THE COMMITTEE. ·
LOK SIN TONG ALSO DONATED $50 000 TO THE SOCIETY FOR THE AID AND REHABILITATION OF DRUG ABUSERS (SARDA) FOR THE PURCHASE OF A MICRO-COMPUTER. THE COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS, MR GORDON MORTIMER, WHO WAS ALSO ATTENDING THE FUNCTION, RECEIVED THE CHEQUE ON BEHALF OF SARDA.
TEN VOLUNTARILY REHABILITATED DRUG ADDICTS WERE PRESENTED WITH AWARDS FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES DURING THE PAST YEAR.
NEW I.D. CARD FOR WOMEN AGED 22 AND 23
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WOMEN BORN IN 1961 AND 1962 WILL BE REQUIRED TO APPLY FOR NEW HONG KONG IDENTITY CARDS BETWEEN JUNE 5 AND JULY 14, THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (FRIDAY).
THE DEPARTMENT ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT 738 000 OLD IDENTITY CARDS WILL BE DECLARED INVALID ON JUNE 3.
THESE CARDS BELONG TO MEN BORN BETWEEN 1948 AND 1959 AND IN 1965 WHO SHOULD HAVE OBTAINED NEW I.D. CARDS,
+ANYONE WHO MISSED HIS FURN HAS A LAST CHANCE TO APPLY NOW, BUT APPLICATION MUST BE MADE BEFORE THE INVALIDATION DATE,+ AN IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.
+ THE APPLICANT SHOULD CALL AT ANY OF THE ISSUE OFFICES WITHIN THE NEXT EIGHT DAYS. BRINGING ALONG HIS OLD CARD.+
THESE OFFICES ARE OPEN FROM 8 AM TO 9.30 PM, MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
/THE SPOKESMAN
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