TUESDAY, JULY 24, 1984
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SPREADING THE DB MESSAGE
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A TWO-PHASE PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN LAUNCHED T. ENCOURAGE ELIGIBLE VOTERS TO REGISTER FOR THE MARCH DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS.
IT IS
THE FIRST PHASE NOW UNDERWAY IS AIMED AT INCREASING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE WORK AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF DISTRICT BOARDS. HOPED THAT THROUGH A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE BOARDS' CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMUNITY, MORE PEOPLE WILL BE MOTIVATED TO REGISTER AS VOTERS.
PUBLICITY MATERIAL FOR THIS PHASE COMPRISES A POSTER, A SERIES OF TEN TELEVISION SLIDES, AND SUPPORTING RADIO MESSAGES.
FIRST PHASE PUBLICITY WILL LAST UNTIL THE MIDDLE OF NEXT MONTH. WHEN REGISTRATION STARTS ON AUGUST 15, PUBLICITY WILL TAKE A NEW TURN, URGING PEOPLE TO REGISTER DURING THE SPECIFIED PERIOD AND STRESSING THE IMPORTANCE OF VOTING.
MEANWHILE, WIDE-RANGING ACTIVITIES AT DISTRICT LEVEL TO PUBLICISE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF DISTRICT BOARDS AND TO PROMOTE REGISTRATION ARE BEING CARRIED OUT BY THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION.
JOB-FINDING FOR MENTALLY DISABLED
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THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT WILL BE HELPING TO FIND EMPLOYMENT FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE MENTAL DISABILITIES, INCLUDING THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED AND EX-MENTALLY ILL.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY THAT THE NEW UNDERTAKING, WAS BEING TAKEN OVER FROM, THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S JOB PLACEMENT UNIT.
IT WOULD BE AN EXTENSION OF THE DEPARTMENT'S SELECTIVE PLACEMENT SERVICE (SPS).
THE SPS HAD PREVIOUSLY CATERED ONLY FOR THE PHYSICALLY DISABLED, INCLUDING THE BLIND, THE DEAF AND THE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED, HE ADDED.
THE NEW PLACEMENT SERVICE FOR THE MENTALLY DISABLED WILL OPERATE FROM EAST ASIA COMMERCIAL CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, TEXACO ROAD, TSUEN WAN AS FROM JULY 30, AND FROM THE HONG KONG OFFICE OF THE SPS AT DOMINION CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, QUEEN'S ROAD EAST, HONG KONG IN ANOTHER TWO MONTHS' TIME.
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