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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1989
"SHELTERED WORKSHOP PLACES ARE PROVIDED FOR ALL DISABLED GROUPS AND NOT JUST MENTALLY HANDICAPPED PERSONS ALTHOUGH IN PRACTICE OVER 60 PER CENT OF SHELTERED WORKERS BELONG POINTED OUT.
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HE EXPLAINED THAT THE CURRENT ANNUAL COST FOR A SHELTERED WORKSHOP AMOUNTED TO $14,849, OF WHICH PER ACCOUNTED FOR $12,869 AND INCENTIVE PAYMENTS, CALCULATED ON THE BASIS OF 22 WORKING DAYS PER MONTH, MADE UP THE REMAINDER.
"DISABILITY ALLOWANCE IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE CALCULATION BECAUSE IT IS GRANTED ON ACCOUNT OF A PERSON'S DISABILITY BUT NOT STATUS AS A WORKER IN A SHELTERED WORKSHOP, MR CHAU SAID.
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ON THE ESTIMATED DEMAND FOR SHELTERED WORKSHOP PLACES FOR THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED, MR CHAU SAID THE 1987 REHABILITATION PROGRAMME PLAN ESTIMATED THE NUMBER OF PLACES NEEDED FROM THE YEAR 1989-90 ONWARDS OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS WOULD RESPECTIVELY BE 5,299, 5,366, 5,431, 5,492 AND 5,550.
"IF HALF OF THESE PLACES WERE TO BE MET THROUGH SUCCESSFUL JOB PLACEMENT, THE AVERAGE ANNUAL SAVING WOULD BE $40.3 MILLION, ALTHOUGH SOME ADDITIONAL RESOURCES WOULD BE REQUIRED BY THE SELECTIVE PLACEMENT DIVISION.
"HOWEVER, ONLY A SMALL FRACTION OF SHELTERED WORKERS ARE SUITABLE FOR OPEN EMPLOYMENT, AND IT IS UNLIKELY THAT AS MANY AS HALF OF THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED PERSONS COULD BE SO PLACED, HE SAID.
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BILL AIMS AT CONFISCATION OF DRUG MONEY
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ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE MEASURES TO COMBAT ILLICIT DRUG TRAFFICKING IS TO DEPRIVE THE TRAFFICKERS OF THEIR ILL-GOTTEN GAINS, THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON ALISTAIR ASPREY, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MOVING THE SECOND READING OF THE DRUG TRAFFICKING (RECOVERY OF PROCEEDS } BILL 1989, MR ASPREY SAID THE BILL SOUGHT TO EMPOWER THE COURTS TO FREEZE AND CONFISCATE THE PROCEEDS OF DRUG TRAFFICKING.
MR ASPREY SAID THE BILL ALSO PROPOSED NEW INVESTIGATION TO PERMIT THE IDENTIFICATION OF SUCH PROCEEDS.
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IN ADDITION, IT WOULD CREATE NEW OFFENCES OF ASSISTING A PERSON TO RETAIN OR CONCEAL THE PROCEEDS OF DRUG TRAFFICKING AND WOULD ESTABLISH A FRAMEWORK FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF CONFISCATION ORDERS BY THE COURTS OF OTHER COUNTRIES.
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