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MONDAY, JULY 26, 1976

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71 DISABLED PLACED TO WORK IN JUNE

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THE NUMBER OF DISABLED PEOPLE PLACED TO WORK IN JUNE BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S JOB PLACEMENT UNIT REACHED 71, AN INCREASE OF 54 (OR MORE THAN FOUR TIMES) AS COMPARED WITH THE FIGURE FOR THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR.

AMONG THE DISABLED EMPLOYED, 35 WERE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED, 19 DEAF, FOUR BLIND, SEVEN FORMER MENTAL PATIENTS AND SIX MENTALLY-RETARDED.

THE MAJORITY OF THOSE PLACED TO WORK WERE EMPLOYED AS MACHINE SEWING WORKER, PRESS MACHINE OPERATOR, RADIO REPAIRER, PACKER AND ASSEMBLER.

WITH REGARD TO THE IR SALARY, 33 WERE EMPLOYED ON DAILY RATE RANGING FROM $12 TO $23 WHILE SEVEN WERE PAID ON PIECE-RATE BASIS. THE SALARY OF THE OTHERS AVERAGED $550 A MONTH.

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COMMENTING ON THE INCREASING NUMBER OF DISABLED PLACED TO WORK, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT SAID: EMPLOYERS IN HONG KONG ARE BECOMING MORE CONSCIOUS AND APPRECIATIVE OF THE ABILITY OF THE DISABLED AND MORE CONFIDENT IN EMPLOYING THEM IN VARIOUS INDUSTRIES+,

EDUCATIONAL VISITS FOR MONG KOK YOUNGSTERS

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A SERIES OF EDUCATIONAL VISITS TO VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS HAS BEEN ARRANGED BY THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICE (MONG KOK) TO GIVE THE AREA'S YOUNG PEOPLE A CHANCE TO SEE AT FIRST HAND HOW DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS WORK.

THE VISITS, WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF AUGUST, WILL TAKE THE YOUNGSTERS TO RADIO HONG KONG, THE NEW KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY TERMINAL BUILDING IN HUNG HOM, THE SHATIN WATER TREATMENT PLANT, THE PLOVER COVE RESERVOIR, THE POLICE TRAINING SCHOOL IN WONG CHUK HANG AND POLICE LAUNCHES IN ABERDEEN, THE MARINE DEPARTMENT'S CONTROL TOWER, AND THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

TRANSPORT WILL BE PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE.

ALL YOUNG PEOPLE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 12 AND 18 AND LIVING IN THE MONG KOK DISTRICT ARE WELCOME TO JOIN THE VISITS. THEY SHOULD REGISTER WITH THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICE (MONG KOK) AT 751, NATHAN ROAD, KOWLOON.

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