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TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 1977

EYE DOTTING OF DRAGON BOATS BY SENIOR GOVT OFFICIALS

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NOTE TO EDITORS:

THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES, WILL BE AMONG THREE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS TO OFFICIATE AT AN EYE-DOTTING CEREMONY OF THREE NEW DRAGON BOATS IN TAI PO ON THURSDAY (JUNE 16).

THE CEREMONY WILL TAKE PLACE AT 10 A.M. AT THE TAI WONG YEH SHRINE AT YUEN CHAU TSAI.

THE TWO OTHER GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS TO OFFICIATE AT THE CEREMONY WILL BE MR. E.H. NICHOLS, DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, AND MR. CLIVE OXLEY, TAI PO DISTRICT OFFICER.

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO COVER THE CEREMONY. PRESS TRANSPORT WILL BE PROVIDED. A GOVERNMENT VAN, AM 2088, WILL LEAVE THE CAR SUB-POOL BEHIND THE TSIM SHA TSUI POST OFFICE AT 9 A.M. TO TAKE PRESS REPRESENTATIVES TO AND FROM TAI PO.

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FIFTY-FOUR DISABLED PEOPLE WERE PLACED TO WORK BY THE JOB PLACEMENT UNIT OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT LAST MONTH.

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AMONG THE DISABLED EMPLOYED, 19 WERE CRIPPLED, 16 DEAF, SIX BLIND, FIVE MENTALLY RETARDED AND EIGHT EX-MENTAL PATIENTS.

SIXTEEN OF THEM WERE EMPLOYED AS ASSEMBLERS IN ELECTRONIC FACTORIES AND NINE AS GENERAL WORKERS. THE OTHERS WERE ENGAGED IN A WIDE RANGE OF TRADES SUCH AS PACKERS, TELEPHONE OPERATORS, IRONING WORKERS AND MACHINE SEWING WORKERS.

WITH REGARD TO THE IR SALARY, 34 WERE EMPLOYED ON DAILY RATE RANGING FROM $14 TO $28, WHILE TWO WERE PAID ON PIECE-RATE BASIS.

THE SALARY OF THE OTHERS AVERAGED $570 A MONTH.