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THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1977

NOTE TO EDITORS:

GOVERNOR TO VISIT SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT

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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, WILL VISIT SHAM SHUT PO DISTRICT TOMORROW (FRIDAY) AFTERNOON.

THE VISIT WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY LAST WEEK

BUT WAS POSTPONED DUE TO BAD WEATHER.

SIR MURRAY WILL VISIT A FAMILY LIVING IN THE REDEVELOPED LOWER SHEK KIP MEI ESTATE AND WILL BE BRIEFED BY THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICER ON MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS IN THE AREA.

HE WILL ALSO MEET AND DISCUSS PROBLEMS WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF LOCAL RESIDENTS.

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE GOVERNOR'S VISIT. TRANSPORT WILL BE AVAILABLE. A NINE-SEATER VAN WILL LEAVE THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES CARPARK AT 2 P.M. FOR SHAM SHUI PO, ACCOMPANIED BY A G.I.S. OFFICER.

THOSE WHO WISH TO USE THEIR OWN TRANSPORT SHOULD ARRIVE AT CHEONG YUEN BUILDING AT 1-9, YEN CHOW STREET, SHAM SHUT PO, BY 2.45 P.M.

30 DISABLED PLACED TO WORK IN JUNE

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THIRTY DISABLED PEOPLE WERE PLACED TO WORK BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S JOB PLACEMENT UNIT LAST MONTH.

AMONG THE DISABLED EMPLOYED, 11 WERE DEAF, TEN CRIPPLED, FOUR BLIND, THREE MENTALLY RETARDED AND TWO EX-MENTAL PATIENTS.

HALF OF THEM WERE EMPLOYED AS ASSEMBLERS IN ELECTRONICS FACTOR IES WHILE THE OTHER HALF WERE ENGAGED IN CARPENTRY, PACKING, MACHINE SEWING AND A WIDE RANGE OF OTHER TRADES.

WITH REGARD TO THE IR SALARIES, 21 WERE EMPLOYED ON DAILY RATE RANGING FROM $16 TO $30, ONE WAS PAID ON PIECE-RATE BASIS AND THE OTHERS WERE PAID AT AN AVERAGE OF $600 A MONTH.