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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1977

MORE DISABLED FIND WORK

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A TOTAL OF 82 DISABLED PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFULLY PLACED TO WORK BY THE JOB PLACEMENT UNIT OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT DURING OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER.

THEY INCLUDED 11 BLIND, 21 DEAF, 35 PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED, EIGHT EX-MENTAL PATIENTS AND SEVEN MENTAL RETARDATES.

MR. CHAN SHIU-WING, THE OFFICER-IN-CHARGE OF THE UNIT, SAID THE STEADY RISE IN PLACEMENT FIGURES SHOWED THAT EMPLOYERS WERE GRADUALLY ACCEPTING THE FACT THAT DISABLED PERSONS WOULD BE GOOD WORKERS ONCE THEY HAVE BEEN PLACED ON A JOB SUITED TO THE IR ABILITY AND QUALIFICATIONS.

THOSE WHO FOUND WORK DURING THE LAST TWO MONTHS ARE WORKING MOSTLY IN ELECTRONICS FACTORIES AS ASSEMBLING WORKERS WHILE OTHERS ARE EMPLOYED AS CLERKS, MESSENGERS AND TELEPHONE OPERATORS.

THEY RECEIVE A MONTHLY PAY AVERAGING $650 OR A DAILY RATE RANGING FROM $18 TO $26.

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THERE IS MORE TO THE JOB OF A

POSTMAN THAN MEETS THE EYE

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OFFICE WORKERS IN A CENTRAL COMMERCIAL BUILDING WOULD PROBABLY MISS SOMETHING IF MR. YICK MING FAILED TO APPEAR ON ANY DAY OF THE WEEK DURING OFFICE HOURS.

FOR THEY HAVE GROWN SO ACCUSTOMED TO MR. YICK'S ROUTINE CALL, BRINGING THEM GOOD TIDINGS.

THE 49-YEAR-OLD POSTMAN IS BETTER KNOWN TO OFFICE WORKERS IN CENTRAL AS MING SUK (UNCLE MING).

MR. YICK STARTS HIS FIRST MAIL DELIVERY EARLY EACH MORNING AND MAKES ANOTHER TRIP IN THE AFTERNOON EXCEPT ON SUNDAY AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS. HE DELIVERS ABOUT 1,600 POSTAL ITEMS ON EACH TRIP AND DURING HIS LIFE AS A POSTMAN, HE HAS WALKED THOUSANDS OF MILES WITH A HEAVY LOAD OF MAIL ON HIS BACK OFTEN UNDER THE BLAZING SUN OR IN A DOWNPOUR.

IT IS BY NO MEANS