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MONDAY, JUNE 26, 1978 '

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RECLAMATION AT SHAM SHUI PO

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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS TO BUILD A 170-METRE SEA WALL FOR THE SECOND STAGE OF THE RECLAMATION AT SHAM SHUI PO.

THE PROJECT WILL PROVIDE LAND FOR A PORTION OF THE WEST KOWLOON CORRIDOR, AN OPEN SPACE AND GOVERNMENT AND EDUCATIONAL USES.

TENDERS FOR THE WORK ARE BEING INVITED BY THE P.W.D.

CONSTRUCTION WORK IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN AUGUST AND WILL TAKE ABOUT 10 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

THE PROJECT HAS BEEN DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTION WILL BE SUPERVISED BY THE PORT WORKS DIVISION OF THE P.W.D.'S CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE.

JOBS FOUND FOR 34 DISABLED LAST MONTH *****

THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S JOB PLACEMENT UNIT LAST MONTH SUCCESSFULLY FOUND JOBS FOR 34 DISABLED PERSONS TWO OF THEM IN THE GOVERNMENT.

ONE OF THE TWO NEW GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES IS A CRIPPLED GIRL WHO NOW WORKS AS A TYPIST IN A PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE OFFICE, EARNING $830 A MONTH.

THE OTHER, A 26-YEAR-OLD BLIND MAN, IS EMPLOYED AS A TELEPHONE OPERATOR AT THE LOK ON PAI DESALTING PLANT EARNING A MONTHLY WAGE OF $990 THE HIGHEST PAID AMONG THE 34 DISABLED WHO SECURED JOB LAST MONTH.

THE OFFICER-IN-CHARGE OF THE UNIT, MR. CHAN SIU-WING, SAID TODAY THE TWO SUCCESSFUL JOB PLACEMENTS IN THE CIVIL SERVICE REFLECTED THE GOVERNMENT'S CONTINUAL SUPPORT FOR BETTER EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE DISABLED.

+WE HOPE MORE DISABLED PERSONS WOULD BE PLACED IN JOBS IN THE CIVIL SERVICE AS WELL AS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR,+ HE SAID.

THE OTHER DISABLED PERSONS WHO FOUND JOB LAST MONTH INCLUDE THREE BLIND, 11 PHYSICALLY-DISABLED, FIVE DEAF, ONE EX-LEPROSY PATIENT, SEVEN MENTAL RETARDATES AND FIVE EX-MENTAL PATIENTS,

THEY ARE ENGAGED IN THE COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL FIELDS AS MICROFILM MACHINE OPERATOR, IRONING WORKER, LIFT OPERATOR, WATCHMAN, ASSEMBLER, PACKER, CAR-CLEANER AND GENERAL FACTORY WORKER.

THEY ARE PAID EITHER AT A MONTHLY RATE OF $700 ON AVERAGE OR AT DAILY RATES RANGING FROM $20 TO $26.

- THE FIGURE OF 34 FOR LAST MONTH BRINGS TO 186 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF DISABLED PERSONS FOUND JOES WITH THE HELP OF THE JOB PLACEMENT UNIT SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR.