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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1978

S.W.D. FINDS JOBS FOR 166 DISABLED IN PAST FIVE MONTHS

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THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S JOB PLACEMENT UNIT HELPED FIND JOBS FOR 166 DISABLED PEOPLE IN THE PAST FIVE MONTHS FROM JULY TO NOVEMBER.

THIS BRINGS TO 286 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO FOUND WORK WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE UNIT IN THE FIRST EIGHT MONTHS OF THIS FINANCIAL YEAR.

THE GROUP WHO FOUND JOBS IN THE FIVE-MONTH PERIOD COMPRISED 92 PHYSICALLY DISABLED, 26 DEAF, 17 BLIND, 12 EX-MENTAL PATIENTS AND 14 MENTAL RETARDATES.

THE OFFICER IN CHARGE OF THE UNIT, MR. CHAN SHIU-WING, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THE RATE OF JOB PLACEMENTS FOR THE DISABLED HAD BEEN STEADY, SHOWING CONTINUAL SUPPORT BY EMPLOYERS.

MR. CHAN SAID THERE HAD BEEN AN INCREASING AWARENESS BY OPERATORS OF COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL FIRMS OF THE POTENTIAL ABILITY OF THE DISABLED AND HE HOPED MORE SUPPORT WOULD BE FORTH- COMING.

MOST OF THE DISABLED ARE EMPLOYED IN WORK OF GENERAL NATURE, SUCH AS TELEPHONE OPERATOR, ASSEMBLER, PACKER, CAR-CLEANER, LIFT OPERATOR AND GENERAL FACTORY WORKER.

THEY ARE PAID EITHER AT DAILY RATES RANGING FROM $18 TO $30, OR ON A MONTHLY BASIS BETWEEN $400 AND ABOUT $1,000.