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DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN
SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 1974
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYING MORE DISABLED PEOPLE
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MORE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS ARE EMPLOYING DISABLED PEOPLE, ACCORDING TO MR. CHAN SHIU-WING, OFFICER-IN-CHARGE OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S JOB PLACEMENT UNIT.
IN HIS MONTHLY REPORT ON THE PROGRESS OF FINDING WORK FOR THE DISABLED DURING MARCH, HE SAID OFFICERS OF HIS UNIT HAD ARRANGED JOBS OR JOB INTERVIEWS WITH GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS FUR 10 PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT DISABILITIES.
OF THIS NUMBER, THREE WERE EXPLOYED AS MESSENGERS BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT AND ONE, ALSO AS MESSENGER, BY THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT. ANOTHER STARTED VORK AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS MONTH AS A WATCHMAN UITH THE GOVERNMENT SUPPLIES
DEPARTMENT.
THE OTHERS ARE CURRENTLY UNDERGOING THE USUAL PROCESSING FOR JOBS AND IT IS EXPECTED THAT AT LEAST TWO WILL BE EMPLOYED AS LABOURERS IN THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THE ROYAL HONGKONG POLICE FORCE.
THE PRIVATE SECTOR TOO, MR. CHAN REPORTED, HAD INCREASED ITS INTAKE OF DISABLED PEOPLE WITH THE LARGEST NUMBER BEING TAKEN ON BY INDUSTRY.
THE FRANKI TOYS AND DOLLS MANUFACTURERS AND EXPORTERS LIMITED EMPLOYED 13 DISABLED PERSONS AS PACKERS AND INTENDS ENGAGING MORE THIS MONTH AS MACHINE SEWING WORKERS.
MR. CHAN SAID A TOTAL OF 31 DISABLED PEOPLE WERE FOUND WORK IN MARCH, EIGHT MORE THAN THE PREVIOUS MONTH.
THEY COMPRISED AN EX-MENTAL PATIENT, ONE MENTALLY RETARDED, AN EX-LEPER, TUO BLIND, TUO WHO WERE CURED OF TUBERCULOSIS, FIVE DEAF AND 19 CRIPPLES.'
THEY WERE GIVEN JOBS AS A CARPENTER, A PROOFREADER, A KEYBOARD TYPESETTER, A LIFT-OPERATOR, A CARETAKER, MACHINE SEWING WORKERS, ASSEMBLERS, PACKERS, MESSENGERS AND GENERAL FACTORY WORKERS.
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Issued by Government Information Services, Beaconsfield House, Hong Kong. Tel: 5-233191
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