DISABLED REGISTRANTS, 1977 AND JANUARY 1978

Mr Ivan Baptist asked the Minister for Labour the monthly figures in 1977 and January 1978 of (a) the number of disabled registered; (b) the number registered that were congenitally disabled; (c) the number registered that were disabled by accidents, distinguishing between industrial accidents, road traffic accidents, home accidents and others; (d) the number of disabled trained or retrained; (e) the number employed and in what work categories before training or retraining; and (f) the number employed and in what work categories after training or retraining.

Mr Ong Pang Boon: The monthly statistics on disabled registrants for the period January-December 1977 and January 1978 are provided in the Appendix below.

It should be pointed out that, apart from placing disabled registrants on training under the Disablement Resettlement Scheme, the Employment Service of the Ministry has also been offering direct employment assistance to some of the disabled registrants. In 1977, a total of 123 disabled registrants were successfully placed in various occupations such as general factory workers, lift attendants, clerks and parking attendants. In January 1978, 13 registrants have also been successfully placed in various occupations.

None of the disabled who were trained had been working before training.

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