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Friday, July 3, 1970.
Along with that, technological developments had raised the standards
of skill required by even an ordinary worker operating a machine
so that
it was now necessary for a person entering employment for the first time
to have some saleable skill before he could obtain a job.
Mr. Price defined "skill" broadly as "simply the ability to do a
job consistently, confidently, and competently," and trained young people
with these attributes should not find it difficult either to hold down a
job or to obtain satisfaction from it.
But he cautioned that completion of school education and vocational
training should not be allowed to create the delusion there was no longer
any need to learn more.
The Earning Of Promotion
"I would advise you to cultivate an attitude of mind that automatically
inspires you to ask what, why, when, and how whenever you are faced with
something new, a problem, a new process, or a piece of unfamiliar machinery,"
he said.
In this way, they would eventually move into a better position,
since promotion had to be earned, and acceptance of responsibility proven.
Mr. Price referred to numerous ways in which the Labour Department
could help the young job-seeker, described in detail in a bilingual booklet
The Labour Department Offers You Its Services, available free at the department,
the CDOS, and the District Offices in the New Territories.
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