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Tuesday, December 19, 1972
MORE PEOPLE FIND JOBS
With Help Of Local Employment Service
The Labour Department's Local Employment Service helped about
3,400 people to find employment in 1971-72, an increase of 30 per cent over
that of 1970-71.
Operating as a free employment agency, the Service registers
applicants for employment, conducts preliminary placement interviews and
collates information on vacancies supplied by employers.
The Service registered more than 18,000 job-seekers in the last
financial year -- 29 per cent over that of 1970-71.
It received requests from employers to fill over 8,000 vacancies,
an increase of 74 per cent over that of 1970-71.
Officers of the Service pay regular visits to commercial and in-
dustrial organisations to publicise its work and to collect information about
vacancies.
A spokesman for the Labour Department said today: 11The effectiveness
of the Local Employment Service hinges largely on the cooperation of employers
in notifying it of suitable vacancies."
The spokesman said that the service had recently obtained the help
of three local newspapers, the two television stations and Radio Hong Kong in
publicising its work.
At present, the service runs five offices, located in Yau Ma Tei,
Sham Shui Po, Kwun Tong, Tsuen Wan and Hong Kong respectively.
In terms
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