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Wednesday, December 20, 1972
LABOUR DEPARTMENT CAREERS EXHIBITION
Students, Parents And Teachers Urged To Attend
The Youth Employment Advisory Service of the Labour Department
will stage Hong Kong's first government-sponsored careers exhibition at
the City Hall Exhibition Hall from December 29 to 31.
The head of the service, Mr. S.Y. Mak, said today that several
thousand school leavers and young workers were expected to attend the
exhibition, which was aimed primarily at Form Five pupils who were now making
up their minds about a career.
He said the exhibition was intended as a major extension of the
department's school careers lecture service, which now reached thousands
of students a year and was still growing.
About 20 exhibitors will take part, presenting a range of careers
varying from apprenticeships and nursing to banking and social work.
The stands would be divided into five groups, under general head-
ings such as office work, creative work, or practical and technical work.
Within each group, dozens of different job opportunities would be
shown.
Each stand would show the sort of work available in a certain field,
the qualifications needed, the training provided, the opportunities for advance-
ment, and information on salaries, working conditions and fringe benefits.
"The exhibition