Friday, November 23, 1973
He urged schools to allow time for their students to attend
careers seminars and exhibitions, visit work places to see actual working
conditions, and encourage careers talks.
"Do not grudge the time spent on these various activities," he
said, "because education means little if, on completion of his studies,
a student finds that he is ill-prepared for life one aspect of which
is earning a living."
Dr. Huang warned young people to take great care in choosing a
career. "A lifetime's happiness and prosperity can depend upon this choice,"
he told students from the Ng Wah College and the Precious Blood Middle
School who were among the officially-invited guests at the opening. The
two schools were invited because they were the first to respond to the
Labour Department's invitation to schools to arrange visits to the exhibition.
Dr. Huang said: "A wise choice, taken after careful thought, can
mean satisfaction and recognition, and a sense of fulfilment which will
affect one's outlook and life.
"An unwise choice will be followed by discontent and boredom
which will blight a lifetime.
"And the loss then is not only the individual's; it is society's.
It is a waste of human material a loss the more sad because it could
have been avoided. ΓΙ
In his introductory speech, the Commissioner of Labour, Mr. I.R.
Price, said it was estimated that the total number of secondary school
students coming on to the labour market each year was now over 30,000,
"I hope
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