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Saturday, February 23, 1974
STARTING A CAREER
Labour Department Ready To Help
Assistant Commissioner of Labour, Mr. Lao Mou-chi, today urged
Hong Kong students to make greater use of the services offered by the
Labour Department in beginning their working life.
Mr. Lao was speaking while officially opening a two-day careers
seminar being held at the Kwun Tong Government Technical Secondary School.
The seminar, jointly organised by the Ngau Tau Kok Caritas,
careers teachers from seven major secondary schools in the Kwun Tong
District, and the Labour Department, is being attended by some 800 students -
many of them in their final year at school.
Mr. Lao urged the students to think more positively of careers
in industry through apprenticeship training schemes. He told them to
approach the Industrial Training Division of the Labour Department for
free assistance and advice on the growing career opportunities opening
up through such schemes,
Mr. Lao also said more school leavers should take advantage
of the department's Local Employment Service, which provides a free
service aimod at bringing prospective employees in touch with employers
with suitable job vacancies.
The Assistant