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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1975
GREAT DEMAND FOR SKILLS CONNECTED WITH INDUSTRY, SAYS DIRECTOR OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
HONG KONG'S INDUSTRY AND TRADE ARE BECOMING SO MUCH MORE COMPLEX AND SOPHISTICATED THAT WE ARE GOING TO NEED THE BEST ENGINEERS, TECHNOLOGISTS, GRAFTSMEN, MANAGERS, ACCOUNTANTS, SALESMEN AND SO ON IN THE YEARS AHEAD, THE DIRECTOR OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, MR. DAVID JORDAN, SAID TODAY.
HE WAS ADDRESSING THE OPENING OF CAREERS WEEK AT THE LOK SIN TONG YU KAN HING SCHOOL, AT WANG TAU HOM, IN KOWLOON.
+IT IS NOT MERELY THAT OUR INDUSTRIALISTS AND BUSINESSMEN WILL WANT BETTER QUALIFIED AND MORE CAPABLE PEOPLE - THEY HAVE NO ALTERNATIVE IF THEY ARE GOING TO PRODUCE AND SELL DETTER DESIGNED AND HIGHER QUALITY PRODUCTS AT COMPETITIVE PRICES, HE ADDED.
MR. JORDAN WENT ON TO SAY THAT THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE EDUCATED AND SKILLED IN THE PROFESSIONS CONNECTED WITH INDUSTRY AND PARTICULARLY WITH THE NEW INDUSTRIES THAT HONG KONG WOULD NEED IF IT WERE TO KEEP AHEAD OF THE COMPETITION WOULD DE IN GREAT DEMAND HERE.
MR. JORDAN ADDED, HOWEVER, THAT INDUSTRY AND TRADE WERE NOT THE ONLY FIELDS.
+THE GREAT THING ABOUT HONG KONG IS THAT THERE IS SUCH AN ENORMOUS RANGE OF CAREERS OPEN TO USE. A GREAT MANY ARE COVERED IN THE PROGRAMME FOR THIS WEEK. THERE'S THE WHOLE RANGE OF THE COMMERCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE - BANKING, SHIPPING AND AIR TRANSPORT, INSURANCE, AND SO ON. THERE'S THE TOURIST INDUSTRY. THERE'S A VAST CHOICE OF CAREERS IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE, HE SAID.
BUT THE ONLY ADVICE MR. JORDAN SAID HE WOULD OFFER ANYONE WOULD BE:
MAKE YOUR OWN CHOICE CHOOSE THE CAREER THAT YOU THINK WILL SUIT YOU BEST. IF YOU FIND, YOU'VE MADE A MISTAKE, CHANGE BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE. DON'T GET LOCKED INTO SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T ENJOY DOING. AND, WHATEVER YOU DO CHOOSE, KEEP AN OPEN MIND.
NOT JUST FOR A YEAR OR TWO, BUT DURING THE WHOLE OF YOUR WORKING LIFE, REMEMBER THAT, WHATEVER WE DO AND HOWEVER WELL WE THINK WE DO IT, THERE IS ALWAYS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT, BOTH IN OURSELVES AND IN THE ORGANISATION WITHIN WHICH WE WORK.
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