TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 1975
+ON THE OTHER HAND,+ HE CONTINUED, +YOU MAY DECIDE, AFTER AN ASSESSMENT OF THE RELEVANT FACTORS, TO REMAIN HAPPY WITH A MORE REALISTIC GOAL THAT IS WITHIN YOUR CAPABILITIES. IT IS A MATTER OF BALANCE, ADJUSTMENT AND CHOICE, ALL OF WHICH REST IN YOUR OWN HANDS.
THE COMMISSIONER SAID SOME PEOPLE MIGHT WONDER WHAT WAS THE POINT OF TALKING ABOUT CAREERS WHEN JOBS WERE HARD TO COME BY AS HONG KONG HAD BEEN PASSING THROUGH A DIFFICULT PERIOD FROM AN EMPLOYMENT POINT OF VIEW.
+BUT IS IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU DISTINGUISH BETWEEN WHAT IS TRANSIENT - A PASSING PHASE - LIKE A POOR EMPLOYMENT SITUATION, AND BETWEEN WHAT IS LIFE-LONG LONG-TERM PERIOD - LIKE A CAREER.
+A POOR JOB MARKET IS SOMETHING THAT LIKE THE CHILL WIND BITES SHARPLY AND THEN BLOWS ITSELF OUT, A CAREER IS THE EVERGREEN PINE TREE WHICH, ONCE ROOTED, CONTINUES TO GROW, HOWEVER BUFFETED BY SUCH WINDS,+ HE SAID.
MR. HENDERSON EMPHASISED THAT THE CHOICE OF A CAREER IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISIONS THAT A PERSON HAD TO MAKE IN LIFE.
+NO MATTER HOW WELL OR POORLY YOU HAVE DONE IN YOUR SCHOOL WORK, HOW RICH OR POOR YOUR FAMILY IS, OR HOW PROSPEROUS OR UNFAVOURABLE THE ECONOMY OF HONG KONG IS, YOU STILL HAVE TO MAKE YOUR CHOICE, AND IT IS YOUR CHOICE, NOBODY CAN TRULY MAKE IT FOR YOU.+
IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS DECISION, ONE NEEDED INFORMATION, NOT JUST ANY BIT OF HEARSAY BUT RELEVANT, COHERENT AND ACCURATE INFORMATION.
IN THIS RESPECT, HE SAID THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S YOUTH EMPLOYMENT ADVISORY SERVICE HAD, SINCE ITS ESTABLISHMENT IN 1968, BEEN BUSILY ENGAGED IN THE COLLECTION, COMPILATION AND DISSEMINATION OF CAREERS INFORMATION.
ITS REGULAR WORK INCLUDED THE PREPARATION OF CAREERS PAMPHLETS, OCCUPATIONS LEAFLETS AND CAREERS NEWSLETTERS, THE DELIVERY OF CAREERS TALKS TO STUDENTS OF SENIOR FORMS IN SCHOOLS AND THE ORGANISATION OF CAREERS EXHIBITIONS AND SEMINARS.
THE PRESENT FOUR-DAY SEMINAR COMPRISES 15 MORNING LECTURES BY PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT TRADES AND INDUSTRIES, AND AFTERNOON VISITS TO A HOSPITAL, A SHIP-BUILDING COMPANY, A TOWEL MANUFACTURING FACTORY AND SEVERAL ESTABLISHMENTS WITHIN AN INDUSTRIAL BUILDING COMPLEX IN KWUN TONG.
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