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MONDAY, JULY 7, 1975
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RIGHT CHOICE OF CAREER VITAL IN LIFE
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THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR. DAVID LIN, TODAY URGED HONG KONG STUDENTS TO TRY HARD TO START WORK IN THE RIGHT JOB AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THEIR WORKING LIFE.
+STUDENTS ARE NATURALLY ANXIOUS TO GET A JOB SOON AFTER THEY FINISH SCHOOL,+ HE SAID. BUT GETTING A JOB AND CHOOSING A CAREER ARE NOT EXACTLY THE SAME THING,
+TO GET A JOB IS MERELY TO SECURE FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE. BUT MAKING THE RIGHT CHOICE OF A CAREER DOES MORE THAN THAT. IT LEADS TO A PROMISING FUTURE AND PROVIDES A CHANCE TO DEVELOP YOUR ABILITIES.+
MR. LIN WAS SPEAKING WHILE OFFICIALLY OPENING A THREE-DAY CAREERS SEMINAR BEING HELD AT THE QUEEN'S COLLEGE IN CAUSEWAY BAY, HONG KONG.
MORE THAN 1,500 SENIOR STUDENTS FROM 26 SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN THE EASTERN DISTRICT ARE TAKING PART IN THE SEMINAR.
MR. LIN SAID THE CURRENT SEMINAR, JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE EASTERN DISTRICT COMMUNITY AND YOUTH OFFICE OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, AND THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT 'S YOUTH EMPLOYMENT ADVISORY SERVICE, WAS THE FOURTH IN A SERIES OF SEMINARS ORGANISED BY THE SERVICE ON A REGIONAL BASIS IN COLLABORATION WITH INTERESTED BODIES.
MORE SEMINARS WERE BEING PLANNED FOR THE SUMMER VACATION
MONTHS.
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HE TOLD THE STUDENTS: +THE CHOICE OF A CAREER IS THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION IN YOUR LIVES. IT WILL DETERMINE YOUR FUTURE= AFFECT YOUR OUTLOOK ON LIFE- AND ULTIMATELY MAKE YOU CONTENTED OR FUSTRATED, HAPPY OR UNHAPPY.+
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICE, HE SAID, THEY NEEDED INFORMATION ON JOB OPPORTUNITIES, WHICH THEY SHOULD STUDY CAREFULLY, HAVING REGARD TO THEIR PHYSIQUES, THEIR ABILITIES, THEIR ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS, THEIR INTERESTS AND THEIR APTITUDES.
TO THIS END, THE YOUTH EMPLOYMENT ADVISORY SERVICE HAD, SINCE ITS ESTABLISHMENT, BEEN DEVOTING ITS EFFORTS TO COLLECTING, COMPILING AND DISSEMINATING CAREERS INFORMATION THROUGH CAREERS PAMPHLETS, NEWSLETTERS AND OTHER LITERATURE.
/THE SERVICE
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