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MONDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1975
CAREERS '76 DRAWS LARGE CROWDS
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MORE THAN 45,000 PEOPLE HAVE VISITED CAREERS 76 IN THE FIRST FIVE DAYS OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S 12-DAY CAREERS EXHIBITION WHICH CONTINUES TO DE A CENTRE OF ATTRACTION TO STUDENTS AND YOUNG PEOPLE.
DURING THE WEEK-END ALONE, A RECORD OF OVER 25,000 VISITORS ATTENDED THE EXHIBITION, WHICH, ACCORDING TO SENIOR LABOUR OFFICER, MR. JAMES YEUNG, HAD DEFINITELY AROUSED THE INTEREST AND CONCERN OF THE YOUNGER GENERATION IN THEIR CHOICE OF CAREERS.
HE OBSERVED A BETTER AND MORE NOTICEADLE RESPONSE FROM ALL QUARTERS -- STUDENTS. PARENTS AND TEACHERS AS VELL AS EXHIBITORS THAN THE PREVIOUS YEARS.
MR. YEUNG SAID HE WAS PLEASED TO SEE THIS OVERWHELMING SUPPORT DESPITE THE COLD WEATHER. THIS IS A CLEAR INDICATION THAT MORE STUDENTS AND YOUNG PEOPLE ARE GIVING SERIOUS THOUGHTS TO THEIR CAREERS AND FUTURE,+
HOWEVER, HE ADVISED THEM NOT TO BE COMPLACENT BECAUSE JUST SEEING THE EXHIBITION WOULD NOT SOLVE THEIR CAREER PROBLEM.
+CAREERS '76 MERELY PROVIDES SOME ADVICE AND INFORMATION ON JOB OPPORTUNITIES AND GUIDANCE ON HOW TO CHOOSE A CAREER WISELY, STUDENTS STILL NEED TO, BESIDES SCORING GOOD ACADEMIC RESULTS, SPEND MORE EFFORT IN GATHERING RELEVANT INFORMATION BEFORE MAKING A DECISION.
+ IN THIS CONNECTION,+ MR. YEUNG ADDED, +STUDENTS SHOULD ALSO CONSULT THEIR PARENTS, TEACHERS AND FRIENDS, OR CALL ON THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S YOUTH EMPLOYMENT ADVISORY SERVICE WHICH ORGANISED THE EXHIBITION FOR FURTHER ENQUIRIES.+
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AS IN PREVIOUS YEARS, THE MAJORITY OF VISITORS TO CAREERS '76 THE DEPARTMENT'S FOURTH ANNUAL CAREERS EXHIBITION STUDENTS AND YOUNG PEOPLE.
MANY KEEN STUDENTS WERE SEEN TAKING NOTES WHEN EXHIBITORS PATIENTLY ANSWERED THEIR QUERIES.
A FORM FIVE GIRL STUDENT SAID THE HAND-OUTS DISTRIBUTED BY THE EXHIBITORS VERE EXCELLENT REFERENCE MATERIAL AND SHE WOULD KEEP THEM FOR FUTURE USE. THE DISCUSSIONS HAD WITH THE EXHIBITOR BENEFIT ME EVEN MORE BECAUSE THEY HAVE DIRECT RELEVANCE TO MY OWN CIRCUMSTANCES,+ SHE SAID.
ANOTHER BOY STUDENT REMARKED THAT CAREERS '76 HAD WIDELY BROADENED HIS VISION ON JOB OPPORTUNITIES. BEFORE SEEING THE EXHIBITION, I ALWAYS HAD THE IDEA THAT I WAS ONLY SUITABLE TO BECOME A CLERK IN THE CIVIL SERVICE OR AN OFFICE WORKER IN SOME COMMERCIAL ORGANISATIONS.
+HOWEVER, THE EXHIBITION REVEALED TO ME THAT I COULD ALSO FIND A REWARDING JOB IN MANY OTHER FIELDS SUCH AS SEAFARING OR SOCIAL WORK, HE ADDED.
THE EXHIBITION WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 5 P.M. ON SUNDAY (DECEMBER 28).
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