SUNDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1975
RECORD ATTENDANCE AT CAREERS '76
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AN ALL-TIME ATTENDANCE RECORD OF NEARLY 100,000 VISITORS WAS SET BY CAREERS '76, THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S FOURTH ANNUAL CAREERS EXHIBITION WHICH CLOSED AT 5 P.M. AT THE CITY HALL TODAY.
COMMENTING ON THE RECORD, THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR. LAO MOU-CHI, SAID THE LARGE NUMBER OF VISITORS TO THE 12-DAY EXHIBITION INDICATED THAT SERVICES OF THIS KIND WERE POPULAR AND VERY MUCH IN DEMAND BY STUDENTS AND YOUNG PEOPLE.
THE DEPARTMENT'S YOUTH EMPLOYMENT ADVISORY SERVICE (YEAS) ORGANISED THE FIRST CAREERS EXHIBITION IN 1972 AS A PILOT SCHEME. IT ATTRACTED MORE THAN 28,000 PEOPLE WITHIN THREE DAYS AND HAD PROVED TO BE A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS.
SINCE THEN, THE EVENT HAD BECOME AN ANNUAL FUNCTION OF THE YEAS WHOSE SUBSEQUENT EXHIBITIONS IN 1973 AND 1974 DREW 48,500 AND 93,000 VISITORS RESPECTIVELY.
+UNTIL RECENTLY, ONE COULD HARDLY SAY FOR SURE THAT THE CAREERS EXHIBITION IS SOMETHING OF A FEATURE FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF HONG KONG. BUT WITH THE REPEATED SUCCESSES, ANOTHER EXHIBITION WILL MOST PROBABLY BE HELD NEXT YEAR,+ MR. LAO SAID.
A TOTAL OF 15 EXHIBITORS FROM DIFFERENT TRADES AND INDUSTRIES AND GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS PARTICIPATED IN THE CURRENT EXHIBITION WHICH AIMED AT PROVIDING CAREERS INFORMATION AND ADVICE TO STUDENTS AND YOUNG PEOPLE TO FACILITATE THEM IN THEIR CHOICE OF CAREERS.
AS IN PREVIOUS YEARS, CAREERS 76 WAS FAVOURABLY RECEIVED BY STUDENTS, PARENTS, CAREER MASTERS AND SOCIAL WORKERS AS WELL AS THE EXHIBITORS THEMSELVES.
AN EXHIBITOR SAID THE STAFF MANNING HIS COMPANY'S STAND WERE PROUD OF THEMSELVES BECAUSE THEY HAD BEEN CARRYING OUT A WORTH- WHILE COMMUNITY PROJECT ALTHOUGH THEY HAD TO WORK OVERTIME, PARTICULARLY DURING WEEKENDS AND THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.
HE ADDED : +WE APPRECIATE THAT WE TOOK PART IN THE EXHIBITION MORE AS A SOCIAL SERVICE TO OUR YOUNGER GENERATION THAN AS A PUBLIC RELATIONS EXERCISE.+
NOTE TO EDITORS :
COPIES OF A PHOTOGRAPH SHOWING A GROUP OF STUDENTS AT THE STAND OF THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT ARE NOW AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION AT GIS PRESS ROOM, 6TH FLOOR, BEACONSFIELD HOUSE.
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