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FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1976
USE CAREERS INFORMATION TO YOUR ADVANTAGE, STUDENTS TOLD
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YOUNG PEOPLE FACED WITH THE NEED TO PLAN THEIR FUTURE COURSE IN LIFE SHOULD KNOW HOW TO USE CAREERS INFORMATION TO THEIR ADVANTAGE, SAID DR. Y.K. CHING, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC TODAY (FRIDAY)..
OPENING A CAREERS SEMINAR ORGANISED BY THE YOUTH EMPLOYMENT ADVISORY SERVICE OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT AT THE HO LAP COLLEGE SAN PO KONG, HE TOLD MORE THAN 1,000 SENIOR STUDENTS THAT IF JOBs WERE TAKEN UP AS THEY CAME BY, ONLY A LUCKY FEW WOULD BE HAPPY WITH THE JOBS THEY LANDED.
THE MAJORITY, HE SAID, WOULD EITHER FIND THAT THEY WERE SQUANDERING THEIR TIME OR FEEL FRUSTRATED.
DR. CHING DISCLOSED THAT THE EFFORTS OF THE POLYTECHNIC TO PROVIDE YOUNG PEOPLE IN HONG KONG WITH THE NECESSARY TECHNICAL AND PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND TO SUPPLY THE TRADES AND INDUSTRY WITH SKILLED MANPOWER WOULD BE FURTHER STRENGTHENED BY SEPTEMBER - 1978 WHEN PLACES FOR FULL-TIME DAY COURSES, PART-TIME-DAY-RELEASE-
COURSES AND EVENING CLASSES WOULD BE INCREASED TO 6,800, 3,000 AND 20,000 RESPECTIVELY.
THE SEMINAR, WHICH FEATURES TALKS AND DISCUSSIONS BY GUEST SPEAKERS ON CAREERS OPPORTUNITIES IN HOTELS, JOURNALISM, THE POLICE FORCE, SOCIAL WORK, CIVIL SERVICE AND APPRENTICE TRAINING, WILL BE REPEATED TOMORROW (SATURDAY) FOR ANOTHER 1,000 STUDENTS WHO COULD NOT BE ACCOMMODATED THE FIRST DAY.
IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SEMINAR, A MINI CAREERS EXHIBITION IS ALSO BEING STAGED BY THE YOUTH EMPLOYMENT ADVISORY SERVICE AT THE SCHOOL.
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