TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 1976
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CAREERS SEMINAR OPENS ******
YOUNG PEOPLE NO LONGER AUTOMATICALLY FOLLOW THEIR FATHERS' FOOTSTEPS IN CHOOSING A CAREER NOWADAYS, SAID MR. DAVID LIN, ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR TODAY (TUESDAY).
OPENING THE CAREERS SEMINAR ORGANISED BY THE YOUTH EMPLOYMENT ADVISORY SERVICE OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT AT QUEEN'S COLLEGE CAUSEWAY BAY, HE SAID THAT THIS CHANGE OF TRADITION GAVE YOUNG PEOPLE GREATER FREEDOM IN CHOOSING CAREERS INDEPENDENT OF FAMILY
INFLUENCE.
MR. LIN POINTED OUT THAT WITH THE FAST GROWTH OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY IN HONG KONG, YOUTH TODAY HAD MORE AVENUES TO CAREERS.
UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES, HE SAID, YOUNG PEOPLE SHOULD BE PARTICULARLY CAREFUL IN CHOOSING A CAREER THAT WOULD SUIT THEM BEST AND WITH WHICH THEY WOULD BE HAPPY.
HE ALSO ADVISED THAT THEY SHOULD TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THEIR PARENTS' OPINION WHEN EVALUATING THEIR CHARACTERS, INTEREST AND OTHER ASPECTS IN RELATION TO JOB OPPORTUNITIES.
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ABOUT 1,000 STUDENTS ARE ATTENDING TODAY'S SEMINAR THE FIRST OF A SERIES OF THREE SEMINARS PLANNED BY YEAS FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL LEAVERS WHO FINISH THEIR CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION THIS MONTH.
THE SAME SEMINAR WILL BE HELD AGAIN TOMORROW WHEN ANOTHER 1,000 STUDENTS WILL ATTEND.
WATER CUT ***
WATER SUPPLY TO A NUMBER OF PREMISES IN CHAI WAN AND YAU MA TEI WILL BE INTERRUPTED FOR FIVE HOURS STARTING FROM 1 A.M. ON THURSDAY (JUNE 10) TO ENABLE THE WATERWORKS OFFICE TO CARRY OUT LEAKAGE TESTS.
IN CHAI WAN. THE AREA AFFECTED IS BOUNDED BY 399 CHAI WAN RAOD, 8-12 ON YIP STREET, 1-9 SUN YIP STREET, INCLUDING THE CALTEX SERVICE FILLING STATION, THE CHINA MOTOR BUS GARAGE AND THE CHA! WAN RESITE AREA.
IN YAU MA TEI, PREMISES BOUNDED BY NATHAN ROAD, WATERLOO ROAD, RECLAMATION STREET, SHEK LUNG STREET, TAK CHEONG STREET, THE SEA' FRONT, DUNDAS STREET, SHANGHAI STREET AND PITT STREET, INCLUDING TUNG ON STREET, HAMILTON STREET AND CANTON ROAD, ARE AFFECTED.