WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1978
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YOUTH EMPLOYMENT ADVISORY SERVICE
TO BE EXPANDED AND REGIONALISED
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THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT PLANS TO INCREASE THE STAFF OF ITS TOUTH EMPLOYMENT ADVISORY SERVICE AND TO REGIONALISE THE SERVICE
FIVE YEARS' TIME BY SETTING UP BRANCH OFFICES IN VARIOUS MOOL AREAS, THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, THE HON. PETER WILLIAMS ID TODAY.
+CAREERS GUIDANCE, HE SAID, +WILL THEN BE EXTENDED TO COVER FORM V STUDENTS.
+DURING THIS PERIOD, WE SHALL BUILD UP A CAREERS REFERENCE BRARY IN EACH OFFICE AND STRENGTHEN THE CAREERS INFORMATION EVICE, HE SAID IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON. WONG LAM IN
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
MR. WILLIAMS EXPECTED TO INCREASE THE SERVICE'S STAFF BY THREE OFFICERS DURING THE COMING YEAR.
+THIS WILL ENABLE THE SERVICE TO EXTEND ITS PREPARATION OF CAREERS MATERIAL, HE SAID.
WITH REGARD TO PUBLICITY, MR. WILLIAMS POINTED OUT THAT A CAREERS NEWSLETTER WAS PREPARED BY THE SERVICE AND PUBLISHED EVERY TWO MONTHS.
THE NEWSLETTER, SPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, WAS DISTRIBUTED TO ALL SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND YOUTH CENTRES.
PRESS RELEASES ON CAREERS SEMINARS AND EXHIBITION WERE ISSUED REGULARLY AND LAST YEAR, RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG DID TWO SPECIAL PROGRAMMES TO HIGHLIGHT THE RECENT CAREERS EXHIBITION.
PLANS WERE ALSO UNDERWAY TO PRODUCE A SERIES OF TV PROGRAMMES ON CAREERS FOR TRANSMISSION ON THE COMMERCIAL STATIONS IN THE COMING YEAR.
REVIEWING THE WORK OF THE SERVICE IN THE PAST YEAR MR. WILLIAMS SAID IT HAD AN ESTABLISHMENT OF ONE LABOUR OFFICER AND É IGHT ASSISTANT LABOUR OFFICERS OPERATING FROM TWO OFFICES - ONE IN WAN CHAI AND THE OTHER IN KOWLOON CITY.
LAST YEAR OFFICERS OF THE UNIT GAVE 350 SCHOOL TALKS TO 33,000 FORM V STUDENTS, ORGANISED SEVEN CAREERS SEMINARS FOR 6,000 SCHOOL LEAVERS AND TOOK PART IN 17 OTHER CAREERS ACTIVITIES.
EIGHT CAREERS EXHIBITIONS WERE STAGED ON A SPECIALLY DESIGNED TRUCK WHICH CALLED AT HOUSING ESTATES, PARKS AND SCHOOLS AND THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE YEAR'S WORK WAS THE CAREERS EXHIBITION HELD AT THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY TERMINUS IN NOVEMBER WHICH ATTRACTED MORE THA.. 113,000 VISITORS IN TEN DAYS.