THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1979
CAREERS INFORMATION SERVICE TAKES THE WHEELS
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CAREERS INFORMATION SERVICE IS NO LONGER CONFINED TO CLASSROOMS THANKS TO AN EXHIBITION VAN DONATED TO THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT BY THE ROTARY CLUB OF KOWLOON, THE LABOUR OFFICER IN CHARGE OF THE YOUTH EMPLOYMENT ADVISORY SERVICE, MRS. ANGELA HO, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE ROTARY CLUB'S LUNCHEON MEETING AT THE PENINSULA HOTEL MRS. HO SAID THE EXHIBITION VAN ADDED A NEW DIMENSION TO THE WORK OF THE YOUTH EMPLOYMENT ADVISORY SERVICE.
+ THE VAN PROVIDES AN ATTRACTIVE MEANS TO DISSEMINATE CAREERS INFORMATION ALMOST ANYWHERE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, SHE SAID.
+A PORTABLE ELECTRIC GENERATOR MAKES IT INDEPENDENT OF ANY SOURCE OF POWER SUPPLY.+
MRS. HO POINTED OUT THAT THERE WAS A VERY REAL NEED FOR CAREERS GUIDANCE IN HONG KONG AND THE MOBILE EXHIBITION UNIT DONATED BY THE CLUB WAS TO MEET THIS NEED.
SHE EXPLAINED THAT THE VALUE OF A MOBILE CAREERS SERVICE LIES NOT ONLY IN ITS MOBILITY TO OFFER A SERVICE ALMOST AT ONE'S DOORSTEP BUT ALSO IN BEING ABLE TO STIMULATE THE INTEREST OF YOUNG PEOPLE AS WELL AS THEIR PARENTS WHO OTHERWISE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO PAY MUCH OR EVEN VERY LITTLE ATTENTION TO THE QUESTION OF A CAREERS CHOICE.
+IF A MOBILE DISPLAY COULD LEAD THEM TO ASK FURTHER QUESTIONS, AN INFORMAL CHAT COULD START THEM THINKING ABOUT THE CHOICE OF A CAREER- MUCH WOULD HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED, MRS. HO SAID.
SHE SAID THE VAN VISITED SCHOOLS, YOUTH CENTRES, PARKS, HOUSING ESTATES AND PUBLIC PLACES SUCH AS EDINBURGH PLACE AND KOWLOON PUBLIC PIER.
OVER THE YEARS, IT HAD MADE MANY OUTINGS AND HAD BEEN PRACTICALLY ALL OVER HONG KONG, EXCEPT THE OUTLYING ISLANDS.
MRS. HO ALSO SAID THAT WITH THE PERMISSION OF THE ROTARY CLUB, THE MOBILE UNIT WAS USED TO PROMOTE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AT CONSTRUCTION SITES AS WELL AS INDUSTRIAL AREAS AND THIS HAD PROVED TO BE VERY EFFECTIVE.
TO DATE MORE THAN 50 EXHIBITIONS INCLUDING CAREERS
AND INDUSTRIAL SAFETY EXHIBITIONS HAD BEEN STAGED, ATTRACTING SOME 45,000 VISITORS.