FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1979
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CAREERS '80 EXHIBITION OPENS
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THE CHAIRMAN OF WORLD-WIDE SHIPPING GROUP, SIR YUE-KONG PAO, TODAY (FRIDAY) PRAISED THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S YOUTH EMPLOYMENT ADVISORY SERVICE FOR HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE MAKE AN 'INFORMED CHOICE OF CAREER.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE DEPARTMENT'S EIGHTH ANNUAL CAREERS EXHIBITION AT THE KOWLOON RAIL TERMINUS, SIR YUE-KONG SAID THAT SINCE 1968 THE SERVICE HAD BEEN HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE TO DO THIS.
STRESSING THAT ONE MUST PREPARE BEFORE CHOOSING A CAREER, SIR YUE-KONG OFFERED THE FOLLOWING ADVICE TO JOB-SEEKERS.
+ONE GOOD WAY TO START IS BY ANALYSING OURSELVES, BY FINDING OUT WHAT JOB OPPORTUNITIES EXIST AND IN WHAT FIELDS, WHAT THE ENTRY REQUIREMENTS FOR THESE JOBS ARE AND WHAT JOB OPENINGS WOULD BE WORTH TRYING FOR, GIVEN OUR OWN EDUCATIONAL LEVEL, OUR APTITUDE, ABILITY AND INTEREST.
+WHILE WE WOULD LIKE TO CHOOSE A 'GOOD' JOB, WE HAVE TO ASK OURSELVES WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER TO INDUCE A PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYER TO CHOOSE US FROM AMONG THE MANY OTHER APPLICANTS.+
SIR YUE-KONG POINTED OUT THAT THE SERVICE HAD DONE MUCH
TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE BY OFFERING:
* GROUP GUIDANCE TO SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS THROUGH
SCHOOL TALKS, CAREERS PROGRAMMES, SEMINARS AND EXHIBITIONS-
* A CONTINUOUS SUPPLY OF UP-TO-DATE CAREERS MATERIALS
AND INFORMATION IN EITHER WRITTEN OR AUDIO-VISUAL FORM-
* CAREERS INFORMATION CENTRES, EACH CONTAINING A REFERENCE
LIBRARY AND AUDIO-VISUAL UNIT AND AN ENQUIRY SERVICE WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE CAN SEEK CAREERS ADVICE- AND
* TRAINING SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES FOR CAREERS TEACHERS IN
SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
IN ADDITION, SIR YUE-KONG SAID, THE SERVICE MOUNTED
AN ANNUAL CAREERS EXHIBITION.
+THIS EVENT HAS, IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, ATTRACTED OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND VISITORS ANNUALLY. CONSIDERABLE EFFORT HAS BEEN PUT INTO IT BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT AND THE EXHIBITORS IN ORDER TO PRESENT AS MUCH CAREERS INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE AND PRESENT IT ATTRACTIVELY TOO.
+1 VERY MUCH HOPE THAT YOUNG PEOPLE, TEACHERS AND PARENTS WILL VISIT THIS EXHIBITION TO SEE FOR THEMSELVES THE WIDE RANGE OF JOB OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE, FOR THESE JOBS WILL ENABLE THEM TO CONTRIBUTE TO HONG KONG'S FURTHER PROSPERITY, SAID SIR YUE-KONG.
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