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MONDAY, APRIL 7, 1980
MR CHAMBERS SAID IT WAS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT THAT YOUNG PEOPLE, WHO ARE AT THE AGE WHEN THE PRESSURES TO TAKE UP SMOKING ARE AT THEIR STRONGEST, SHOULD BE FULLY AWARE OF THE IMPLICATIONS OF THEIR DECISION.
HE EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT THE EXHIBITION, FOLLOWED BY MOBILE DISPLAYS IN SCHOOLS, WILL HELP MANY YOUNG PEOPLE TO TAKE A WISE DECISION.
CAREERS INFORMATION CENTRES GETTING MORE POPULAR
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DURING THE PAST TWO MONTHS, MORE THAN 4 800 YOUNG PEOPLE VISITED THE TWO CAREERS INFORMATION CENTRES OPERATED BY THE YOUTH EMPLOYMENT ADVISORY SERVICE (YEAS) OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT.
A LARGE NUMBER OF THE VISITORS WERE FORM I
SCHOOLS.
STUDENTS FROM
MORE OF THEM WILL BE CALLING AT THE CENTRES IN THE NEXT TWO MONTHS IN GROUP VISITS SPECIALLY ARRANGED FOR THEM BY THE YEAS.
IN THE PAST TWO MONTHS, THE YEAS ARRANGED A TOTAL OF 88 SUCH VISITS FOR MORE THAN 3 300 FORM 111 STUDENTS.
A FURTHER 100 GROUP VISITS HAVE BEEN ARRANGED FOR MORE THAN
4 000 FORM ||| STUDENTS IN THE NEXT TWO MONTHS.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (MONDAY) THE INCREASING NUMBER OF VISITORS REFLECTED THE CENTRES GROWING POPULARITY WITH YOUNG PEOPLE.
+THIS HAS ALSO INDICATED THAT THE CENTRES, COMPLETE WITH A WIDE RANGE OF FACILITIES, ARE MEETING THE NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE LOOKING FOR CAREERS INFORMATION, HE ADDED.
THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT UNDER A PROGRAMME SPECIALLY ARRANGED FOR THE GROUP VISITS, VISITORS WERE BRIEFED ON THE THREE OPTIONS OPEN TO FORM III SCHOOL LEAVERS, NAMELY FURTHER ING STUDY, FINDING EMPLOYMENT AND RECEIVING VOCATIONAL TRAINING.
THE SPECIAL PROGRAMME ALSO FEATURED A SMALL EXHIBITION OF DISPLAY MATERIALS TO ENABLE THEM TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF JOBS AVAILABLE IN HONG KONG.
THE TWO CENTRES, ONE ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF NEW RODNEY BLOCK, QUEENSWAY, AND THE OTHER ON THE THIRD FLOOR OF MA TAU KOK ROAD GOVERNMENT OFFICES, ARE COMPLETE WITH REFERENCE LIBRARIES, SLIDES, FILMS, VIDEO-CARTRIDGES, CASSETTE TAPE-RECORDINGS OF TALKS BY SPECIALISTS AND PRINTED INFORMATION MATERIALS SUCH AS NEWSLETTERS, PAMPHLETS AND LEAFLETS.
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