MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1981
CAREERS EXHIBITION POPULAR
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THE CAREERS 82 EXHIBITION JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT AND THE URBAN COUNCIL CAME TO A SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION TODAY (MONDAY) ATTRACTING ABOUT 105 000 VISITORS OVER THE PAST 10 DAYS.
THE LIVE CAREERS SHOWS AND THE COMPUTER PROJECT AT EDINBURGH PLACE ATTRACTED ABOUT 240 000 VISITORS.
AT A CLOSING CEREMONY, MRS HENDERSON, WIFE OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, PRESENTED A PEN SET AS A SOUVENIR TO THE 100 000TH VISITOR TO THE EXHIBITION, MR WONG WAI-KIT, A FORM 5 STUDENT FROM HELEN LIANG MEMORIAL SECONDARY SCHOOL.
SPEAKING AT THE CEREMONY, THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR MR J.N. HENDERSON, SAID THE REPEATED SUCCESS OF THE CAREERS EXHIBITIONS OVER THE YEARS HAD BROUGHT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VISITORS TO NEARLY ONE MILLION.
+ FEEL SURE THAT BECAUSE OF ITS POPULARITY AMONG STUDENTS, PARENTS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, WE SHALL REACH THE MILESTONE OF THE FIRST MILLION VISITORS TO THESE EXHIBITIONS IN CAREERS '83 NEXT YEAR, HE ADDED.
MR HENDERSON ATTRIBUTED THE SUCCESS OF THIS YEAR'S EXHIBITION TO THE CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY THE EXHIBITORS, WHOSE SUPPORT N PROVIDING FINANCIAL RESOURCES FOR THE DESIGN OF THEIR STANDS AND IN PROVIDING EXPERIENCED STAFF TO ANSWER ENQUIRIES ON THE SPOT CERTAINLY HELPED YOUNG PEOPLE MAKE AN INFORMED CHOICE OF A CAREER.
CREDIT MUST ALSO GO TO THE MANY OTHER ORGANISATIONS WHICH HAD CONTRIBUTED TO THE EXHIBITION IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, SUCH AS THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE, THE CIVIL AID SERVICES, THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, THE MING PAO DAILY AND THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
MR HENDERSON ALSO THANKED THE URBAN COUNCIL FOR THEIR CO- SPONSORSHIP, AND THE URBAN COUNCIL LIBRARIES ADMINISTRATION AND THE CITY HALL MANAGEMENT FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE IN THE PREPARATIONS FOR THE EXHIBITION.
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