TUESDAY, JULY 6, 1982
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THE FIRST CAREERS EXHIBITION WAS HELD IN 1972 WITH THE PARTIC ̃ATION OF PRIVATE BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY AND GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS. IT WAS ALSO THE FIRST COORDINATED PROJECT TO SHOW YOUR PEOPLE THE WIDE RANGE OF CAREERS IN HONG KONG THROUGH PROFESSONALLY DESIGNED EXHIBITS PROVIDED BY POTENTIAL EMPLOYERS THEMSELVES. IN RECENT YEARS, EACH OF THE 10-DAY EXHIBITIONS ATTRACTED MORE THAN 100 000 VISITORS.
THE 11TH CAREERS EXHIBITION WILL BE HELD FROM NOVEMBER 20 TO NOVEMBER 29 THIS YEAR AT THE CITY HALL EXHIBITION HALL.
+YEAS ALSO HAS A VIGOROUS PROGRAMME OF REACHING OUT TO SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS THROUGH THEIR CAREERS TEACHERS,+ MR YUEN SAID, ONE MEANS OF DOING IT IS BY LENDING THEM OUR AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES, INCLUDING SOME 100 VIDEO-CASSETTE
TAPE RECORDINGS.
+ALL OF THESE ARE AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING AT OUR CENTRES BUT MORE THAN 300 SECONDARY SCHOOLS HAVE MADE USE OF OUR LOAN SERVICE IN 1981.+
EACH YEAR YEAS ALSO ORGANISES SIX REGIONAL CAREERS CONVENTIONS WITH THE ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT OF THE STUDENTS THEMSELVES, AND LAST YEAR THESE ATTRACTED SOME 10 000 STUDENTS FROM 62 SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
EACH CONVENTION INCLUDES CAREERS ACTIVITIES, SUCH AS SPECIALIST TALKS, FILM SHOWS, AND A MINI-EXHIBITION MOUNTED BY THE STUDENTS THEMSELVES AFTER THEY HAVE COLLECTED FIRST-HAND
INFORMATION FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.
→THIS DIRECT CONTACT BETWEEN THE STUDENTS AND THE IR PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYERS GIVES THEM A MORE REALISTIC IDEA OF WHAT WORK ING LIFE IS REALLY LIKE,+ MR YUEN SAID.
THIS YEAR, OVER 26 000 STUDENTS FROM 139 SECONDARY SCHOOLS ATTENDED THE SIX CAREERS CONVENTIONS, COMPARED WITH ONLY 10 000 STUDENTS FROM 62 SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN 1981 - AN INCREASE OF MORE THAN TWO AND A HALF TIMES.
SINCE 1979 YEAS HAS ORGANISED AN ANNUAL TWO-DAY TRAINING SEMINAR FOR CAREERS TEACHERS. EACH SEMINAR TRAINS 60 CAREERS TEACHERS IN THE TECHNIQUES OF COUNSELLING AND KEEPS THEM ABREAST OF THE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE JOB MARKET. THE FOURTH SEMINAR, WHICH WILL CONCENTRATE ON HOW TO INCORPORATE CAREERS ELEMENTS INTO THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM, IS SCHEDULED TO BE HELD FROM JULY 21 TO JULY 22 AT THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG,
MR YUEN ALSO DISCLOSED THAT YEAS PLANS TO OPEN THREE MORE CAREERS INFORMATION CENTRES SOON, LOCATED IN THE EAST REGION OF THE NEW TERRITORIES, THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF HONG KONG ISLAND AND IN KOWLOON WEST.
THE EXISTING CENTRES ARE LOCATED AT 500 HENNESSY ROAD, SIXTH FLOOR, (5-7956212, 5-7956051); 1 MA TAU KOK ROAD, THIRD FLOOR, (3-7122702, 3-7124061) AND FAR EAST BANK BUILDING, 135 CASTLE PEAK ROAD, THIRD FLOOR, TSUEN WAN (0-466664, 0-466400).
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