WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 1983
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GOVERNOR TO REPORT ON TALKS TO EXCO
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT HE WOULD BE REPORTING TO THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL ON THE SINO-BRITISH TALKS ON THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG.
SPEAKING TO NEWSMEN AT THE AIRPORT ON HIS RETURN FROM_PEKING, SIR EDWARD SAID THERE HAD BEEN ANOTHER TWO USEFUL DAYS OF TALKS.
+AND IT IS ALREADY ANNOUNCED THAT THE NEXT SESSION WILL BE NEXT WEEK, HE SAID, +1 SHALL BE GOING BACK TO PEKING ON MONDAY.
SIR EDWARD SAID HE WOULD BE TAKING SOME LEAVE AFTER NEXT WEEK'S SESSION, BUT THAT HE AND THE BRITISH AMBASSADOR TO CHINA, SIR PERCY CRADOCK, WOULD BE IN LONDON EARLY IN SEPTEMBER TO REVIEW THE POSITION WITH MINISTERS.
+AFTER THAT, I PLAN TO RETURN TO HONG KONG QUITE QUICKLY BECAUSE THE TALKS RESUME IN SEPTEMBER AND I ALSO HAVE TO MAKE MY FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR THE ANNUAL STATEMENT TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL,+ HE SAID.
+SO ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO A BUSY AUTUMN, HE ADDED.
SIR EDWARD WAS MET AT THE AIRPORT BY SIR SZE-YUEN CHUNG. SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, AND MR TAN GAN, VICE-CHIEF EDITOR OF THE XINHUA NEWS AGENCY (HONG KONG BRANCH),
GOVERNMENT'S ROLE IN CAREERS EDUCATION STRESSED
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THE GOVERNMENT WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE MORE CAREERS RESOURCES FOR CAREERS EDUCATION AND WILL STEP UP TRAINING FOR CAREERS TEACHERS.
THIS WAS STATED BY THE ACTING COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, DR JAMES HAYES, WHEN HE AND THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR COLVYN HAYE, JOINTLY OFFICIATED AT THE OPENING OF A TWO-DAY RESIDENTIAL SEMINAR ON CAREERS EDUCATION AT THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG THIS MORNING.
THE SEMINAR IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT. THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND THE HONG KONG ASSOCIATION OF CAREERS MASTERS.
THE PURPOSE OF THE SEMINAR, DR HAYES EXPLAINED, WAS TO PROVIDE PARTICIPANTS WITH THE MOST UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION ON CAREERS EDUCATION AND AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO EXCHANGE VIEWS AND TO DISCUSS PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED IN DAY-TO-DAY WORK.
AT A SIMILAR SEMINAR HELD LAST YEAR, IT WAS GENERALLY AGREED THAT A SIGNIFICANT ELEMENT IN CAREERS EDUCATION WAS THE IMPORTANCE OF PROVIDING RESOURCE MATERIALS TO HELP GENERATE CAREERS AWARENESS AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE. AND THIS YEAR'S SEMINAR IS A FOLLOW UP OF THIS IMPORTANT SUBJECT.
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