SUNDAY, MAY 20, 1984
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'AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH ACADEMIC YEAR, A CALENDAR OF ACTIVITIES WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO SCHOOLS AND YOUTH CENTRES. ACCORDING TO THEIR REQUIREMENTS SHOWN IN THE RETURN SLIPS, WE WILL ARRANGE CAREERS TALKS, GROUP VISITS TO OUR CENTRES, AS WELL AS OTHER CAREERS-ORIENTED PROGRAMMES,' SAID MRS HO.
THE TALKS COVER A WIDE RANGE OF TOPICS FROM SUBJECT SELECTION, SELF UNDERSTANDING, EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES TO TECHNIQUES IN APPLYING FOR A JOB. THE CAREERS PROGRAMMES ARE VERY OFTEN SUPPLEMENTED BY CAREERS FILMS OR SLIDES AND GROUP DISCUSSIONS.
IN THE LAST FINANCIAL YEAR THE YEAS ORGANISED 537 CAREERS TALKS AND PROGRAMMES FOR SCHOOLS AND 45 OTHER ACTIVITIES FOR YOUTH CENTRES AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES. TOTAL PARTICIPANTS AMOUNTED TO 106 282.
'THOSE IN NEED OF INFORMATION AND ADVICE ARE WELCOME TO USE OUR CAREERS INFORMATION CENTRES IN TO KWA WAN, CAUSEWAY BAY AND TSUEN WAN,' SAID MRS HO.
'THEY CAN REFER TO OUR VIDEO TAPES AND UP-TO-DATE WRITTEN REFERENCE MATERIALS CONTAINING JOB OPPORTUNITIES, ENTRY REQUIREMENTS AND PROMOTION PROSPECTS OFFERED IN VARIOUS FIELDS. THERE ARE NEWSPAPER ADVERTISEMENTS ON JOB VACANCIES AND INFORMATION ON FURTHER STUDIES.
'WE ARE ALSO INVESTIGATING THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING JOB INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON COMPUTER,' MRS HO SAID.
IN 1983-84, 23 461 PERSONS MADE ON-THE-SPOT ENQUIRIES AT THE CENTRES AND 25 697 ENQUIRED IN WRITING OR BY PHONE.
THE ANNUAL CAREERS EXHIBITION IS ANOTHER GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUTHS TO OBTAIN INFORMATION ON VARIOUS JOBS OFFERED BY GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, PUBLIC UTILITIES AND THE COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL SECTORS.
IN THE CAREERS '84 EXHIBITION HELD JOINTLY WITH THE URBAN COUNCIL LAST NOVEMBER, THERE WERE 23 EXHIBITORS AND 104 000 VISITORS.
'WE ALSO ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO PLAY AN ACTIVE PART IN COLLECTING CAREERS INFORMATION. IN THE REGIONAL CAREERS CONVENTIONS WE HOLD EACH YEAR, STUDENTS ARE USUALLY REQUIRED TO COLLECT CAREERS INFORMATION TO STAGE THE MINI-EXHIBITIONS, MRS HO SAID.
AT SUCH CONVENTIONS, THERE ARE NORMALLY ALSO FILM-SHOWS, SLIDE PRESENTATIONS AND TALKS.
SEVEN REGIONAL CONVENTIONS WERE HELD BETWEEN JANUARY AND MARCH THIS YEAR AND 27 800 STUDENTS TOOK PART IN THEM.
THE YEAS