FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1985
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STUDENTS HEAR ABOUT CAREER PROSPECTS
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MORE THAN 1 000 SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN KWUN TONG THIS (FRIDAY) MORNING ATTENDED THE FIRST SESSION OF A FOUR-DAY CAREER ORIENTATION PROGRAMME.
THEY WERE BRIEFED ON THE BASIC QUALIFICATIONS, PROSPECTS, AND THE ACTUAL WORK OF TWO +POPULAR+ CAREERS - HOTEL AND TOURISM, AND ADVERTISING.
THE PROGRAMME WILL CONTINUE TOMORROW WITH TALKS ON THE COMPUTER INDUSTRY AND GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT, AND WILL BE FOLLOWED BY SITE VISITS TO SIX INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL INSTITUTIONS.
THE CAREER ORIENTATION PROGRAMME IS ORGANISED AS PART OF THE TWO-WEEK KWUN TONG DISTRICT YOUTH FESTIVAL, BY THE FESTIVAL'S ORGANISING COMMITTEE WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE, MR EDDIE LAMB, SAID THAT THE PROGRAMME WAS TO PROVIDE BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND EXPERIENCE TO YOUTHS SO THAT THEY WOULD BE BETTER ABLE TO CHOOSE THEIR CAREERS.
THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR DAVID LIN, SAID HE HOPED THAT THE PROGRAMME WOULD HELP YOUNG PEOPLE CHOOSE A CAREER BEST SUITED TO THEIR TALENTS, INTERESTS AND ABILITIES.
HE SAID THAT ON THE LINES OF THIS CAREER ORIENTATION PROGRAMME, THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT WOULD SOON LAUNCH A LARGE SCALE TERRITORY-WIDE PROGRAMME TO MARK INTERNATIONAL YOUTH YEAR.
SPONSORED BY THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD, A WIDE VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES FOR THE KWUN TONG YOUTH FESTIVAL WILL CONTINUE UNTIL FEBRUARY 3.
FAREWELL DINNER ***
OFFICERS OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG REGIMENT (THE VOLUNTEERS) HELD A FAREWELL DINNER FOR MR LEWIS DAVIES, AT THEIR MESS IN BEACONSFIELD HOUSE, HONG KONG THIS (FRIDAY) EVENING.
MR DAVIES WAS SECRETARY FOR SECURITY IN 1979 WHEN THE VOLUNTEERS WERE CALLED UPON TO ASSIST IN CURBING THE INFLUX OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS,
MR DAVIES, WHO IS RETIRING FROM GOVERNMENT SERVICE AS SECRETARY, GENERAL DUTIES, WAS PRESENTED WITH A MOMENTO OF HIS ASSOCIATION WITH THE VOLUNTEERS BY COLONEL JOHN HEYWOOD, HONOURARY COLONEL OF THE REGIMENT.
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