FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1985
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NEW MEMBER APPOINTED TO EDUCATION COMMISSION
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THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (FRIDAY) THAT MR B.H. TISDALL, JP, HAS BEEN APPOINTED A MEMBER OF THE EDUCATION COMMISSION.
MR TISDALL, A LONG-TIME RESIDENT OF HONG KONG, WAS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION FROM 1975 UNTIL THIS YEAR,
HE IS PRESIDENT OF THE LAW SOCIETY, AND AMONG OTHER COMMUNITY SERVICES HE IS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE DUCHESS OF KENT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.
MR TISDALL FILLS A VACANCY ON THE COMMISSION, FOLLOWING THE RESIGNATION OF MRS BETSY LEE FOR PERSONAL REASONS.
WITH MR TISDALL'S APPOINTMENT, THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMISSION, CHAIRED BY THE HON Q.W. LEE, RETURNS TO 14.
IMPORTANCE OF CAREERS ADVICE STRESSED ****
THE GOVERNMENT HAS TAKEN STEPS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND FACILITIES TO PROMOTE CAREERS ADVICE AND GUIDANCE FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF HONG KONG,
THIS WAS DISCLOSED TODAY BY THE ACTING COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR,
AT MR DARWIN CHEN AND THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR MICHAEL LEUNG, THE OPENING OF A SEMINAR ON CAREERS EDUCATION.
THESE STEPS INCLUDED THE PROVISION OF COMPUTERISED OCCUPATIONAL INFORMATION, AND THE ADDITION OF CAREERS TEACHERS IN ALL GOVERNMENT AND AIDED SECTOR STANDARD-SIZED SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
MR CHEN TOLD A GATHERING OF ABOUT 100 CAREERS TEACHERS WHO ATTENDED THE SEMINAR ON CAREERS EDUCATION 1985 THAT THE THREE CAREERS INFORMATION CENTRES RUN BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S YOUTH EMPLOYMENT ADVISORY SERVICE WOULD AGAIN BE EQUIPPED WITH MICRO- COMPUTERS THIS AUGUST TO DISSEMINATE COMPUTERISED CAREERS INFORMATION TO STUDENTS AND YOUNG PEOPLE VISITING THE CENTRES.
THE SEMINAR WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT, THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND THE HONG KONG ASSOCIATION OF CAREERS MASTERS AT THE INSTITUTE OF CHINESE STUDIES, CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG.
LAST YEAR, MR CHEN SAID, SOME 7 000 STUDENTS BENEFITED FROM THIS COMPUTER FACILITY.
/+THE OCCUPATIONAL