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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1985
+AS FAR AS CAREERS GUIDANCE IS CONCERNED, HONG KONG IS, FORTUNATELY, IN THE FOREFRONT AMONG PLACES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA.
+ IT IS PARTICULARLY ENCOURAGING TO SEE THAT THE COMMUNITY ATTACHES GREAT IMPORTANCE TO THE CAREERS GUIDANCE OF OUR YOUNG GENERATION.+
MR CHEN SAID THE YOUTH EMPLOYMENT ADVISORY SERVICE OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT HAD, SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 1968, PROVIDED CAREERS GUIDANCE SERVICES TO ALL YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE PLANNING OF THEIR CAREERS.
HE SAID THE ANNUAL CAREERS EXHIBITION WAS A CLEAR INDICATION OF THIS AND HE CONGRATULATED ALL THOSE CONCERNED WHO HAD BEEN DOING +THIS MEANINGFUL JOB SO WELL+.
EARLIER, IN HIS INTRODUCTORY REMARKS, THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR RON BRIDGE, THANKED THE 20 EXHIBITORS AND FOUR GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS TAKING PART IN THE ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES.
HE SAID THE CAREERS EXHIBITION, WHICH HAD BEEN HELD ANNUALLY SINCE 1972, COULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF THE MANY OTHER ORGANISATIONS.
HE ALSO PAID TRIBUTE TO ALL THE PRINCIPALS AND CAREERS TEACHERS FOR THEIR SUPPORT TO THE DEPARTMENT'S CAREERS-ORIENTED ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
+THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT THEY PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN GUIDING THE IR STUDENTS OVER THE TRANSITION FROM FULL-TIME EDUCATION TO EMPLOYMENT, HE SAID.
IN HIS VOTE OF THANKS, THE VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE URBAN COUNCIL, MR GERRY FORSGATE, ALSO STRESSED THAT A TOTAL COMMITMENT TO GUIDE YOUNG PEOPLE TO AN INTELLIGENT CHOICE OF CAREERS WAS OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE.
+ THE URBAN COUNCIL IS ALWAYS READY TO GIVE SUPPORT TO WORTHWHILE PROJECTS SUCH AS THIS, WHICH CAN HELP MAINTAIN THE FUTURE STABILITY AND PROSPERITY OF THE TERRITORY, + HE SAID.
THE CAREERS 86 EXHIBITION, ORGANISED BY THE YOUTH EMPLOYMENT ADVISORY SERVICE OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT AND CO-SPONSORED BY THE URBAN COUNCIL, WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC TOMORROW FROM 9.30 AM TO 6.30 PM AT THE EXHIBITION HALL UNTIL NOVEMBER 25.
DURING THE EXHIBITION PERIOD, A SERIES OF LIVE CAREERS SHOWS WILL ALSO BE STAGED AT EDINBURGH PLACE ON SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS BY THE DISCIPLINARY SERVICES.