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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1986
+1 WOULD ADVISE YOUNG PEOPLE INTENDING TO TAKE UP ANY NEW CAREER TO BE AWARE OF, AND BE PREPARED FOR, THE CHANCES OF ACQUIRING NEW TECHNIQUES AND UPDATING SKILLS, AS HONG KONG, FACED WITH KEEN INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION, HAS TO IMPROVE ITS PRODUCTS AND MOVE TO THE UPPER END OF THE MARKET, HE SAID.
+ ALTHOUGH NOBODY KNOWS HOW QUICKLY AND TO WHAT EXTENT CHANGES WILL TAKE PLACE, YOUNG PEOPLE MUST ALWAYS BE READY TO LEARN AND UPDATE THEIR SKILLS.+
MR CHAN WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE 15TH ANNUAL CAREERS EXHIBITION JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT AND THE URBAN COUNCIL AT THE CITY HALL EXHIBITION HALL.
HE NOTED THAT THE SUCCESS OF HONG KONG DEPENDED HEAVILY ON ITS HUMAN ASSETS. BUT HUMAN RESOURCES COULD ONLY BE EFFECTIVELY UTILISED IF THEY WERE PROPERLY CHANNELLED INTO THE RIGHT COURSE AND GIVEN THE CHANCE TO DEVELOP, HE ADDED.
+FOR THIS REASON, CAREERS SERVICE, WHICH EMPHASISES THE IMPORTANCE OF INDIVIDUALS FINDING JOBS BEST SUITED TO THEIR POTENTIAL, HAS MUCH TO CONTRIBUTE,+
HOWEVER, HE ADDED, CAREERS WORK COULD NOT SUCCEED WITHOUT THE CO-OPERATION AND CONCERTED EFFORTS OF THE GOVERNMENT, SCHOOLS, PARENTS AND EMPLOYERS.
IN PARTICULAR, EMPLOYERS HAD THE OBLIGATIONS TO SUPPLY INFORMATION SUCH AS EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES RELATING TO CAREERS GUIDANCE AND CO-OPERATE WITH OTHER PARTIES INVOLVED IN THE PROMOTION OF CAREERS EDUCATION.
+ IN THE LONG TERM, OUR SOCIETY WILL BENEFIT FROM BEING ABLE TO OPTIMISE ITS USE OF HUMAN RESOURCES,+ HE SAID.
MR CHAN ALSO REFERRED TO THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S THREE CAREERS INFORMATION CENTRES WHICH, HE POINTED OUT, WERE EQUIPPED WITH AN ABUNDANCE OF PRINTED AND AUDIO-VISUAL MATERIALS FOR FREE DISTRIBUTION AND PUBLIC VIEWING.
WITH THE BACKING OF THE COMMITTEE ON EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, THE CENTRES WERE PLANNING TO PRODUCE A SERIES OF VIDEOS ON HOW TO CHOOSE A CAREER WHICH WILL PROVE EXTREMELY USEFUL TO THOSE AT THE CROSSROADS OF MAKING CAREERS DECISIONS+.
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE URBAN COUNCIL, MR H.M.G. FORSGATE, SAID HE SHARED MR CHAN'S VIEW THAT YOUNG PEOPLE MUST BE PREPARED TO ACCEPT CHALLENGES BY ACQUIRING NEW SKILLS IN THE WAKE OF THE TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS.
/+THE URBAN