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Monday, January 22, 1973

Currently, there are 5,496 job-seekers registered with the

Service, varying from the young and inexperienced, to experienced and

qualified persons looking for better employment.

The Service has on its books 578 vacancies, ranging from

executives to office boys in commerce, engineers to general workers in

industry and artisans to messengers in the civil service.

The Local Employment Service provides free facilities to assist

employers and job-seekers alike.

Job-seekers are invited to register personally at any branch

of the Service, bringing with them their identity card and a passport-

size photograph.

Employers with vacancies which they wish to fill are invited

to contact any office of the Service.

For the convenience of employers and job-seekers who might have

difficulty in approaching the Local Employment Service during regular

office hours, its Hong Kong Office at the New Rodney Block and Kowloon

Office at Canton Road Government Offices now remain open during the

lunch hour from 1.00 p.m. to 2.00 p.m.

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