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TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 1974

CALL FOR CLOSER LIAISON BETWEEN SCHOOLS AND LABOUR DEPT.

IN CAREERS GUIDANCE FOR STUDENTS

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MRS. 500 MOK SAU-HA, ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF LABOUR TODAY APPEALED TO SECONDARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS FOR THEIR CO-OPERATION IN CAREERS PREPARATION FOR STUDENTS.

SPEAKING AT A MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION OF HEADS OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN THE LECTURE ROOM NORTH OF THE CITY HALL THIS AFTERNOON, MRS. SOO SAID: +CAREERS GUIDANCE IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT ASPECT IN THE LIFE OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AND ITS SCOPE IS SO LARGE THAT JOINT EFFORT IS REQUIRED.+

MRS. SOO POINTED OUT THAT THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT AND THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WERE WORKING TOGETHER IN CAREERS GUIDANCE FOR YOUTH AND OUTLIVED THE PART PLAYED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT.

+THE YOUTH EMPLOYMENT ADVISORY SERVICE PROVIDES CAREERS INFORMATION TO YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH VARIOUS MEANS - TALKS, PUBLICATIONS, SEMINARS, CAREERS EXHIBITIONS, VISITS TO COMMERCIAL, OR INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS AND PLANNED CAREERS PROGRAMMES CONSIST- ING OF TALKS ON CERTAIN TRADES AND INDUSTRIES AND FOLLOW-UP VISITS TO ESTABLISHMENTS CONCERNED.

+IN THE CURRENT ACADEMIC YEAR, OFFICERS OF THE YOUTH EMPLOYMENT ADVISORY SERVICE HAVE GIVEN 581 TALKS TO 132 SCHOOLS AND EIGHT YOUTH CENTRES FOR 34,000 STUDENTS AND YOUNG PEOPLE.+

MRS. SOO SAID 35 CAREERS PAMPHLETS IN ENGLISH AND IN CHINESE HAD BEEN PUBLISHED AS WELL AS A SET OF 50 OCCUPATIONAL LEAFLETS IN CHINESE WHICH WERE AVAILABLE FREE OF CHARGE TO SCHOOLS, YOUTH CENTRES AND WELFARE AGENCIES.

+EACH CAREERS PAMPHLET DEALS WITH A PROFESSION, AN INDUSTRY OR A GROUP OF ASSOCIATED CAREERS. IT PROVIDES INFORMATION ON THE NATURE OF THE TRADE, JOB OPPORTUNITIES, QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENT AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT.+

+THE OCCUPATIONAL LEAFLETS FEATURE JOBS SUCH AS BARBER, CARPENTER, OFFICE MACHINE OPERATOR, PAINTER, ETC. WHICH IN GENERAL REQUIRE A LOWER ACADEMIC' QUALIFICATION.+

MRS. SOO REVEALED AT THE MEETING THAT MORE CAREERS SEMINARS WERE BEING PLANNED AND THIRD CAREERS EXHIBITION WOULD BE STAGED AT THE END OF THE YEAR.

SHE URGED HEADS OF SCHOOLS TO ENCOURAGE THEIR STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE MORE IN SEMINARS AND CAREERS EXHIBITION AND TO GIVE MORE TIME AND BETTER, FACILITIES TO THEIR CAREERS TEACHERS TO - ENABLE THEM TO DO THEIR JOBS PROPERLY.

+THERE IS A NEED FOR CLOSER LIAISON BETWEEN THE SCHOOLS AND THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT, SHE STRESSED.

+BY WORKING MORE CLOSELY TOGETHER, WE HOPE TO HELP BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN SCHOOLS AND EMPLOYERS IN GENERAL BY PROVIDING UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION TO CAREERS TEACHERS ON EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, AND RELATED MATTERS ON THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION.+

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