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THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1974

PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM FOR LABOUR DEPT.

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THE TAI PING SHAN LIONS CLUB TODAY PRESENTED A PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM AND 8,000 JOBS BOOKLETS TO THE YOUTH EMPLOYMENT ADVISORY SERVICE OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT TO PROMOTE THE SERVICE'S CAREERS WORK WITH YOUNG PEOPLE.

THE ACTING COMMISSIONER OF LABOUR, MR. NEIL HENDERSON, ACCEPTED THE GIFTS ON BEHALF OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT THIS ACC AFTERNOON AT A CEREMONY AT THE YOUTH EMPLOYMENT ADVISORY SERVICE'S HEADQUARTERS IN QUEENSWAY, HONG KONG.

MAKING THE PRESENTATION, THE PRESIDENT OF THE TAI PING SHAN LIONS CLUB, MR. DEXTER H.C. MAN, SAID COMMUNITY SERVICE HAD BEEN THE MAIN AIM OF HIS CLUB EVER SINCE IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1965. +OUR MEMBERS ARE VERY GLAD OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP OUR YOUNGSTERS IN THIS WAY, HE SAID.

THE JOBS BOOKLETS, PREPARED BY THE YOUTH EMPLOYMENT ADVISORY SERVICE, AND PUBLISHED BY THE CLUB GIVE INFORMATION ON 50 DIFFERENT JOBS, COVERING THE NATURE OF THE JOB, ENTRY QUALIFICATIONS, TRAINING REQUIREMENTS AND TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT.

THEY WILL BE DISTRIBUTED FREE TO SCHOOLS, YOUTH ORGANISATIONS AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES.

THE PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM WILL ALSO BE MADE AVAILABLE BY THE YOUTH EMPLOYMENT ADVISORY SERVICE TO BODIES SUCH AS THESE FOR USE IN CAREERS ACTIVITIES.

ACCEPTING THE GIFTS, MR. HENDERSON PRAISED THE TAI PING SHAN LIONS CLUB FOR ITS COMMUNITY SPIRIT AND GENEROSITY.

+YOUR INVOLVEMENT AND ENTHUSIASM IN CAREERS ACTIVITIES WILL GREATLY BENEFIT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE.

+I HOPE YOUR GENEROSITY WILL ENCOURAGE OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS TO PLAY A MORE ACTIVE ROLE IN THIS FIELD, + MR. HENDERSON SAID.

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MR. KENNETH TOPLEY APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION

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MR. KENNETH TOPLEY, DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, WILL TAKE OVER AS DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION AT THE END OF AUGUST WHEN MR. JOHN CANNING RETIRES, IT WAS ANNOUNCED TODAY.

MR. TOPLEY, A GRADUATE OF THE LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS, CAME TO HONG KONG IN 1955 AFTER HAVING SERVED IN THE MALAYAN CIVIL SERVICE.

BEFORE HIS APPOINTMENT AS DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE LAST YEAR, HE HAS SERVED IN A NUMBER OF OTHER DEPARTMENTS.

HE WAS SECRETARY OF THE UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMITTEE FROM 1965 TO 1967, DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FOR CENSUS AND STATISTICS FROM 1967 TO 1970, AND COMMISSIONER FOR CENSUS AND STATISTICS FROM 1970 TO 1973.

MR. CANNING HAS BEEN DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION SINCE 1969. HE IS RETIRING AFTER MORE THAN 20 YEARS IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE.