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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1974

THIRD ANNUAL CAREERS EXHIBITION WILL BE HELD IN DECEMBER

ALL MAJOR EMPLOYMENT INDUSTRIES TO BE REPRESENTED

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THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR. IAN PRICE, ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT WOULD STAGE ITS THIRD ANNUAL CAREERS EXHIBITION FOR HONG KONG'S YOUNG PEOPLE AT THE END OF THIS YEAR.

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THE EXHIBITION - TO BE TITLED CAREERS '75 - WILL BE HELD DURING THE LAST WEEK OF DECEMBER AT THE CITY HALL, EXHIBITION HALL, SITE OF THE DEPARTMENT'S PILOT EFFORT IN 1972.

MR. PRICE SAID: THAT FIRST EXHIBITION, WHICH LASTED ONLY A COUPLE OF DAYS, ATTRACTED SOME 30,000 PEOPLE, AND THE RESPONSE FROM STUDENTS, TEACHERS, PARENTS AND EMPLOYERS CONVINCED US OF THE NEED TO REPEAT THE EFFORT.

+SO WE PLANNED LAST YEAR'S EXHIBITION ON A MUCH LARGER SCALE. IT WAS HELD AT THE FORMER CMA PAVILION ON THE WANCHAI RECLAMATION, LASTED 10 DAYS, AND ATTRACTED SEVERAL TIMES AS MANY VISITORS, INCLUDING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF SCHOOL-CHILDREN AND YOUNG WORKERS.

+ THE BUILDING HAS SINCE BEEN DEMOLISED, SO THIS YEAR WE WILL BE RETURNING TO THE CITY HALL VENUE, WHERE WE EXPECT AN EVEN BIGGER CROWD THAN AT OUR PREVIOUS EXHIBITIONS.

+CAREERS '75 WILL LAST ABOUT AS LONG AS LAST YEAR'S EXHIBITION, AND WILL PROVIDE THE WIDEST POSSIBLE RANCE OF INFORMATION ON CAREERS IN INDUSTRY, COMMERCE AND THE GOVERNMENT.+

MR. PRICE SAID THE PARTICIPANTS IN THIS YEAR'S EXHIBITION, REPRESENTING ALL HONG KONG'S MAJOR EMPLOYMENT INDUSTRIES, HAD NOW BEEN FINALISED, AND THE FIRST PLANNING MEETING WOULD BE HELD ON FRIDAY.

+A FEATURE OF THIS YEAR'S EXHIBITION WILL BE A SPECIAL STAND FEATURING VARIOUS GOVERNMENT JOBS AVAILABLE TO SCHOOL LEAVERS - A FIELD ON WHICH PREVIOUS EXHIBITIONS HAVE DEL IBERATELY NOT LAID TOO MUCH EMPHASIS.+

HE SAID A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAMME OF SCHOOL VISITS TO THE EXHIBITION WOULD BE ARRANGED, WITH THE AIM OF TRYING TO ENSURE THAT EVERY SENIOR SCHOOL CHILD IN HONG KONG HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF SEEING

IT. +AFTER ALL, HE SAID, THIS GIVES THE SCHOOL LEAVER AND YOUNG WORKER THE OPPORTUNITY OF SEEING AT ONE TIME AND IN ONE PLACE MORE INFORMATION ON CAREERS THAN IS PROBABLY AVAILABLE TO THEM THROUGH- OUT THE REST OF THE YEAR.+

MR. PRICE SAID THE EXHIBITION WOULD SHOW THE TYPES OF WORK AVAILABLE IN VARIOUS SPHERES, THE ENTRY QUALIFICATIONS NEEDED, THE TRAINING AVAILABLE, THE PROSPECTS OF ADVANCE ENT AND DETAILS OF SALARY SCALES, FRINGE BENEFITS AND WORKING CONDITIONS.