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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1976

'SPECIAL REGISTER' FOR HONG KONG JOB-SEEKERS

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THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S 'SPECIAL REGISTER' LAST MONTH HELPED PLACE 13 GRADUATES IN JOBS WITH SALARIES AVERAGING $1,300 PER MONTH, THE BEST MONTHLY RECORD ACHIEVED THIS YEAR.

THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES WERE ALL BETWEEN 21 TO 26 YEARS OF AGE.

ONE OF THE 13, A YOUNG TEACHER WHO GRADUATED FROM A UNIVERSITY IN CANADA, WAS PLACED WITH A LOCAL SECONDARY SCHOOL AND HIS POST CARRIED A STARTING SALARY OF $2,440 A MONTH.

IN JULY, THE SERVICE HELPED PLACE ANOTHER NINE CANDIDATES IN JOBS WITH SALARIES OF OVER $1,000 A MONTH.

EXPLAINING THE WORK OF THE 'SPECIAL REGISTER', MR. ALFRED CHAN, LABOUR OFFICER SAID : +ALL GRADUATES, ESPECIALLY HONG KONG STUDENTS WHO ARE COMPLETING THEIR UNIVERSITY OR POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION OVERSEAS AND WISH TO RETURN TO HONG KONG FOR WORK, ARE INVITED TO USE THE FREE SERVICES OF THE SPECIAL REGISTER WHICH IS IN FACT, AN EXTENSION OF THE DEPARTMENT'S LOCAL EMPLOYMENT SERVICE.

+THIS SERVICE, ESTABLISHED IN 1973, IS RUN ON THE LINES OF THE PROFESSIONAL AND EXECUTIVE REGISTER MAINTAINED BY EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.+.

+OUR OFF ICERS CALL ON LARGE FIRMS REGULARLY FOR INFORMATION ON VACANCIES AND, AFTER CAREFUL MATCHING THE EMPLOYERS ARE GIVEN DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT SUITABLE CANDIDATES, SAID MR. CHAN.

+DURING THE PAST TWO MONTHS EFFORTS HAVE BEEN STEPPED UP TO FIND VACANCIES FOR REGISTRANTS, HE CONTINUED.

+DETAILED LISTS OF REGISTRANTS TOGETHER WITH THEIR QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCES, HAVE BEEN SENT TO POTENTIAL EMPLOYERS AND ADVERTISEMENTS PLACED WITH A LOCAL CHINESE NEWSPAPER, SAID MR. CHAN.

+OUR SPECIAL REGISTER IS NOW GETTING BETTER KNOWN TO BOTH YOUNG GRADUATES AND EMPLOYERS WHOSE ATTENTION HAS BEEN DRAWN TO THIS SERVICE THROUGH OUR PUBLICITY EFFORTS.+

MR. CHAN POINTED OUT THAT THERE ARE NO FORMALITIES IN REGISTERING WITH THE SPECIAL REGISTER. ALL THAT A CANDIDATE HAS TO DO IS TO APPEAR IN PERSON AT A LABOUR DEPARTMENT OFFICE TO GET A REGISTRATION FORM. IN ADDITION THEY ARE ASKED TO PROVIDE A COPY OF A RECENT PHOTOGRAPH AND THE NUMBER OF THEIR IDENTITY CARD.

OVERSEAS STUDENTS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, CAN OBTAIN THEIR FORMS AT THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE IN LONDON WHILE THOSE IN OTHER COUNTRIES LIKE THE U.S.A. CAN OBTAIN THEIR FORMS FROM THE VARIOUS TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OFFICES THERE.

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