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SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 1977

CAREERS SEMINARS FOR OVER 6,000 STUDENTS

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THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S YOUTH EMPLOYMENT ADVISORY SERVICE IS ORGANISING A SERIES OF SEVEN CAREERS SEMINARS NEXT MONTH FOR MORE THAN 6,000 SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS MOSTLY FORM V STUDENTS.

THESE SEMINARS, AIMED AT PROVIDING INFORMATION ON A WIDE RANGE OF CAREERS TO THE WOULD-BE SCHOOL LEAVERS. WILL INCLUDE SUCH SUBJECTS AS BANKING, TELEVISION BROADCASTING, JOURNALISM, SOCIAL WORK, TOURISM, ADVERTISING, PRINTING AND TEXTILE INDUSTRIES.

REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE WILL ALSO BE INVITED TO TAKE PART IN THE SEMINARS.

APART FROM CAREERS TALKS BY SPECIALISTS, A PROGRAMME OF SOUND-ON-SLIDES AND FILMS WILL BE SHOWN TO THE STUDENTS.

SAID LABOUR OFFICER MRS. ANGELA HO: THE SEMINARS ARE PART OF OUR CONTINUOUS EFFORTS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH THE LATEST CAREERS INFORMATION AND WE ARE EXPERIENCING ONE OF THE BEST RESPONSE FROM HEADS OF SCHOOLS SINCE OUR SUCCESSFUL CAREERS '77 EXHIBITION HELD AT THE HUNG HOM RAIL TERMINUS LAST NOVEMBER.+

THE SEMINARS WILL BE HELD IN TURN AT THE NING PO COLLEGE AND QUEEN ELIZABETH SCHOOL IN KOWLOON, QUEEN'S COLLEGE ON HONG KONG ISLAND AND BUDDHIST SIN TAK COLLEGE AND HEUNG YEE KUK YUEN LONG DISTRICT SECONDARY SCHOOL IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

EXHIBITION ON +COMMUNITY AND ICAC+

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A FOUR-DAY EXHIBITION ON +COMMUNITY AND ICAC+ WILL BE HELD AT THE PRINCESS ALEXANDRA COMMUNITY CENTRE IN TSUEN WAN FROM MONDAY (JANUARY 31).

THE EXHIBITION IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE COMMUNITY CENTRE OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT AND THE ICAC FUK LOI SUB-OFFICE.

IT AIMS TO INTRODUCE THE WORK OF ICAC TO THE PUBLIC AND TO PROMOTE A SENSE OF COMMUNITY RESPONSIBILITY IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION.

MR. JIMMY HAYES, TOWN MANAGER AND DISTRICT OFFICER, TSUEN WAN- MR. LEUNG TAT-SHING, UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AND MR. CHAN PO-FONG, A PROMINENT LOCAL LEADER, WILL BE OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY AT 3 P.M. ON MONDAY.

APART FROM THE EXHIBITION, A SERIES OF FILM SHOWS AND SEMINARS HAVE ALSO BEEN LINED UP.

THE EXHIBITION WILL BE OPENED TO THE PUBLIC DAILY BETWEEN 10 A.M. AND 10 P.M.

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