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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1977

RECORD NUMBER OF PEOPLE

VISIT CAREERS EXHIBITION

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MORE THAN 113,000 PEOPLE VISITED THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S CAREERS '78 EXHIBITION A RECORD HIGH.

AND TO MARK THIS RECORD ACHIEVEMENT, THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR. PETER WILLIAMS WENT TO THE EXHIBITION SITE SPECIALLY TO GREET THE 100,000TH VISITOR -- A FORM 4 STUDENT FROM THE MU KUANG ENGLISH SCHOOL. THE COMMISSIONER'S WIFE, MRS. WILLIAMS, PRESENTED HIM WITH A PEN SET. LATER, MR. WILLIAMS PRESENTED EACH EXHIBITOR WITH A COMMEMORATIVE BANNER.

THE 10-DAY EXHIBITION WHICH WAS HELD AT THE KOWLOON RAIL TERMINUS IN HUNG HOM CLOSED AT 6.30 P.M. TODAY (SUNDAY).

COMMENTING ON THE ATTENDANCE FIGURE, MR. WILLIAMS SAID: +THE RESPONSE IS OVERWHELMING. I THINK IT IS WORTH THE EFFORT AND MONEY SPENT ON THE PROJECT BY THE PEOPLE CONCERNED.

+OF COURSE IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT THE GREATEST CREDIT GOES TO THE MANY ORGANISATIONS WHICH TOOK PART. WITHOUT THEM THE EXHIBITION WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE.

+I AM GLAD THAT THIS YEAR WE HAD MORE PARTICIPANTS TOTAL OF 26, INCLUDING THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC.

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+THIS SHOWS THAT MORE AND MORE PRIVATE CONCERNS HAVE COME TO REALISE THE WORTHINESS OF THE PROJECT AS A COMMUNITY SERVICE TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE.

+ THE REPEATED SUCCESS OF THIS EVENT OVER THE YEARS REFLECTS ITS POPULARITY.

+OUR HOPE IS TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE ORGANISING THE EVENT AND MAKE IT BETTER AND EVEN MORE INFORMATIVE.+

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