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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1977

LABOUR DEPARTMENT TO INTRODUCE

MOBILE EMPLOYMENT SERVICE ******

THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S EXHIBITION VAN WILL BE USED TO PROVIDE THE FIRST MOBILE EMPLOYMENT SERVICE TO JOB SEEKERS.

THE THREE-TON TRUCK WHICH CAN BE CONVERTED INTO A LARGE COVERED PLATFORM WILL CALL AT SAU MAU PING HOUSING ESTATE BETWEEN DECEMBER 12 (MONDAY) AND 16 (FRIDAY) TO DISPLAY ALL KINDS OF JOB INFORMATION.

JOB-SEEKERS CAN BROWSE THROUGH LISTS OF VACANCIES AND ASK LABOUR DEPARTMENT STAFF FOR REFERRAL AND PLACEMENT SERVICES WHICH WILL BE AVAILABLE FREE OF CHARGE.

SUITABLE JOB-SEEKERS WILL BE REFERRED TO PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYERS FOR SELECTION INTERVIEW.

THE +MOBILE SERVICE+ WILL OPERATE AT THE CAR PARK OF SAU MAU PING ESTATE WELFARE BUILDING FROM 4 P.M. TO 7.30 P.M. ON DECEMBER 12, BETWEEN 10 A.M. AND 7.30 P.M. FROM DECEMBER 13 TO 15 AND FROM 10 A.M. TO 2 P.M. ON DECEMBER 16.

TO MARK THE INTRODUCTION OF THIS SERVICE, THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR. PETER WILLIAMS AND THE ACTING PRESIDENT OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF KWUN TONG, MR. EDDIE LAMB WILL ATTEND THE INAUGURATION OF THE SERVICE ON MONDAY,

COMMENTING ON THE NOVEL IDEA OF THE MOBILE JOB PLACEMENT SERVICE, THE HEAD OF LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, MRS. SOO MOK SAU-HA SAID: THE SERVICE IS BEING MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH A GENEROUS SUBSIDY FROM THE ROTARY CLUB OF KWUN TONG AND THE ASSISTANCE OF ONE OF ITS ROTARIANS IN DESIGNING 20 DISPLAY BOARDS.

+ IT IS MEANT TO COMPLEMENT OUR EXISTING SERVICES IN EIGHT BRANCH OFFICES OF THE LABOUR EMPLOYMENT SERVICE AND ALSO REPRESENTS OUR EFFORTS TO REACH OUT AS FAR AS POSSIBLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC BY BRINGING THE SERVICE ALMOST TO THEIR DOOR STEP.+

MRS. SOO REMINDED THOSE REGISTERING WITH THE MOBILE OFFICE TO BRING ALONG THEIR IDENTITY CARDS AS MOST EMPLOYERS INSIST ON THIS REQUIREMENT.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEND A REPORTER AND/OR PHOTOGRAPHER TO COVER THE INAUGURATION OF THE MOBILE EMPLOYMENT SERVICE AT SAU MAU PING HOUSING ESTATE AT 4 P.M. ON MONDAY (DECEMBER 12).

A NINE-SEATER VAN WILL TAKE PRESS REPRESENTATIVES TO SAU MAU PING ESTATE, IT WILL BE PARKED BEHIND THE Y.M.C.A. BUILDING IN TSIM SHA TSUI, AND WILL LEAVE AT 2.30 P.M.

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