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WEDNESDAY, JULI 12, 1978

TURNING TO THE PARTICIPATING GROUPS, MR. AU STRESSED THAT ALTHOUGH A MAJORITY OF PARTICIPANTS ARE STUDENTS, PROGRAMME ORGANISERS HAVE MADE STRENUOUS EFFORTS TO ATTRACT MORE WORKING YOUTH TO JOIN IN THE SUMMER FUN.

HE SAID THAT A LARGE NUMBER OF PROGRAMMES HAD BEEN ARRANGED TO TAKE PLACE IN THE EVENING, SO THAT YOUNGSTERS AT WORK COULD ALSO PARTICIPATE.

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RECORD NUMBER OF PEOPLE FOUND JOBS THROUGH LABOUR DEPARTMENT

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A RECORD NUMBER OF 2,251 JOB SEEKERS WERE FOUND EMPLOYMENT BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S LOCAL EMPLOYMENT SERVICE AND ITS SPECIAL REGISTER LAST MONTH.

AMONG THOSE PLACED WAS AN EXPERIENCED EXECUTIVE IN A $5,500 A MONTH MANAGERIAL POST.

OF THE 2,251 SUCCESSFUL JOB SEEKERS, 11 SOUGHT AND OBTAINED PROFESSIONAL AND EXECUTIVE POSTS WHILE 614 WERE PLACED IN SUMMER JOBS.

REFERRING TO THE SPECIAL REGISTER, A LABOUR DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THIS SERVICE WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1973 TO PROVIDE EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE FOR LOCAL AND OVERSEAS GRADUATES AND THOSE FROM POST SECONDARY COLLEGES.

HE SAID THAT AT THE END OF JUNE THERE WERE ABOUT 1,000 GRADUATES ON THE REGISTER, MOST OF WHOM HAD OBTAINED THEIR DEGREES FROM UNIVERSITIES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND CANADA. THE MAJORITY OF THESE HAD SPECIALISED IN EITHER ENGINEERING OR COMMERCE.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID EMPLOYERS WANTING TO RECRUIT PROFESSIONAL AND EXECUTIVE STAFF SHOULD CONTACT THE OFFICER-IN-CHARGE OF THE SPECIAL REGISTER, MR. LAI KING-KAY, AND MAKE USE OF THE FREE SERVICE. THE TELEPHONE NUMBERS ARE 5-282523 EXT. 21 AND 5-282039.

FOR RECRUITMENT OF OTHER GRADES, EMPLOYERS SHOULD CONTACT THE DEPARTMENT'S LOCAL EMPLOYMENT SERVICE ON 5-270276, 3-265121 OR 12-420154-6.

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