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MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1979

CAREERS '80 ATTRACTS A RECORD 120 000 VISITORS

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A RECORD 120 000 PEOPLE VISITED LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S CAREERS '80 EXHIBITION WHICH CLOSED TODAY (MONDAY).

THE ANNUAL EXHIBITION ATTRACTED MORE THAN 100 000 VISITORS IN EACH OF THE PAST TWO YEARS.

AT THE CLOSING CEREMONY, MRS. J.N. HENDERSON, WIFE OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, PRESENTED A SOUVENIR TO THE 100 000TH VISITOR, MR. FUNG YUEK-HON, A FORM 5 STUDENT OF CHRISTIAN FAITH COLLEGE.

DURING THE CEREMONY, MR. HENDERSON PRESENTED COMMEMORATIVE BANNERS TO THE EXHIBITORS AS WELL AS ORGANISATIONS AND GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS WHICH HAD HELPED ORGANISE THE EXHIBITION.

IN A BRIEF SPEECH, MR. HENDERSON SAID THE 10-DAY EXHIBITION HAD BEEN ANOTHER GREAT ́SUCCESS AND THIS REFLECTED THE GREATEST CREDIT ON THE MANY ORGANISATIONS WHICH HAD PARTICIPATED IN THE EVENT.

+THE REPEATED SUCCESS OF THE CAREERS EXHIBITION OVER THE YEARS REFLECTS ITS POPULARITY AND THAT IT HELPS TO FILL AN ENORMOUS NEED, I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO ORGANISE THE EVENT AND MAKE IT BETTER AND EVEN MORE INFORMATIVE, HE SAID.

MR. HENDERSON THANKED THE EXHIBITORS FOR HAVING CONTRIBUTED FINANCIALLY TO THE SETTING UP OF THEIR RESPECTIVE STANDS AND FOR PROVIDING EXPERIENCED STAFF TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ON-THE-SPOT. +IT IS A HIGH-LEVEL OF MANNING THE STANDS WHICH CONTRIBUTES THE MOST TO GETTING INFORMATION ACROSS TO OUR YOUNG VISITORS, HE SAID.

DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF INDUSTRY RETIRING

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STAFF OF THE TRADE INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT TODAY (MONDAY) SAID FAREWELL TO ITS DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF INDUSTRY MR. ROY PORTER, WHO IS PROCEEDING ON_PRE-RETIREMENT LEAVE AFTER 23 YEARS OF SERVICE IN THE GOVERNMENT.

MR. PORTER HAS SPENT HIS LAST 20 YEARS WITH THE TRADE, INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT.

AT A CEREMONY HELD AT THE DEPARTMENT'S HEADQUARTERS IN OCEAN CENTRE, KOWLOON, THE DIRECTOR OF TRADE, INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS, MR. WILLIAM DORWARD, PRESENTED TO MR. PORTER A GIFT ON BEHALF OF HIS COLLEAGUES.

IN HIS ADDRESS, MR. DORWARD THANKED MR. PORTER FOR THE ENTHUSIASM, HARD WORK AND LOYALTY WHICH HE HAD DISPLAYED IN HIS SERVICE TO HONG KONG.

MR. PORTER