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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1980

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MR CHAN IS MARRIED WITH TWO SONS. HE IS A KEEN AND ACTIVE FOLLOWER OF THE WING CHUN SCHOOL OF CHINESE BOXING AND A KARATE BLACK BELT. HE IS ALSO AN AMATEUR ARTIST SPECIALISING IN CHARCOAL SKETCHES AND OILS, AND ENJOYS CLASSICAL MUSIC AND SINGING IN LIGHT OPERETTA.

CAREERS SHOW OPENED AT CITY HALL

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THE CHAIRMAN OF THE URBAN COUNCIL, MR A. DE 0. SALES, TODAY PRAISED THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S YOUTH EMPLOYMENT ADVISORY SERVICE FOR HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE TO CHOOSE THEIR CAREERS.

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE DEPARTMENT'S ANNUAL CAREERS EXHIBITION AT THE CITY HALL, MR SALES SAID THE SERVICE CARRIED OUT ITS WORK WITH GREAT DEDICATION AND WITH FAR-REACHING CONSEQUENCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.

IN A FEW MONTHS' TIME, ABOUT 72 000 SCHOOL LEAVERS WILL BE LOOKING FOR EMPLOYMENT AND THE SERVICE WILL BE HELPING TO MATCH THEIR ABILITY AND SUITABILITY WITH JOBS IN SOCIETY.

EARLIER, IN HIS INTRODUCTORY REMARKS, MR HENDERSON POINTED OUT THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE ANNUAL EXHIBITION WAS BEING CO-SPONSORED BY THE URBAN COUNCIL.

+ I MUST THANK MR SALES, THE HON HU FA-KUANG AND THE

CULTURAL AFFAIRS SELECT COMMITTEE FOR THEIR SUPPORT IN THIS VENTURE. THE STAFF, TOO, OF THE URBAN COUNCIL LIBRARIES ADMINISTRATION HAVE BEEN OF THE GREATEST HELP TO US IN PROCESSING THE EXHIBITION, HE SAID.

MR HENDERSON SAID THE INCREASING INTEREST SHOWN BY YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE CHOICE OF A CAREER HAD PROMPTED THE GOVERNMENT AND EMPLOYERS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO DEVOTE GREATER EFFORTS TO ASSIST THEM TO GAIN A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORLD OF WORK.

+ON THIS OCCASION I WISH TO THANK ALL THOSE EXHIBITORS PAST AND PRESENT, WHO HAVE OVER THE YEARS GIVEN THE DEPARTMENT SUCH TREMENDOUS SUPPORT IN THIS TASK.+

EXPRESSING HIS APPRECIATION TO THIS YEAR'S EXHIBITORS,

MR HENDERSON SAID THEY HAD NOT ONLY CONTRIBUTED FINANCIALLY TO THE MOUNTING OF THE EXHIBITION BUT ALSO DEVOTED CONSIDERABLE TIME AND RESOURCES TO MAKE THEIR STANDS IMPRESSIVE AND MEANINGFUL.

HE ALSO THANKED THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT, THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE, E CIVIL AID SERVICES AND THE MING PAO DAILY FOR THE IR ASSISTANCE, AND THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES PROGRAMME WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE OUTSIDE THE CITY HALL.

THIS YEAR, 20 EXHIBITORS FROM COMMERCE, INDUSTRY, THE SERVICES, PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND THE GOVERNMENT ARE TAKING PART IN THE EXHIBITION.

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