XN000022-1981-07-28 — Page 7

TUESDAY, JULY 28, 1981

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SEMINAR ON CAREERS EDUCATION

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LOCAL CAREERS TEACHERS WERE TODAY URGED BY THE ACTING COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR J.C.A. HAMMOND TO TAKE UP THE CHALLENGE OF PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE CAREERS SERVICE FOR THE YOUNGER GENERATION.

OFFICIATING AT A TWO-DAY RESIDENTIAL SEMINAR ON CAREERS EDUCATION FOR CAREERS TEACHERS AT THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, HE POINTED OUT THAT THE BUSINESS OF CAREERS EDUCATION IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE COMPLICATED, TAKING UP MORE OF CAREERS TEACHERS' TIME AND URGING THEM TO THINK, AS WELL AS WORK, MUCH HARDER.

+THIS IS INEVITABLE. OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE SOCIETY WE ARE LIVING IN ARE BOTH BECOMING MORE COMPLEX, AND SOMETIMES MORE DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND, HE SAID.

HE ADDED THAT THERE WAS GREAT SCOPE FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT IN THE FIELD OF CAREERS EDUCATION.

MR HAMMOND TOLD THE 65 PARTICIPANTS THAT THE IR PREPARATORY WORK FOR THE SEMINAR -- COLLECTING DATA AND CONDUCTING THE SURVEY ON CAREERS ASPIRATIONS AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES OF FORM FIVE STUDENTS AS WELL AS THE IR ATTENDANCE AT THE PREPARATORY WORKSHOPS WOULD PROVE TO BE MOST USEFUL.

HE SAID THE FINDINGS OF THE SURVEY, WHICH YOU WILL EXAMINE IN DETAIL TODAY AND TOMORROW, WILL, I HOPE, PROVIDE US WITH SOME INDICATIONS OF THE DIRECTIONS IN WHICH WE SHOULD MOVE IN ORDER TO FULFIL THE NEEDS OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE.

HE EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT AS A RESULT OF THIS SURVEY, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THEIR STUDENTS BETTER, AND ASSIST THEM MORE EFFECTIVELY IN THE IR CHOICE OF CAREERS THROUGH A PRACTICAL APPROACH TO THE IR PROBLEMS.

THE SEMINAR IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE DEPARTMENT'S YOUTH EMPLOYMENT ADVISORY SERVICE AND THE HONG KONG ASSOCIATION OF CAREERS MASTERS FOLLOWING THE SUCCESS OF A SERIES OF SIX CAREERS CONVENTIONS HELD EARLIER THIS YEAR.

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