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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1981

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YOUTHS LEARN ABOUT WORKING WORLD

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MORE THAN 300 000 YOUNG PEOPLE TOOK PART IN A VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES ORGANISED BY THE YOUTH EMPLOYMENT ADVISORY SERVICE (YEAS) OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT LAST YEAR.

SPEAKING AT THE LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE LIONS CLUB OF THE PEAK HONG KONG TODAY (WEDNESDAY), THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR DAVID LIN, SAID THE ACTIVITIES WERE DESIGNED TO ENABLE YOUNG PEOPLE TO LEARN ABOUT THE WORKING WORLD.

+EVERYBODY HAS TO GO THROUGH THE STAGE OF ENTERING THE WORLD OF WORK ON LEAVING SCHOOL. THE MAJOR RESPONSIBILITY OF THE YOUTH EMPLOYMENT ADVISORY SERVICE IS TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE TO DECIDE WHAT CAREER TO FOLLOW ON LEAVING SCHOOL, HE ADDED.

MR LIN SAID YEAS ACTIVITIES INCLUDED GIVING SCHOOL TALKS AND ENCOURAGING STUDENTS TO COLLECT INFORMATION ON VARIOUS TRADES AND INDUSTRIES AS WELL AS TRAINING AVENUES BEST SUITED TO THE IR INTERESTS AND NEEDS.

AN EXAMPLE OF THESE ACTIVITIES WAS THE ANNUAL CAREERS EXHIBITION ORGANISED BY YEAS WHICH ATTRACTED MORE THAN 100 000 VISITORS IN EACH OF THE PAST FOUR YEARS.

THE TENTH EXHIBITION WILL BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 28 THIS YEAR.

YEAS PUBLISHES ALSO PAMPHLETS AND OPERATES TWO CAREERS INFORMATION CENTRES - ONE ON THE ISLAND AND THE OTHER IN KOWLOON ABOUT 1 700 PEOPLE VISITED EACH CENTRE EVERY MONTH.

A THIRD CENTRE IS TO BE OPENED IN TSUEN WAN LATER THIS YEAR TO SERVE YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

LAST YEAR, YEAS ALSO HANDLED 30 000 ENQUIRIES ON THE CHOICE OF CAREERS AND FURTHER EDUCATION, MR LIN SAID,

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