XN000022-1981-11-27 — Page 2

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1981

OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE ARE BRIGHT

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THE VARIETY OF OPPORTUNITIES IN HONG KONG FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO START THE IR WORKING LIVES IS INFINITE AND THE PROSPECTS BRIGHT, THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, SAID IN OPENING THE CAREERS '82 EXHIBITION JOINTLY SPONSORED BY THE URBAN COUNCIL AND LABOUR DEPARTMENT AT THE CITY HALL THIS (FRIDAY) AFTERNOON.

IN COMMEND IN THE EXHIBITION TO STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND PARENTS, SIR MURRAY SAID IT IS A GOOD CAUSE, SINCE NOTHING IS SO IMPORTANT TO A YOUNG PER ON AS GETTING THE RIGHT SLOT IN WHICH TO START HIS WORKING LIFE.

+LET THEM COME, AND LOOK, AND ASK QUESTIONS THAT WILL HELP THEM PLAN THE IR OWN OR THE IR CHARGES' FUTURE.+

HE NOTED THAT IT WAS THE TENTH CAREERS EXHIBITION, AND SAID HONG KONG'S MAIN RESOURCE IS ITS PEOPLE AND IF PEOPLE ARE TO DEVELOP THE ECONOMIC PART OF THEIR LIVES IN A SATISFYING AND VALUABLE WAY, YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN MUST HAVE SOUND ADVICE ABOUT WHAT CAREER TO FOLLOW AND HOW TO TRAIN THEMSELVES FOR IT.

THE GOVERNMENT PROVIDES ADVICE THROUGH THE YOUTH EMPLOYMENT ADVISORY SERVICE OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT, WHICH PROMOTES CAREER EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS THROUGH PROVIDING DIRECT GUIDANCE AND

INFORMATION TO SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS AND ORGANISING TRAINING SEMINARS FOR CAREERS TEACHERS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

+THE SERVICE NOW OPERATES INFORMATION CENTRES IN KOWLOON AND HONG KONG ISLAND, A THIRD CENTRE WILL OPEN IN TSUEN WAN EARLY NEXT YEAR AND WE HOPE EVENTUALLY TO HAVE ONE IN EACH SCHOOL ZONE,+ SIR MURRAY SAID.

THE GOVERNOR SAID THAT WHILE THE SERVICE DOES USEFUL WORK, THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR TALKING FACE-TO-FACE WITH EXPERIENCED PEOPLE FROM THE VARIOUS FIELDS OF EMPLOYMENT.

+AND THAT IS WHAT THIS CAREERS EXHIBITION IS ALL ABOUT, + HE SAID.

SIR MURRAY SAID HE WAS DELIGHTED TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT FIELDS OF COMMERCE, INDUSTRY, SERVICES, PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS, THE URBAN COUNCIL AND THE GOVERNMENT, ALL WORK ING TOGETHER TO MAKE THE EXHIBITION POSSIBLE, AND THANKED THEM ALL FOR THEIR EFFORTS.

+1 SHOULD LIKE IN PARTICULAR TO THANK THE URBAN COUNCIL FOR THE IR PRACTICAL SUPPORT, HE ADDED.

IN A VOTE OF THANKS TO THE GOVERNOR, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE URBAN COUNCIL. MR HILTON CHEONG-LEEN, SAID SIR MURRAY'S LEADERSHIP HAD BROUGHT ABOUT A MOST RESPONSIVE ADMINISTRATION.

FOR ITS PART, THE URBAN COUNCIL WOULD ALWAYS BE MOST WILL ING TO OFFER WHATEVER ASSISTANCE WAS REQUIRED IN PROVIDING FACILITIES AND MANPOWER RESOURCES FE MEANINGFUL PROJECTS SUCH AS THE EXHIBITION FOR YOUN? APLE.