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SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1982

ADVICE ON CAREERS TO YOUNG PEOPLE

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THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, DR JAMES HAYES, THIS (SATURDAY) MORNING ADVISED YOUNG PEOPLE TO THINK AND PLÁN CAREFULLY BEFORE CHOOSING THEIR CAREERS.

HE ALSO COMMENDED TO THEM THE TSUEN WAN CAREERS EXHIBITION WHICH OPENED AT TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL THIS MORNING.

HE SAID THE EXHIBITION THE FIRST OF ITS KIND TO BE HELD

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IN TSUEN WAN WAS A MILESTONE IN BRINGING CAREERS INFORMATION TO YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA.

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE FIVE-DAY EXHIBITION JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD AND THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT DR HAYES SAID YOUNG PEOPLE WOULD HAVE TO DECIDE WHICH CAREER TO TAKE UP AFTER COMPLETING THEIR STUDIES.

HE ADDED: +YOU WILL HAVE TO THINK AND PLAN CAREFULLY BEFORE MAKING UP YOUR MIND. THIS EXHIBITION IS A GOOD PLACE TO START WITH. MOST OF THE EXHIBITORS WILL BE FAMILIAR TO YOU BY NAME AND REPUTATION FOR THEY ARE SITUATED IN TSUEN WAN, TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THEM, ASK FOR THE RELEVANT DATA AND, IF NECESSARY DIG UP FURTHER DETAILS FOR YOURSELVES.+

DR HAYES ALSO RECOMMENDED YOUNG PEOPLE TO VISIT LOCAL SCHOOLS' PROJECTS DISPLAYING INFORMATION ON CAREERS AND FURTHER TRAINING BEING STAGED IN THE TOWN HALL IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXHIBITION.

HE FURTHER ADVISED THOSE NEEDING FURTHER INFORMATION OR ADVICE ON CAREERS TO VISIT THE DEPARTMENT'S TSUEN WAN CAREERS INFORMATION CENTRE AT 135 CASTLE PEAK ROAD, WHICH IS SCHEDULED TO OPEN IN EARLY MAY, STAFF THERE WOULD BE VERY PLEASED TO ASSIST YOUNG CALLERS WITH THEIR ENQUIRIES.

IN HIS OPENING SPEECH, THE TSUEN WAN TOWN MANAGER, MR HAMISH MACLEOD, SAID THERE WERE ABOUT 250 000 STUDENTS ATTENDING SCHOOLS IN TSUEN WAN AND THE EXHIBITION WAS AIMED AT PROVIDING A BROAD RANGE OF INFORMATION ON JOB AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES, PARTICULARLY THOSE AVAILABLE IN TSUEN WAN.

+THIS EXHIBITION INCLUDES EXHIBITORS FROM MANUFACTURING AND SERVICE INDUSTRIES, THE CIVIL SERVICE AND TECHNICAL TRAINING INSTITUTES.

+THROUGH THIS EXHIBITION WE HOPE THAT ADEQUATE CAREERS INFORMATION WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THOSE WHO NEED IT. TO CATER FOR THE NEED OF STUDENTS, SPECIAL CAREER TALKS, TO BE GIVEN BY PERSONNEL EXPERIENCED IN THE RELEVANT FIELDS, HAVE BEEN ARRANGED IN THE AUDITORIUM TODAY AND TOMORROW,+ HE ADDED.

FOLLOWING THE SPEECHES, MR TANG HSIANG-CHIEN, CHAIRMAN OF THE FEDERATION OF HONG KONG INDUSTRIES AND MR LAM KIN-MING, CHAIRMAN OF TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD INDUSTRIAL SUB-COMMITTEE JOINED DR HAYES AND MR MACLEOD IN PERFORMING THE RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY.

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