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TUESDAY, MAY 18, 1982

THIRD CAREERS INFORMATION CENTRE OPENED

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EMPLOYERS AND SCHOOL AUTHORITIES WERE URGED TODAY (TUESDAY) BY MISS MARIA TAM WAI-CHU, AN UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TO CONTINUE SUPPORTING THE VARIOUS CAREERS ACTIVITIES ORGANISED FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.

MISS TAM WAS SPEAKING WHEN SHE OPENED THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S THIRD CAREERS INFORMATION CENTRE AT THE FAR EAST BANK BUILDING, THIRD FLOOR, 135 CASTLE PEAK ROAD, TSUEN WAN.

MISS TAM SAID THAT THE NEW CENTRE, WITH ITS REFERENCE LIBRARY, FILMS, SLIDES AND OTHER FACILITIES, WAS AN IMPORTANT ADDITION TO THE TWO EXISTING FACILITIES SITUATED IN THE URBAN AREAS.

AT ALL THE CENTRES, YOUNG PEOPLE CAN BROWSE THROUGH BOOKS OR MAKE USE OF THE VARIOUS" AUDIO-VISUAL FACILITIES OR TALK WITH THE STAFF TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE WORLD OF WORK.

MISS TAM SAID THAT THE CENTRES WERE THE RIGHT PLACES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO START EXPLORING THEIR CAREER PROSPECTS.

+BUT TO ENSURE THAT EVERY ONE OF THEM CAN MAKE A MEANINGFUL CHOICE OF HIS OR HER CAREER, JOINT EFFORTS BY SCHOOLS AND EMPLOYERS ARE ESSENTIAL, SHE ADDED.

MISS TAM SAID THAT IN THE PREVIOUS SCHOOL YEAR, WITH THE CO-OPERATION OF SCHOOLS AND ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORT FROM EMPLOYERS THE YOUTH. EMPLOYMENT ADVISORY SERVICE (OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT WAS ABLE TO REACH OUT TO SOME 200 000 YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH THE ORGANISATION OF A WIDE RANGE OF ACTIVITIES, SUCH AS SCHOOL TALKS, CAREERS CONVENTIONS AND EXHIBITIONS.

STRESSING THAT THIS WAS NOT ENOUGH, SHE SAIDI +1 WISH THEREFORE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO APPEAL TO SCHOOL AUTHORITIES AND EMPLOYERS FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR THE VARIOUS CAREERS ACTIVITIES TO BE ORGANISED FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR YOUNGER GENERATION.+

EARLIER IN HIS OPENING REMARKS, THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, DR JAMES HAYES, POINTED OUT THAT THE YOUTH EMPLOYMENT ADVISORY SERVICE AIMED AT ESTABLISHING IN DUE COURSE A NETWORK OF CAREERS INFORMATION CENTRES EASILY ACCESSIBLE TO ALL YOUNG PEOPLE.

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THE TWO EXISTING CENTRES ONE IN HENNESSY CENTRE IN CAUSEWAY BAY AND THE OTHER IN THE MA TAU KOK GOVERNMENT OFFICES IN TO KWA WAN - HAVE BEEN PROVIDING SERVICES FOR SOME 20 000 YOUNG PEOPLE EVERY YEAR.

APART FROM OTHER PURPOSES, THE TSUEN WAN CENTRE WOULD BE A BASE FOR OFFICERS OF THE SERVICE TO REACH OUT TO SCHOOLS AND OTHER AGENCIES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES IN OFFERING CAREERS SERVICES.

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