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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1982

THE IDEA OF A COORDINATED PATTERN OF +JUNIOR CAREER

SOCIETIES+ HE PUT FORWARD AT THE OPENING OF THAT EXHIBITION TOOK ROOT AND HAD EMERGED NOW AS THREE CAREER INFORMATION CENTRES ON THE ISLAND, IN KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES.

THESE CENTRES, TOGETHER WITH CAREER SEMINARS CONVENTIONS AND EXHIBITIONS ON A DISTRICT BASIS NOW PROVIDED CONSIDERABLE OPPORTUNITY TO YOUNG PEOPLE IN MAKING THE VERY IMPORTANT DECISION ON THEIR FUTURE CAREERS.

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EARLIER, THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR J.N, HENDERSON THANKED THE URBAN COUNCIL FOR CO-SPONSORING THE EXHIBITION. ALL EXHIBITORS, PAST AND PRESENT, AND ALL THOSE WHO ASSISTED IN THE PREPARATION OF THE EXHIBITION.

HE ALSO THANKED THE DAO HENG BANK FOR SPONSORING A CAREERS QUIZ AND THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE, THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE SERVICE FOR PARTICIPATING IN CAREERS-ORIENTED ACTIVITIES AT EDINBURGH PLACE DURING THE EXHIBITION PERIOD.

IN HIS VOTE OF THANKS, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE URBAN COUNCIL, MR HILTON CHEONG-LEEN, SAID THAT IN THE PAST TEN YEARS, THERE HAD BEEN A TREMENDOUS ADVANCE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CAREERS EDUCATION AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING.

SUCH REMARKABLE PROGRESS WAS ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE EFFORTS MADE BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT, THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL AND THE MANY OTHER PERSONS AND ORGANISATIONS ENTHUSIASTICALLY ENGAGED IN VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND CAREERS WORK.

THE URBAN COUNCIL WOULD ALWAYS BE WILLING TO OFFER WHATEVER ASSISTANCE REQUIRED IN PROVIDING FACILITIES AND MANPOWER RESOURCES FOR MEANINGFUL PROJECTS THAT WOULD ASSIST YOUNG PEOPLE IN CHOOSING A CAREER AND EMBARKING UPON SPECIAL TRAINING, HE ADDED,

THE EXHIBITION WILL OPEN TO THE PUBLIC TOMORROW FROM 9.30 AM TO 6.30 PM DAILY, UNTIL NOVEMBER 29.

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