XN000022-1983-03-03 — Page 5

THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1983

MORE CAREERS CONVENTIONS TO BE HELD

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THE LAST THREE OF A SERIES OF SIX REGIONAL CAREERS CONVENTIONS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE YOUTH EMPLOYMENT ADVISORY SERVICE OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT AND THE HONG KONG ASSOCIATION OF CAREERS MASTERS FOR SECONDARY STUDENTS WILL BE HELD THIS MONTH.

ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY (THURSDAY), A SPOKESMAN FOR THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT POINTED OUT THAT THE FIRST THREE CONVENTIONS HAD ATTRACTED MORE THAN 10 000 STUDENTS.

THE FOURTH CONVENTION WILL BE HELD AT THE CNEC CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, 6 LE! PUI STREET, KWAI CHUNG, NEW TERRITORIES, TOMORROW (FRIDAY); THE FIFTH AT YU CHUN KEUNG MEMORIAL COLLEGE, 1 CHI FU CLOSE, POKFULAM, NEXT MONDAY (MARCH 7) AND THE SIXTH AT THE HONG KONG AND SZE YAP COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION WONG TAI SHAN MEMORIAL COLLEGE, 250 NAM CHEONG STREET, KOWLOON, NEXT FRIDAY (MARCH 11).

EACH CONVENTION, LASTING TWO DAYS, WILL COMPRISE A CAREERS DISPLAY STAGED BY STUDENTS OF PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS, A SERIES OF SPECIALIST TALKS AND SHOWING OF FILMS AND SLIDE SHOWS ON CAREERS.

THE TALKS WILL BE GIVEN BY REPRESENTATIVES FROM COMMERCE, INDUSTRY, SERVICE SECTOR, PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS, TRAINING INSTITUTES AND GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, AND THE TOPICS WILL INCLUDE HOTEL AND TOURISM, FURTHER STUDIES, BANKING, MASS COMMUNICATION, THE LEGAL PROFESSION AND ELECTRONIC DATA PROCESSING.

+ IT IS HOPED THAT BY ATTENDING THE CONVENTIONS, THE STUDENTS CAN FREELY CHOOSE THE TOPIC THAT FITS THEIR INTEREST AND BE ENCOURAGED TO EXPLORE THE WORLD OF WORK BY TAKING PART IN THE COLLECTION OF CAREERS INFORMATION FOR THE DISPLAY.

+IN ORGANISING THE CONVENTIONS, CAREERS TEACHERS CAN ALSO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXCHANGE VIEWS AND INFORMATION AND UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT THE NEEDS OF THEIR STUDENTS, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

SCHOOL TEXTBOOK ASSISTANCE SCHEME

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GOVERNMENT AND AIDED SCHOOLS WILL ADOPT A NEW PROCEDURE TO ENSURE THAT PARENTS TAKING PART IN THE SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS ASSISTANCE SCHEME RECEIVE THE GRANTS.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID THERE WERE INSTANCES WHERE SOME SCHOOLS HAD FOUND IT DIFFICULT TO PAY THE TEXTBOOK AND STATIONERY GRANTS TO SOME PARENTS OR GUARDIANS BECAUSE OF PROBLEMS IN BANK TRANSFER.

+ IN MANY CASES THE TRANSFER HAS BEEN REJECTED DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE BANK ACCOUNT NUMBERS SUBMITTED WERE INCORRECT OR THE ACCOUNTS HAVE BEEN CLOSED, HE SAID.

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