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FRIDAY, JULY 22, 1983

CAREERS GUIDANCE OFFERED

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FORM V AND MATRICULATION STUDENTS WERE URGED TODAY (FRIDAY) TO TAKE PART IN A SPECIAL CAREERS GUIDANCE PROJECT TO OBTAIN INFORMATION ON CHOOSING A CAREER AND ON FURTHER STUDIES.

THE CALL WAS MADE BY MR LEUNG SIK-WAH, CHAIRMAN OF THE BUILDING COMMUNITY COMMITTEE OF THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT BOARD, AT THE OPENING OF THE PROJECT AT THE WESTERN DISTRICT COMMUNITY CENTRE.

THE EIGHT-DAY PROJECT IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE YOUTH EMPLOYMENT ADVISORY SERVICE OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT AND THE CENTRE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE OF WESTERN DISTRICT COMMUNITY CENTRE OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT WITH SPONSORSHIP BY THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT BOARD.

MR LEUNG POINTED OUT THAT, FOLLOWING THE RECENT EXAMINATIONS, MORE SCHOOL LEAVERS AND MATRICULATION STUDENTS WOULD BE LOOKING FOR CAREERS AND SEEKING INFORMATION ON FURTHER STUDIES.

THIS WAS THE RIGHT TIME FOR THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT AND THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT TO LAUNCH THE PROJECT, HE SAID.

THE PROJECT CONSISTS OF A SERIES OF TALKS, A DISPLAY AS WELL AS A TELEPHONE ENQUIRY SERVICE - ALL TO BE HELD IN THE COMMUNITY CENTRE.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE OF THE PROJECT SAID THAT IN THE FIRST TWO DAYS STARTING FROM TODAY (FRIDAY), SPECIALISTS WOULD BE TALKING ON EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR FORM V AND MATRICULATION STUDENTS, AS WELL AS PROSPECTS FOR FURTHER STUDIES IN LOCAL POST-SECONDARY COLLEGES AND THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG.

THE TOPICS OF THE TALKS TO BE DELIVERED ON THE THIRD AND FOURTH DAYS - ON AUGUST 5 AND 6 - WILL COVER FURTHER STUDIES IN TECHNICAL INSTITUTES AND COLLEGES OF EDUCATION, APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING AND OVERSEAS STUDIES.

AND FROM AUGUST 5, A SIX-DAY DISPLAY FEATURING THE ENTRY REQUIREMENTS TO MATRICULATION CLASSES, AND THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, HOW TO CHOOSE A CAREER, AS WELL AS JOB-SEEKING TECHNIQUES, WILL BE HELD IN THE COMMUNITY CENTRE, THE SPOKESMAN

SAID.

IN ADDITION, A TELEPHONE ENQUIRY SERVICE TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE TO INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS WILL BE OPERATED FROM AUGUST 8 TO 10. THE SERVICE WILL BE MANNED BY SOCIAL WORKERS AND OFFICERS FROM THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT.

STUDENTS INTERESTED IN JOINING THE PROJECT MAY CONTACT MISS LOURDES CHOW OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT ON 5-7956067 OR MR Y.T. CHAN OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT ON 5-495141 FOR ENROLMENT.

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