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WELNEILDAY, JULY 27, 1983

PRIOR TO THE SEMINAR THE PARTICIPANTS WERE ISSUED WITH PRACTICAL EXERCISES FOR STUDENTS IN THE AREA OF CAREERS PREPARATION, COVERING JOB SATISFACTION, JOB EXPLORATION AND CAREERS DECISION- MAKING. TO FURTHER IMPROVE THE LAYOUT OF THESE EXERCISES, A FULL DISCUSSION SESSION WILL TAKE PLACE TOMORROW.

+IN FACT, TAKEN AS A WHOLE, THIS SUBJECT WILL ALSO FORM THE THEME OF TODAY'S LECTURES AND OPEN FORUM. HOPEFULLY, THIS YEAR'S SEMINAR WILL PAVE THE WAY FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A LOCAL CAREERS RESOURCE GUIDE BOOK AVAILABLE TO ALL CAREERS TEACHERS, HE SAID.

ALSO SPEAKING AT THE SEMINAR, MR COLVYN HAYE POINTED OUT THAT THIS YEAR EACH STANDARD-SIZED AIDED AND GOVERNMENT SCHOOL WILL BE GETTING AN ADDITIONAL GRADUATE TEACHER TO PERMIT THE TIME-TABLING OF CAREERS EDUCATION AND GUIDANCE.

SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN ADVISED THAT WITHIN LIMITS OF THE TIME-TABLE EFFORTS SHOULD BE MADE TO ALLOT CAREER TEACHEPS ADDITIONAL NON-TEACHING PERIODS TO ENABLE THEM TO CARRY OUT DUTIES SUGGESTED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.

→AT LONG LAST WE HAVE SECURED OFFICIAL RECOGNITION OF THE VITAL NATURE OF CAREERS EDUCATION BY THIS ADD TION OF STAFF TO ALL STANDARD AIDED AND GOVERNMENT SECONDARY HOOLS, HE ADDED.

MR HAYE FURTHER POINTED OUT THAT HIS DEPARTMENT HAD EXPANDED ITS CAREERS EDUCATION SECTION AND ITS CAREERS FFICERS WERE WORKING WITH RENEWED ENTHUSIASM AND DEDICATION,

PAYING TRIBUTE TO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT AND THE HONG KONG ASSOCIATION OF CAREERS MASTERS, MR HAYE SAID: +TOGETHER WE ARE DOING MUCH TO PROVIDE A VITAL SERVICE IN CAREERS EDUCATION AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT FOR SCHOOLS. 1

DISTRICT BOARDS STRENGTHEN FIGHT AGAINST DRUGS

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THE SETTING UP OF DISTRICT BOARDS HAD HELPED STRENGTHEN THE WORK IN THE FIGHT AGAINST DRUGS, THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT COMMISSIONER, MR FRED TING, SAID TONIGHT (WEDNESDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT ANTI-NARCOTICS CAMPAIGN PRIZE-GIVING CEREMONY, MR TING SAID THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION HAD TAKEN ON A HEAVIER RESPONSIBILITY IN THE FIGHT AGAINST DRUGS.

THROUGH THE MANPOWER AND FINANCIAL RESOURCES RENDERED BY THE DISTRICT BOARDS, ANTI-NARCOTICS WORK AND PUBLICITY AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL HAD BEEN STRENGTHENED, HE ADDED.

+THE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN ATTACHING GREAT SIGNIFICANCE TO ANTI-NARCOTICS WORK AND PUT IN GREAT EFFORT 'N EDUCATING THE YOUNG PEOPLE, HE SAID.

HE SAID THAT THIS YEAR'S ANTI-NARCOTICS CAMPAIGN IN TSUEN WAN EMPHASISED THE EDUCATIONAL ASPECT,

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