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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1984

DIFFERENT INSTITUTIONS SHOULD EXCEL IN DIFFERENT THINGS AND EACH ESTABLISH CLEARLY ITS OWN AIMS AND OBJECTIVES AND SET VIOUROUSLY ABOUT THE BUSINESS OF ATTAINING THEM, MR LEUNG SAID.

+WE LIVE IN A TIME OF VERY RAPID CHANGES IN MOST FIELDS. INDEED CHANGE IS AN INCREASINGLY INESCAPABLE AND A PERVASIVE FACT OF LIFE MAKING ADAPTABILITY ESSENTIAL FOR SURVIVAL, FOR BOTH INSTITUTIONS AND INDIVIDUALS ALIKE.

+1 AM OPTIMISTIC OF LINGNAN'S STRENGTH AND POTENTIAL IN THIS REGARD,+ HE ADDED.

MR LEUNG NOTED THAT THE COLLEGE HAD RECENTLY SUCCEEDED IN OBTAINING FOR ITS BUSINESS AND ACCOUNTANCY STUDENTS COMPLETE OR PARTIAL EXEMPTIONS FROM A NUMBER OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES INCLUDING THE HONG KONG MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION, THE HONG KONG INSTITUTE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT, THE HONG KONG SOCIETY OF ACCOUNTANTS, THE INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED SECRETARIES AND ADMINISTRATORS AND THE INSTITUTE OF MARKETING IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.

THE COLLEGE HAD ALSO RECENTLY DECIDED TO ADMIT LIMITED NUMBERS OF ASSOCIATE, PART-TIME AND AUDITING STUDENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS POLICY OF TAKING IN THE COLLEGE MATURE STUDENTS WITH WORKING EXPERIENCE.

THIS VENTURE WOULD BENEFIT ALL CONCERNED AND HELP ENSURE THE CONTINUED RELEVANCE OF LINGNAN'S POST +A+ LEVEL COURSES TO THE WORLD OF WORK, MR LEUNG SAID.

CAREERS '85 EXHIBITION OPENS

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IT IS IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIETY THAT YOUNG PEOPLE SHOULD BE HELPED TO UNDERSTAND ALL THE JOB OPPORTUNITIES IT HAS TO OFFER AND BE PUT ON THE RIGHT TRACK, THE DIRECTOR OF THE CITY POLYTECHNIC, DR DAVID JOHNS SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE CAREERS '85 EXHIBITION AT THE CITY HALL, DR JOHNS SAID THE RIGHT JOB WOULD NOT ONLY BRING TO THE INDIVIDUAL THE KIND OF REWARD AND WAY OF LIFE THAT BEST FITTED HIS INTEREST, ABILITY AND NEEDS, BUT WOULD ALSO ENABLE SOCIETY TO MAKE OPTIMUM USE OF ITS HUMAN RESOURCES FOR THE WELL-BEING OF ALL.

HE SAID HONG KONG'S HIGHLY DIVERSIFIED ECONOMY HAD MADE AVAILABLE TO YOUNG PEOPLE A WIDE SPECTRUM OF JOB OPPORTUNITIES AND BOTH THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS HAD PROVIDED PLENTY OF AVENUES IN FURTHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING TO PREPARE THEM FOR THE SE JOBS.

CAREERS '85 MARKED AN OCCASION WHERE ALL SECTORS POOLED THEIR RESOURCES TO PROVIDE YOUNG PEOPLE WITH THE MOST UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION ON THE JOB MARKET, HE SAID.

/+GOVERNMENT, INDUSTRY,