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FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1985

REGULAR EXHIBITIONS, CONVENTIONS, WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS HAD ALSO BEEN ORGANISED, HE ADDED.

MR LEUNG RECALLED THAT IN ADDITION TO ANNUAL SEMINARS, THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT AND THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IN 1983 JOINTLY ORGANISED A FORMAL TRAINING COURSE FOR CAREERS TEACHERS.

+ THE PURPOSE OF THIS COURSE WAS TO PROVIDE SERVING TEACHERS WITH UP-TO-DATE KNOWLEDGE IN CAREERS EDUCATION AND GUIDANCE AND TO DEVELOP TECHNIQUES FOR CARRYING OUT CAREERS WORK IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS,+ HE SAID.

THE FIRST TWO COURSES HAD PROVED VERY POPULAR AND USEFUL AND THE THIRD COURSE WOULD START IN SEPTEMBER.

MR LEUNG SAID THE HONG KONG ASSOCIATION OF CAREERS MASTERS HAD CONTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE PROMOTION OF CAREERS GUIDANCE IN SCHOOLS.

+THE ASSOCIATION'S ENQUIRY SERVICE FOR STUDENTS, PARENTS AND THE PUBLIC, OPERATED BY CAREERS TEACHERS ON A VOLUNTARY BASIS, IS A GOOD EXAMPLE. TO MEET THE GROWING NEEDS, THIS SERVICE WILL BE EXPANDED FROM THE PRESENT THREE CENTRES TO FIVE IN SEPTEMBER 1985.+

HE SAID THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, JOINTLY WITH THE ASSOCIATION, WAS NOW USING THE COMPUTER IN CAREERS EDUCATION AND TWO MASTER DISKETTES ON THE OPPORTUNITIES OF FURTHER STUDIES IN HONG KONG WOULD SOON BE AVAILABLE TO ALL CAREERS TEACHERS.

MR LEUNG PAID TRIBUTE TO THE TRIPARTITE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT, THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND THE HONG KONG ̄ ASSOCIATION OF CAREERS MASTERS.

+TOGETHER WE ARE DOING MUCH TO PROVIDE A VITAL SERVICE IN CAREERS EDUCATION AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT FOR SCHOOLS, HE ADDED.

MANPOWER FOR COMPUTERS IN DEMAND

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THE GROWTH OF THE ELECTRONIC DATA PROCESSING INDUSTRY AND THE ENSURING INCREASING DEMAND FOR MANPOWER FOR COMPUTER INSTALLATIONS WILL CONTINUE FOR SOME YEARS TO COME, THE ACTING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL, MR HORACE KNIGHT SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

THE REASON FOR THE RAPID AND CONTINUING EXPANSION IS BECAUSE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY HAS PERVADED EVERY FACET OF INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES, NOT TO MENTION THE HOME, SAID MR KNIGHT AT THE GRADUATION CEREMONY OF THE COMPUTER SCIENCE DIPLOMA PROGRAMME OF THE CHU HAI COLLEGE.

/MR KNIGHT