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FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1985

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IMPORTANCE OF CAREERS EXHIBITION STRESSED

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THE ANNUAL CAREERS INFORMATION EXHIBITION WILL ENABLE YOUNG PEOPLE TO HAVE A PREVIEW OF THE WIDE RANGE OF CAREERS OPEN TO THEM IN HONG KONG, THE ACTING COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR DARWIN CHEN, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

SPEAKING AT A BRIEFING SESSION FOR EXHIBITORS WHO

WILL TAKE PART IN THE CAREERS '86 EXHIBITION TO BE HELD AT THE CITY HALL EXHIBITION HALL IN NOVEMBER THIS YEAR, MR CHEN SAID THE 10-DAY EXHIBITION, THE FOURTEENTH ORGANISED BY THE YOUTH EMPLOYMENT ADVISORY SERVICE OF THE DEPARTMENT, WILL BEGIN ON NOVEMBER 16,

HE SAID THE NUMBER OF VISITORS TO THE ANNUAL EXHIBITION, ORGANISED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT AND CO-SPONSORED BY THE URBAN COUNCIL, HAD BEEN IN THE REGION OF 100 000.

IN ORDER TO REDUCE CONGESTION AND IMPROVE CIRCULATION, HE ADDED, A NEW FLOOR PLAN HAD BEEN ADOPTED THIS YEAR WHICH WOULD ACCOMMODATE A SMALLER NUMBER OF EXHIBITING STANDS.

+NEVERTHELESS, THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING AN ADEQUATE COVERAGE OF VARIOUS TRADES AND CAREERS HAD NOT BEEN OVERLOOKED,+

MR CHEN STRESSED.

HE SAID THE 20 EXHIBITORS WHO WOULD BE TAKING PART IN CAREERS '86 WOULD REPRESENT A WIDE CROSS-SECTION OF CAREERS IN HONG KONG.

APART FROM THE MAIN EXHIBITION, A SERIES OF CAREERS SHOWS WOULD ALSO BE STAGED LIVE AT EDINBURGH PLACE ON SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS DURING THE EXHIBITION PERIOD, HE ADDED.

+THIS ACTIVITY WHICH HAS PROVED TO BE VERY POPULAR WITH THE PUBLIC WILL ONCE AGAIN PROVIDE YOUNG PEOPLE WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE SOME OF THE DISCIPLINARY FORCES OF THE GOVERNMENT IN ACTION.+

MR CHEN SAID THAT THROUGHOUT THE PAST 13 EXHIBITIONS,

THE DESIGN AND PRESENTATION OF EXHIBITORS' STAND HAD BEEN OF A VERY HIGH STANDARD AND MORE AUDIO-VISUAL AIDS AND MICRO-COMPUTERS HAD BEEN IN USE.

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