XN000022-1986-07-23 — Page 48

4 J.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 1986

46

SO FAR, 149 JOB-SHEETS IN ENGLISH AND 70 IN CHINESE HAVE BEEN MADE AVAILABLE.

AS FOR AUDIO-VISUAL AIDS. THE YEAS HAS PRODUCED 35 SOUND-ON- SLIDE PRESENTATIONS, 50 VIDEO-CASSETTE TAPE RECORDINGS ON DIFFERENT JOBS AND 261 CASSETTE RECORDINGS ON SPECIALIST TALKS BY EXPERTS IN VARIOUS FIELDS OF WORK.

IT ALSO OPERATES, ON AN EXPERIMENTAL BASIS, A SERVICE WHEREBY NINE SETS OF SLIDE PRESENTATIONS, MAINLY ON BASIC CAREERS INFORMATION AND FURTHER STUDIES, ARE AVAILABLE FOR SHORT-TERM LOAN BY SCHOOLS. ALL THESE FACILITIES ARE AVAILABLE FOR REFERENCE OR PUBLIC VIEWING AT THE DEPARTMENT'S THREE CAREERS INFORMATION CENTRES.

MR HAMMOND PAID TRIBUTE TO THE CAREERS TEACHERS FOR THEIR EFFORTS IN GUIDING YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE CHOICE OF THEIR CAREERS.

+AS CAREERS EDUCATION IS NOW BEING GIVEN MORE WEIGHT, CAREERS TEACHERS WILL BE PLAYING AN EVEN MORE IMPORTANT ROLE, HE SAID. +THROUGH YOUR DAILY CONTACTS WITH YOUR STUDENTS, YOU ARE IN THE BEST POSITION TO ADVISE US OF THEIR NEEDS.+

THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR LI YUET-TING, STRESSED THE VALUE OF THE TRIPARTITE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT, THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND THE HONG KONG ASSOCIATION OF CAREERS MASTERS AND GUIDANCE MASTERS.

HE SAID THAT FOR MANY YEARS THE THREE PARTIES HAD BEEN ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THE PREPARATION AND DISSEMINATION OF CAREERS INFORMATION AND RESOURCE MATERIALS TO STUDENTS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH EXHIBITIONS, CONVENTIONS, WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS.

+TOGETHER 1 THINK WE ARE DOING MUCH TO PROVIDE A VITAL SERVICE IN CAREERS EDUCATION AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR SCHOOLS, HE NOTED.

MR LI ALSO REVEALED THAT IN RECOGNITION OF THE IMPORTANCE OF CAREERS EDUCATION, THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WOULD PROVIDE ALL STANDARD-SIZED GOVERNMENT AND AIDED SECONDARY SCHOOLS WITH A FIFTH ADDITIONAL TEACHER FROM SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR.

PART OF THE WORK OF THESE ADDITIONAL TEACHERS WOULD INVOLVE PUPIL COUNSELLING AND GUIDANCE, INCLUDING CAREERS ADVICE, HE ADDED.

!

/47