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THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1990

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CSD TO STAGE CAREER DISPLAY FOR SCHOOL LEAVERS

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THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT (CSD) WILL STAGE THREE-DAY CAREER DISPLAY FOR SCHOOL LEAVERS STARTING TOMORROW (FRIDAY) AT THE NEW TOWN PLAZA IN SHA TIN.

CSD OFFICERS WILL BE ON HAND TO ANSWER ENQUIRIES ABOUT CSD'S WORK AND TO ASSIST SCHOOL LEAVERS APPLY FOR THE DEPARTMENT'S POSTS.

THE DISPLAY IS THE SECOND OF ITS KIND STAGED BY CSD AT THE NEW TOWN PLAZA, THE FIRST ONE WAS HELD LAST MONTH. BOTH DISPLAYS FORMED PART OF THE DEPARTMENT'S RECRUITMENT CAMPAIGN FOR 1990/91.

COMMENTING ON LAST MONTH'S CAREER DISPLAY, THE DEPARTMENT'S ACTING ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER (PERSONNEL), MR PETER PI, SAID IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL AND PUBLIC RESPONSE WAS EXTREMELY GOOD.

"MORE THAN 15,000 PEOPLE VISITED OUR THREE-DAY DISPLAY AND MOST OF THEM HAD SHOWN KEEN INTEREST IN THE WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT.

"IN PARTICULAR, WE ARE PLEASED ΤΟ SEE MORE THAN 70 YOUNG PEOPLE SUBMITTED THEIR JOB APPLICATIONS то THE DEPARTMENT AT THE DISPLAY VENUE DURING THE THREE-DAY PERIOD.

"THIS INDICATED THAT MANY PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO JOIN THE DEPARTMENT IF THEY KNEW MORE ABOUT THE WORK AND CAREER PROSPECTS OF A CSD OFFICER," HE ADDED.

WOULD CONTINUE TO LAUNCH RECRUIT MORE YOUNG

MR PI STRESSED THAT THE DEPARTMENT FULL-FLEDGED RECRUITMENT CAMPAIGN IN ORDER ΤΟ PEOPLE AS OFFICERS AND ASSISTANT OFFICERS.

SIMILAR CAREER EXHIBITIONS WOULD BE HELD AT CITY PLAZA IN TAI KOO SHING AND LONG PING ESTATE IN YUEN LONG LATER THIS MONTH.

"MOREOVER, THE DEPARTMENT IS LIAISING CAREER DISPLAYS AT MTR STATIONS, HE SAID.

WITH MTRC FOR STAGING

THE DEPARTMENT WOULD ALSO TAKE PART IN FIVE LARGE-SCALE CAREERS EXHIBITIONS TO BE HELD BY THE CIVIL SERVICE BRANCH, THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT AND THE TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL LATER THIS YEAR.

"TO COINCIDE WITH OUR RECRUITMENT EXERCISE, A NEW RECRUITMENT API (ANNOUNCEMENT IN PUBLIC INTEREST) HAS BEEN PRODUCED AND IS NOW BROADCAST ON TV, HE ADDED.

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CURRENTLY, THE DEPARTMENT HAS ONE PERMANENT RECRUITMENT CENTRE AT ITS HEADQUARTERS IN WAN CHAI AND THREE TEMPORARY RECRUITMENT CENTRES AT THE SHOPPING ARCADES OF OI MAN ESTATE AND CHUK YUEN ESTATE (SOUTH), AND AT THE LAI CHI KOK RECEPTION CENTRE.

ENQUIRIES ON RECRUITMENT MATTERS CAN BE MADE ON TEL. 527 5951.

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