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Education and Careers Expo opens

The public are given a chance to get the most comprehensive and updated information on careers, education and training opportunities at the sixth Education and Careers Expo which opens today (Thursday).

Jointly organised by the Labour Department and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, the Expo is the largest of its kind Hong Kong has ever seen.

It consists of a careers section organised by the department and an education section staged by the Council.

Senior Labour Officer (Careers Advisory and External Employment Services), Mrs Bernadette Lai, said the Labour Department's exhibition booth was the largest in the careers section.

"It occupies a total of six booths and adopts an integrated approach in the presentation of the multi-dimensional employment services provided by the department for different client groups such as young people, the disabled and the unemployed.

"Colourful displays in the booth carry information on the Job Matching Programme, Job Matching Promotion Team, careers advisory, employment and selective placement services as well as summer job traps and working abilities of the disabled," she said.

There are also computer games to test participants' knowledge of carcer options and services provided by the department as well as slide and video shows on various trades.

Mrs Lai noted that response from schools to the Expo was overwhelming as over 12,000 students from about 100 school had enrolled for group visit, representing an increase of 20 per cent over last year.