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Good preparation needed for future careers

Young people should start to develop their career plans while at school, Assistant Commissioner for Labour (Employment Services), Mrs Jennie Chor, said today (Friday) at the prize presentation ceremony of the 15th Careers Quiz.

Advising students on how to choose a suitable career, Mrs Chor said that they should have a deep understanding on their interest, personality, capability, expertise, expectation, qualification, physique and value before setting their own career goals.

"In addition, they should also actively look for information on the latest development on the employment market," Mrs Chor said.

She urged students to pay attention to the relevant training courses and grasp opportunities to build up working experience to meet the demands of the ever changing employment market.

In order to help students to choose a suitable career, Mrs Chor noted that the Labour Department's Careers Advisory Service (CAS) had been providing a wide range of career services including the annual Careers and Education Expo and school visits to the CAS's Careers Information Centres (CICs) and workplaces.

"Over 370,000 people had participated in CAS's activities last year, breaking all previous records," she said.

"We have also introduced the Bulletin Board System (BBS) last year to let schools and other users obtain the latest information on careers and details of CAS's activities through computers," she added.

Mrs Chor extended her appreciation to the Pentax camera, Cerruti 1881 sunglasses and Laser Computer Limited in sponsoring the Careers Quiz as well as to the Information Technology Services Department in marking the quiz papers and analysing the results.

In addition to the prize presentation ceremony, the CAS also organised different careers activities today at the CIC in Wan Chai including exhibition, seminars, video shows, sound-on-slide presentations, quiz and demonstration of the BBS.