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year-round enrolment, and an extended personalised career counselling service. lasting up to 24 months for trainees who have found jobs, but still needed counselling. The Labour Department will continue to formulate tailor-made and value-adding training-cum-employment programmes for young people in collaboration with employers and training bodies.
By the end of the year, about 10 700 applications to the revamped programme had been received.
Internship Programme for University Graduates
The Labour Department launched an Internship Programme for University Graduates in August for 2008 and 2009 university graduates to work as interns in Hong Kong or Mainland enterprises for six to 12 months to foster their career development.
By year-end, over 1 300 graduates had secured employment in Hong Kong under the programme and some 200 were serving internships in the Mainland.
Youth Employment Support
The Labour Department has two youth employment resource centres called 'Youth Employment Start' to offer career advice and support services to young people aged between 15 and 29. The centres provide career assessments and guidance, value-added training, support services for the self-employed, and labour market information to help young people plan their careers, enhance their job prospects, and carry out their own businesses.
By the end of 2009, the two centres had provided services to 71 680 young people.
Employees Retraining Board
The Employees Retraining Board (ERB) is a statutory body set up under the Employees Retraining Ordinance. Its members include employer and employee representatives, people in the vocational training, retraining and manpower planning fields, as well as government officials. It is a co-ordinating, quality assuring and funding body in relation to the provision of training and retraining services.
Following changes in July 2008, ERB now provides services under a 'Manpower Development Scheme'. During the year, it provided training via a network of more than 70 appointed training bodies at over 350 training centres across Hong Kong. Its courses are market-driven and employment-oriented. People aged 15 and above with a sub-degree level of education or below may enrol in its full-time placement-tied training and part-time training programmes.
About 450 courses are provided at Qualifications Framework Levels One to Four for 27 industries, which help trainees to gain skills and recognised professional qualifications.
In 2008-09, the ERB ran a market-driven and employment-oriented programme entitled the Youth Training Programme (YTP) that helps non-engaged youths aged
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