Bulletin Vol. 7 No. 6 Feb 1971

Opening the Workshop, Dr. C. T. Yung, Pro- Vice-Chancellor of the University and Chairman of the Appointments Board, said that the purpose of the Workshop was to help students learn what is expected of them when they graduate and that in order to start their careers with purpose and high motivation, they should know the requirements of the employers. Following Dr. Yung's opening remarks, Mr. Peter M. Whyte, Dean of Students of the University of Hong Kong, gave an address on "Control of Personnel in the Contemporary Social and Industrial Climate". Mr. Whyte told the participating undergraduates that the two crucial factors which would influence their success in the job situation were "comprehension of the people with whom you work and comprehension of the nature of the job itself". Dr. C. T. Yung's Opening Remarks It gives me great pleasure to declare open the 1971 Pre-Employment Workshop of The Chinese University of Hong Kong. This is our Third Annual Exercise and I do hope that we shall see evidences of improvement in both our organization and our mechanics of operation. Before giving you a brief account of the details, I would l ike, on behalf of the University, to welcome each and every one of you and to thank you for coming to this Workshop. We are especially grateful for your continuin g support given to our University activities and to this Workshop in particular. Our programme of graduate placement is based upon your cooperation in more ways than one. The University's efforts alone cannot possibly be sufficient. Our joint effort is to ensure a common understanding on two critical issues: what the community or employing public expects of the University graduates and what the University should do in preparing its graduates for useful employment here in Hong Kong. Above all, our students must become aware of the requirements of our employers so that they may launch their careers with purpose and high motivation. This requires a process of orientation in their undergraduate years which is quite apart from book knowledge and academic learning. The Pre-Employment Workshop is only one of several means to achieve this objective, but it is an extremely important and useful way of helping our students learn what is expected of them when they graduate. Over the last three years we have been delighted to observe the increasingly enthusiastic participation in our Workshops by all three of the parties concerned — the students, the University staff and the employers. This year we are very fortunate to have our Workshop sponsored by four of Hong Kong' s leading companies: The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the American International Group of Companies in Hong Kong, the Island Navigation Corporation, Ltd. and the Mobil Oil Hong Kong Ltd. These four companies have donated sums of money to enable us to finance the various activities of the Workshop. Needless to say, the mounting of a Workshop of this magnitude is expensive. Our University resources are limited and thus we welcome all the more this generous help from our well-wishers. Their generosity has enabled us to present a programme with the form and substance it deserves. Actually, we are spending approximate $100 for each student attending the Workshop, and, even at that, we are exercising every care and economy. The opening of the 1971 Workshop happily coincides with the publication of the first two books in a new Pre-Employment Information Series. The first of these is Your Job—To Have and To H o l d ; it is an intimate discussion of the basic aspects of student employment. This book is designed to take the place of the orientation programme which was included in the earlier Workshops. The second b o ok is Career Prospects in Hong Kong; it lists 103 local companies and institutions and gives concise and pertinent information on the history, organization, products and services, personnel policies and employment practices of each of these companies or Institutions. This book is intended as a comprehensive and practical reference for all job-seeking university students. Both of these books have been prepared by Dr. Francis K. Pan, Director of our Appointments Service. I am sure you will all agree that these two books fill a very real need here in Hong Kong and that we owe Dr. Pan our sincere appreciation for having written and published them. I think you will find that they are very well done —which is what we have come to expect from Dr. Pan. I also wish to express our sincere appreciation to The Asia Foundation for their gift which took care of the printing costs of these two books . This permits us to offer them to students at a nominal price, and proceeds from the sales will contribute toward a Pre-Employment Workshop Fund. We sincerely hope that students will acquire these books for their own benefit in the same helpful spirit with which they have been prepared. You may have noticed from the Workshop Brochure that we are trying to offer a much more efficient schedule of sessions. All students will attend — 5 —