The EAA has recently participated in the Education and Careers Expo 2003 organised by the Labour Department and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council. Most of the visitors to the four-day exhibition at the Hong Kong Exhibition and Convention Centre were recent school-leavers and graduates. Those who visited the EAA booth showed a keen interest in career opportunities in estate agency, the application procedure for the licence, and registering and preparing for the qualifying examinations. Staff members of the Authority were on hand to answer their queries in detail. As part of the activities of the Expo, the EAA also gave a seminar at which licensing and examination matters were explained to the audience. These are parts of the Authority's ongoing efforts to encourage young job-seekers to consider estate agency as a career option, and to help promote the industry to the community at large.