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EDUCATION
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PHYSICAL EDUCATION
The value of outdoor pursuits as part of any programme for physical education is receiving increasing recognition in the Colony. The popularity of training courses designed to foster interest in outdoor activities has shown a steady increase. During August a total of 141 boys between the ages of 14 and 18 years attended a series of courses organized in connexion with the Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme. The programme of training included instruction in camping, canoeing and canoe building, mountaineer- ing and mountain rescue work, map reading, sailing, athletics and night hikes. Regular supervision of teachers and physical education in all grades of schools was carried out during the year, and courses for physical education teachers in the New Territories and for in-service teachers in training were held in the summer vacation.
MUSIC, DRAMA AND ART IN THE SCHOOLS
Music. The Schools' Music Association presented 12 concerts by local and visiting artists to its student members. Membership of the Association is 3,270. The 14th Annual Schools Music Festival was held in March and April and attracted 3,665 entries compared with 3,200 in 1961. Two distinguished music education- alists from Britain, Sir Thomas Armstrong and Dr Eric Thiman, attended as external adjudicators. In appreciation of the high standards achieved, Dr Thiman is composing a choral work to be dedicated to the students of Hong Kong. The syllabus for the 15th Schools Music Festival was published early in September. There was a record entry of 3,089 candidates for the practical examina- tions of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music. Figures just published by the board, inclusive of theory candi- dates, indicate that Hong Kong's entry last year was again second only to New Zealand in the 30 Commonwealth countries in which the board examines. In the board's examinations in theory there was a total of 1,306 candidates. The first post-war practical examination of the Trinity College of Music was held in December by an external examiner from London. The annual conference