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EDUCATION
Information Services Department, the British Council, various con- sular authorities and commercial agencies.
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 received fresh impetus with the opening, in conjunction with the Social Welfare Department and the Hong Kong Federation of Youth Organizations, of an outdoor training centre at Tsuen Wan. This-centre and a pilot scheme of youth hostels in four subsidized schools in the New Territories have widened the horizon for many urban schoolchildren. The pro- grammes of training include instruction in camping, canoeing and canoe building, mountaineering 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. Courses for physical education teachers in the New Territories and for in-service teachers in training were held in the summer vacation.
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MUSIC, DRAMA AND ART IN THE SCHOOLS
Music. The Hong Kong Schools' Music Association, which has a membership of 4,232, presented 12 concerts by local and visiting artists to its student-members, including a first performance by the newly formed Hong Kong Youth Orchestra. The 15th Annual Schools Music Festival was held in March and April and attracted a record of 3,936 entries (compared with 3,665 in 1962) to the 278 classes available. The external adjudicators for music were Professor Sidney Harrison and Dr Havelock Nelson from Britain. The syllabus for the 16th Schools Music Festival for 1964 was published in September and with 300 classes the festival is now one of the largest of its kind in the world.
The practical examinations of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music were held from September to December. The number of entries rose to 3,366 maintaining the Colony's distinc- tion of having the second highest number of candidates through- out the 32 countries of the British Commonwealth served by the