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is open to both school and private candidates who hold a school certificate of the required standard, and to private candidates of 25 years of age or over who are required to pass this examination as a prerequisite to entering for a professional or university examina- tion. London University degree examinations are also conducted annually in May and June. Appendix XXVII shows the more im- portant examinations held in Hong Kong and the number of candidates entering for them.
MUSIC AND ART IN SCHOOLS
The Hong Kong Schools Music Association this year presented 14 concerts by local visiting artists to its student members. The Annual Schools Musical Festival held in March attracted 6,271 entries for 328 classes. The practical examinations of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music were held from August until December. The number of entries rose to 3,872, preserving the Colony's distinction of having the second highest number of can- didates throughout the 32 countries of the British Commonwealth served by the board. There were 1,395 candidates for the theory examinations and 35 for the practical and theory examinations of the Trinity College of Music. The grade examinations of the Royal Academy of Dancing attracted 379 entries.
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During the year Hong Kong schoolchildren participated in two local art competitions organized in connection with road safety and presented work for various local exhibitions. There was a continued demand for their art work from abroad and pictures executed by Hong Kong pupils were exhibited in Luxembourg, Canada and Japan. In January certificates were received by a significant number of local schoolchildren as a result of Hong Kong's participation in the 'Children's Art from the Common- wealth' exhibition which formed part of the 1965 Commonwealth Arts Festival in Britain. Among the 700 items selected for display from work sent by 33 countries within the Commonwealth, 66 of the successful entries were from Hong Kong. Two of these were highly commended, five were commended and one entry from the Colony, the work of an eight-year old boy, achieved the distinction of being chosen for reproduction on the cover of the catalogue of the exhibition.