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The year saw the merging of the Hong Kong Youth Designer Award with the International Youth Year 85 Design Award, sponsored jointly by a television company, the Federation of Hong Kong Industries and the Industrial Design Council. Most schools offering technical subjects to Form 5 level participated in the competition. The Design Competition organised by the Chinese Manufacturers Association was also promoted and well received by schools.
The Commercial Subjects Section organised the third Commercial Projects Competition with the Chinese Gold and Silver Exchange Society. The aims of the competition are to arouse the interest of secondary school pupils in various commercial activities in Hong Kong and to encourage a more lively approach in the teaching of commercial subjects. About 1 200 students took part in the event. The section also conducted a number of in-service courses on the teaching of commercial subjects.
Community Youth Club
The Community Youth Club, established in 1977, has continued to participate in building up a strong community spirit and in promoting civic-mindedness among students. Its 14 000 members contributed substantially to various public campaigns. With the addition of one more new district during the year, there are now 18 district committees co-ordinating the club's activities.
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Thousands of members gained awards under the Merit Award Scheme which required them to set examples of good citizenship by offering services to the community. Out- standing members of the award scheme were selected for an educational tour of Japan at the end of 1985.
School Library Services
School library services expanded with the training of more librarians in secondary schools. In primary schools, following the success of three pilot projects, the Class Library Scheme was fully implemented in Primary 1 to Primary 6 classes in all government and aided primary schools in September. Each class was provided with an initial grant of $500 for bookcases and $10 per pupil per year for library books.
Educational Television
Programmes produced by the Educational Television Service (ETV) are considered the most useful audio-visual supplement to classroom teaching and regular viewing of the educational television programmes has become a normal part of school life in Hong Kong. In 1984-5, the total audience of ETV programmes was estimated to be 351 000 primary and 249 000 secondary school pupils.
Programmes are produced jointly by the Education Department and Radio Television Hong Kong, and are transmitted to schools by the two commercial television stations. They are based on syllabuses used in primary and secondary schools. ETV programmes for primary schools cover Chinese Language, English Language, Mathematics and Social Studies at Primary 3 to 6 levels, while those for secondary schools are produced for Form 1 to 3 in the same four subjects and in Science.
ETV programmes on Science and Health Education, which were first transmitted for Primary 3 pupils in 1983, were extended to Primary 4 level in September 1984. These two subjects will be further extended by one level higher each year to reach Primary 6 in 1986. Additional secondary programmes were also produced for English Language, Social Studies and Science.