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the Design Council of the Federation of Hong Kong Industries. The standard of student entries was well received by the public.
Continued support by the Chinese Gold and Silver Exchange Society contributed to another successful Commercial Subjects Project Competition. The theme of this year's competition was 'Commerce and Civic Education', which enabled pupils to experience commercial studies as an integral part of general education in the overall curriculum.
Computer Education
During the year, the Computer Education Centre organised 37 training courses, 20 seminars and 24 study visits for 2360 teachers, school administrators and student teachers. About 6 000 people visited the centre. Since the course on Computer Literacy was introduced in September 1987 in junior secondary classes, altogether 70 aided and government secondary schools have been teaching it.
Community Youth Club
The Community Youth Club (CYC) was established in 1977, as part of the Education Department's effort to build a strong community spirit among school children through organised activities. These activities aim to inform members about the community and to help them develop into concerned and caring individuals.
The CYC has been very successful in helping to promote moral and civic education in schools and has contributed substantially to community service campaigns in Hong Kong. The aims of the scheme are summed up in its motto: 'Learn, be concerned and serve'. Over 260 000 students from about 1 000 primary and secondary schools are taking part in the activities. There are now 19 district committees co-ordinating activities at the local level.
Thousands of members have gained awards under the CYC Merit Award Scheme, which requires them to set examples of good citizenship by offering services to the community. Overseas educational visits for outstanding members are the highlight of the Merit Award Scheme. This year, two teams totalling 23 members were selected to visit Japan and Singapore during summer.
Educational Television
Educational television (ETV) programmes produced jointly by the Education Depart- ment's Educational Television Section and Radio Television Hong Kong are considered by schools as the most useful audio-visual supplement to classroom teaching. Regular viewing of ETV programmes has become a normal part of school life in Hong Kong. In the 1987-8 academic year, some 351 000 primary and 266 000 secondary school pupils watched ETV.
Programmes are transmitted to schools through the two local commercial television stations. Their content follows the syllabuses used in primary and secondary schools. Programmes for secondary schools cover Chinese Language, English Language, Mathe- matics, Social Studies, and Science at the Secondary 1 to 3 level, while those for primary schools cover the same five subjects for Primary 3 to 6 and in addition cover Health Education. Accompanying notes for teachers suggest preparation and follow-up activities, and pupils are supplied with notes and consolidation exercises.
Apart from syllabus-based programmes, supplementary programmes are produced from time to time on special curriculum-related topics for knowledge enrichment purposes. One special programme on 'AIDS', and two special series of four programmes each on 'Civic Education' and 'Family Life Education' were produced for secondary schools.