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for music teachers was held during the summer vacation and a summer music school was organized. It featured illustrated lectures by the pianist Gerd Kaemper.

Drama is a popular extra-curricular activity and many plays in both English and Cantonese were performed during the year. Students also saw a variety of plays ranging from Osborne's Look Back in Anger performed by a local company, to performances of Shaw by visiting professionals.

Art. An art exhibition was incorporated in an Education Con- ference held in July. Exhibits from primary school children were of high standard and aroused considerable interest. The influence of the teacher training colleges, which have produced contemporary ideas in art education for some years, is proving effective in the schools. The Education Department art section has a large library of framed reproductions which are circulated continually in govern- ment schools.

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EDUCATION CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION

A five-day education conference and exhibition was held in July. The conference gave teachers in all primary schools an insight into certain aspects of education outside their own immediate experience. A residential conference for teachers of English as a second language met under the chairmanship of Dr B. Hensman, MA, PhD (Chicago), DPhil (Oxon), at the Chung Chi College in August. The conference provided an opportunity for the ex- change of ideas and experience in the teaching of English as a second language in the senior middle schools of Hong Kong. Lectures were given by visiting and local specialists in English language and language-teaching techniques, followed by group and general discussion. Other features included group work in the language laboratory, in audio-visual aids, in classroom projects, films, and a book display. A report on the conference has been issued.

Demonstrations were given in September by the Education Department, in co-operation with the Director of Broadcasting, of a television unit supplied by an English company. The unit was a complete television studio made especially for schools and colleges and the demonstrations were well attended by teachers from all over the Colony.