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EDUCATION

workshops organised by the centre. Exhibitions staged by the centre on pupils' creative work and art by Form 5 students attracted more than 25 000 visitors.

Music

Eighty additional Form 4 students enrolled in September in the two-year pilot project for centralised training to prepare students for the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination in music. The Hong Kong Jockey Club Music Fund Project, providing extra-curricular music training for the handicapped, was expanded to cover 11 schools and two adult training centres. The 35th Annual Schools Music Festival, organised by the Hong Kong Schools Music And Speech Association, attracted 55 000 competitors in more than 300 classes. Nine prize-winners' concerts were given including an invitation concert featuring winners from previous festivals.

Physical Education

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The Physical Education Section is responsible for the development of school sports and the improvement of teaching standards in physical education in schools. In 1983, over 40 courses and seminars were conducted for nearly 2 000 teachers. The first edition of the Chinese version of the Physical Education Syllabus for Secondary Schools was published. Some 12 000 primary school children took part in the 'Learn-to-Swim' scheme; 35 000 students were engaged in the 'Summer Sports Training' scheme for 12 popular sports; and 36 000 students attended school camps in the New Territories during the summer holidays. The 19th Schools Dance Festival attracted 3 169 participants from 235 schools.

The Education Department is responsible for the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme in Hong Kong and some 25 000 student members participated in the scheme. The Physical Education Section continued to administer the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club Fund for the Summer Youth Programme for Schools from which more than 190 000 students from 613 schools benefited. In addition to taking part in the 10th Annual Hong Kong- Macau Schools Interport Sports Competition, the Hong Kong Schools Football Team came third runner-up in the 12th Asian Schools Football Tournament held in Seoul, Korea in April.

Community Youth Club

With the aim of involving students in various community projects and helping them to become more aware of community affairs, their civic rights and responsibilities, the Community Youth Club (CYC) of the Education Department has expanded in many directions since it was launched in 1977. Membership of the CYC, which is confined to students aged from 10 to 21, now stands at 100 000 members. With the addition of Wan Chai District during the year there are now 13 CYC district committees co-ordinating the club's activities.

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Tens of thousands of members were involved in CYC activities during the year including the annual parade, design projects, visits, leadership training camps, forestry work camps, talks, seminars, charity walks, services for the under-privileged and aged, and displays and exhibitions - often linked with social campaigns mounted by the government and other organisations. More than 4 000 members gained awards under the CYC Merit Award Scheme which requires members to set an example of good citizenship by service to the community; 12 outstanding members were selected for an educational tour to the United Kingdom during the Christmas holidays sponsored by the Hong Kong Jockey Club (Charities).