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service, the centre had a tape library containing 950 English language tapes for teachers' reference as listening materials. The centre's library, which was open to teachers, has a stock of over 8 780 books and a variety of journals on English language teaching and linguistics.

The Mathematics Teaching Centre serves as an in-service training venue and resource centre for mathematics teachers. A total of 26 seminars, courses and workshops were conducted for mathematics teachers in primary and secondary schools. More than 1 320 teachers visited the centre for in-service training, viewed the display of teaching aids and obtained information on resource materials.

The Science Teaching Centre was used extensively for conducting refresher courses, seminars, workshops and teachers' meetings as well as for the display of equipment and resource materials for science teaching. More than 3 500 primary and secondary school science teachers and laboratory technicians visited the centre. The science laboratory provided facilities for trying out science experiments in relation to curriculum development projects, making prototype apparatus and performing practical work during science workshops.

The Social Subjects Teaching Centre continued to be a training venue and resource centre for teachers of various social subjects such as Economics, Economic and Public Affairs, Geography, Health Education, History, Chinese History and Social Studies at both primary and secondary levels. Thirteen courses/seminars with more than 1 200 participants from primary and secondary schools were conducted at the centre. Over 700 visitors made use of the resources available.

The Cultural Crafts Centre, in addition to co-ordinating activities for the promotion of practical/technical subjects, provided opportunities for teachers in Art and Design, Art and Craft and Home Economics to update their professional knowledge. Resource materials including handouts, slides and video tapes were also produced for teachers' use. In 1986, about 2 000 teachers attended various retraining programmes and about 25 000 visitors were attracted to the exhibitions organised by the centre.

A Civic Education Resource Centre and a Religious/Ethical/Moral Education Resource Centre are also accommodated in the Advisory Inspectorate Teaching Centres at Pak Fuk Road. These provide reference materials, information and advisory service on matters relating to Civic Education and Religious/Ethical/Moral Education in schools and have proved to be popular among teachers.

A Sex Education Resource Centre housed in the Advisory Inspectorate Teaching Centres at Pak Fuk Road was opened in November. This centre provides support for primary and secondary school teachers implementing Sex Education in their schools. A variety of resource materials such as books, magazines, charts, models, audio-visual teaching materials and school projects are on display. During its first month of opening there were over 500 visitors.

The Field Studies Centre in Sai Kung was well patronised by sixth form students and secondary school teachers for ecological and geographical studies. Thirty-one residential ecology and geography courses for a total of 1 500 sixth formers from 99 secondary schools were organised.

Various in-service training courses and seminars were held for 450 biology and geography teachers to acquaint them with methods and techniques used in field studies. The centre was also used as a venue by various educational institutions for running activities related to field work and environmental education for students and student teachers.

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