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Five periodic displays on special topics were organised, which attracted 1 053 teachers. Both primary and secondary schools benefited from the centre's free dubbing service and 137 teaching tapes were made during the year. Twelve sets of video tapes and 13 sets of slides on teaching Chinese Language, including Putonghua, were produced for in-service training purposes. Two curriculum pamphlets on remedial teaching were published.

The English Language Teaching Centre organised a number of seminars, workshops, talks and exhibitions in support of the English curriculum in primary and secondary schools. As well as offering schools a free tape-dubbing service, the centre has a collection of English language books, journals and cassette tapes for teachers' reference.

The Mathematics Teaching Centre continued to serve as an in-service training venue and resource centre for both primary and secondary mathematics teachers. The subjects of the seminars, courses and workshops conducted in the year included topical teaching, remedial teaching, activity approach, civic education, internal assessment and the role of a panel chairman in mathematics. Apart from receiving in-service training, many teachers visited the centre to view the display of teaching aids and other resource materials, obtain information and exchange experience on mathematics teaching.

The Science Teaching Centre is used extensively for conducting refresher courses, seminars, workshops and teachers' meetings and for displaying equipment and resource materials for science teaching. In 1988 more than 3 000 primary and secondary school teachers and laboratory technicians visited the centre. The science laboratory provides facilities for trying out science experiments in connection with syllabus development, making prototype apparatus and performing practical work during science workshops. The two science education resource rooms at the centre are open twice weekly, serving as central reference points on science education and providing advice to teachers and laboratory technicians.

The Social Subjects Teaching Centre provides supporting services to teachers of Economic and Public Affairs, Economics, Geography, History, Social Studies and Health Education at primary and secondary levels. Teaching materials, projects, teaching kits and audio-visual resources relating to these subjects are on display. Over 1 500 teachers visited the centre during the year, and 28 courses and workshops were conducted for more than 1 400 teachers.

The Cultural Crafts Centre encourages and oversees the introduction of practical and technical subjects in secondary schools in the public sector. The Subject Inspectors also promote Art and Design, Art and Craft, and Home Economics in all schools. During the year more than 70 in-service training programmes were organised, attended by some 4 000 teachers. The centre mounted five major exhibitions relating to these subjects, which attracted more than 36 000 visitors. Resource materials including bulletins, glossaries of terms, guidelines, recipes and visual aids were produced for teachers' use. The centre also organised participation by students in local and overseas art exhibitions.

The Civic Education Resource Centre and the Religious/Ethical/Moral Education Resource Centre continued to be popular with teachers. During the year computers were installed to store and retrieve information on resource materials, and reference corners were set up to display noteworthy projects collected from schools. Teaching kits newly produced by the Education Department on such topics as Anti-triad Education, Anti-shoptheft Education and Elections were added to the stock of the centres.

The Sex Education Resource Centre provides primary and secondary school teachers with central reference material on sex education and advisory services on how to teach it. Over 3 200 people visited the centre and used the resources on display, such as video