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educational activities including contests, lecture series, workshops, demonstrations and science walkabouts. A highlight of the year was 'FameLab', a science communication contest, the winner of which would represent Hong Kong in the FameLab International finals in the United Kingdom. FameLab was set up in 2004 and was introduced to Hong Kong by the British Council, a working partner of the Science Alive 2009, to attract members of the public who can present scientific principles effectively and interestingly within three minutes.

During the year, the museum worked with academic institutions, professional bodies and government departments on a number of special programmes. These included a Fun Science competition, a Primary Science Project exhibition, a Hong Kong Student Science Project competition, a Secondary School Science Quiz Robotic Olympiad, and a Science in the Public Service campaign.

Hong Kong Space Museum

The Stanley Ho Space Theatre reopened on July 1, 2009 following refurbishment that included installation of a new digital planetarium system and seats with an interactive multi-language system. Visitors may take part in multi-user games or use the interactive system installed in the armrest of every seat, to select the course of action they would like the show to progress. The show will then take the path selected by the majority of players.

More than 563 000 people visited the museum's exhibitions and shows in the Space Theatre while 21 000 people attended the educational and extension programmes in 2009.

Hong Kong Film Archive

The Hong Kong Film Archive's major functions are to acquire, preserve, catalogue and document Hong Kong films and related materials. The building houses a cinema, an exhibition hall, a resource centre and four temperature controlled storerooms for the collection. It has already acquired more than 9000 films and 1 000 000 related materials, mainly through donations and deposits. The major donations in 2009 included over 95 films produced in 1980s to 2000s together with over 3 000 items of film related material from Dream Movies Entertainment Overseas Limited. Major events during 2009 included the exhibitions on Lin Dai Collection and Qi Xiao Fu 50th Anniversary.

Art Promotion Office

The Art Promotion Office organised numerous activities and projects on public and community art in collaboration with various partners with the aim of promoting. art appreciation and public participation.

Works arising from Public Art Scheme 2006 were displayed at Ko Shan Road Park, Hong Kong Heritage Discovery Centre and Po Hong Kong Park in early 2009. The 'Oasis Mirage: Hong Kong International Sculpture Symposium 2009' in partnership with Hong Kong Sculpture Society was held at the West Kowloon Waterfront Promenade in March-April 2009. This symposium was the first of its kind in form and scale in Hong Kong, inviting visitors to share the joy of artistic creation,