In the 23^rd Millennium Entrepreneurship Programme organised by Rotary Club of Harmony and Prosperity Hong Kong and Wofoo Social Enterprises, and co-organised with Rotary Club of Victoria and Rotary Club of Harmony and Prosperity Hong Kong, our students achieved outstanding results.   Under the guidance of the mentors arranged by the organizer, all student participants enjoyed a fruitful learning journey about entrepreneurial spirit as well as learning a range of generic skills.  
 

The "Artificial Intelligence and Innovation and Technology Competition" was jointly organized by the Education Bureau, the Department of Mathematics and Information Technology of the Education University of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Association for Computer Education, the Hong Kong Joint School Technology Education Association, and the Hong Kong Technology Education Association.

The competition theme was "Using artificial intelligence, innovative technology, or mathematical modeling to solve problems on campus or in daily life." The competition targets secondary school students across Hong Kong and aims to promote education in artificial intelligence and innovative technology, as well as to enhance their creative problem-solving abilities. The organizers hope that through participating in this competition, students will actively engage in campus life, think about problems encountered on campus or in daily life, apply logical thinking, interdisciplinary knowledge, artificial intelligence and innovative technology, mathematical modeling, and plan and create solutions to solve difficult problems, thereby enhancing their creative problem-solving abilities and fostering a spirit of collaboration to solve problems on campus or in daily life.
 

Congratulations to our girls for their excellent achievements in the competition. Competing against numerous talented teams, our girls received the following awards and over three thousand dollars of vouchers in the award ceremony held on 4 March 2023. 
 

 

·      Gold Award

·      Best Young Inventor Award

·      Eurobusiness-Haller & Haller Pro Invention Foundation Special Award 

The International Invention Innovation Competition in Canada, iCAN, is a world-recognized premier event of Canada for inventors who have shown continuous growth and improvement since its first edition in 2016 through to 2022, with each year breaking the previous year’s records for the total number of participants, countries taking part and collaborating organizations. The Last 7 editions of iCAN from 2016 to 2022 featured participants from 95 different countries around the world which has elevated and redefined iCAN to become the ultimate global stage for merging worldwide creativity and innovation in Toronto, Canada.

Our students participated in the Hong Kong Technology Competition 2022 organized by Kelab Creative Science on 31^st May 2022.  The competition challenged students to apply their scientific knowledge to design a car capable of climbing a hill.
 

We are delighted to announce the awardees:

 

We are delighted to share with you that 6F Bethany Chow was one of the Finalists of 2021-22 “Hong Kong Outstanding Students Award" presented by Youth Arch Foundation! She received the honor and the certificate with the rest of the awardees in the Prize Presentation Ceremony held on 4 Feb 2023.
 

Congratulations to Bethany and best wishes for her next endeavour.

As one of the most recognised and prestigious awards for secondary school students in Hong Kong, HKOSA aims at enhancing students’ self-discovery and developing their potential. The Finalists and Awardees have to take part in rounds of challenges as well as voluntary enrichment programs in order to be selected for the final rounds. It is a precious opportunity to broaden their horizons and strengthen their core competencies throughout the contest.    

At the 3rd Hong Kong Academy for Gifted Education Outstanding Student Awards Ceremony held on 13 January 2023, Gifted Star Awards, Outstanding Student Award and Outstanding Alumnus Award were presented to 15 student members and alumni to recognise their outstanding attainments in various local and international competitions.
 

Congratulations to SHING Chloe Benki (F.6F), the awardee of the “Gifted Star Award” (香港資優教育學苑「傑出學員獎」) for her achievement in obtaining the Student of the Year Award 2021-22 (Community Contributor (Final 12)).
 

We are happy to announce our school Sports Team has made outstanding achievements in the Inter-school Cross Country Competition 2022/23 (Division III Area 1).  

 

Abby Cheung (1F) won 3rd place in C Grade while Emmie Szeto (3F) was the champion in B Grade. Aubrey Yau (5D) won 2nd place in A Grade and, together with Agnes Tsang (6C) and Avlynn Tsang (6F), won overall champion in A Grade.

 

Finally, the Team achieved an overall 3rd place in the competition.  Participating Sports Team members included Mehmood Hafra (1E), Chloe Yam (1E), Abby Cheung (1F), Carrisa Lam (3E), Emmie Szeto (3F), Priscilla Lam (4E), Aubrey Yau (5D), Agnes Tsang (6C) and Avlynn Tsang (6F).

 

Congratulations to the Sports Team!

Below are the classical Chinese poem and Christy’s translation.

 

李奎報〈奇尙書退食齋 用東坡韻賦一絶〉

獵獵風輕細雨斜

春工催却一番花

宅邊唯種陶潛柳

不似人間富貴家

 

 

Our students took part in the Poetry Remake Competition, a cross-curricular activity jointly organised by the English Language Education Section and Arts Education Section of the Curriculum Development Institute, in 2021/22.    To join the competition, students had to create a two-dimensional artwork in response to an English poem written by a poet in Hong Kong, and then write an artist statement in English to explain the ideas in their work.

 

We are delighted to announce the list of awardees from our school:

 

Outstanding Award: Esther Chan (F.3D in the year 2021/22)

 

Outstanding Award: Judith Chan (F.5E in the year 2021/22)

Commendable Award: Olive Pang (F.5E in the year 2021/22) and Yidon Wong (F.5C in the year 2021/22)

 

Two prize-giving ceremonies were held to celebrate their achievements.

 

Our school was glad to be a speaker of the topic on "Design Thinking in Education" at the Learning & Teaching Expo 2022. Our teachers, Ms. Jenny Chan and Mr. Benedict Kwok presented the latest STEM development in our school while our girls, Ice Chow and Chloe Tam from Form 3E and Jaycee Zhao from Form 3C, were eager to share their STEM project with the public in the afternoon of 9th December 2022 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.

 

Learning & Teaching Expo is Asia’s Leading Education Expo and Hong Kong’s annual signature event for educators. Supported by the education community from Hong Kong, China and increasingly across the Asia-Pacific region, the Expo enters its twelfth year this year. It provides an annual platform for education buyers, governments, school leaders, teachers and educators in Asia to discover and source the latest developments in educational resources and learning technology.

 

 

第十七屆宋慶齡少年兒童發明獎香港區頒獎典禮榮邀香港特別行政區財政司副司長黃偉綸先生, GBS, JP 擔任主禮嘉賓以及教育局副局長施俊輝先生, JP、教育局首席助理秘書長謝婉貞女士及香港新一代文化協會主席鄭利明博士擔任頒獎嘉賓。

Congratulations to our girls Nicole Ng from Form 4E and Abbie Wong from Form 4F for their excellent achievement at the captioned national competition. Competing against numerous teams of talents across our country, our girls won the Bronze Award in the competition.  

 

The talk broadened our girls’ horizons and ignited a passion for STEM in them. At the end of the talk, Dr. Lam presented the Bronze Award of the CityU Science Video Competition 2022 to 5D Genevieve Lai and Laura Wong and had a discussion session with them after the talk.

 

The CityU Science Video Competition 2022 aims to develop public interest in science and inspire creative thinking about science. Participants created short and innovative videos that explain or demonstrate a scientific principle or phenomenon that would otherwise require many words to communicate. The following is the video made by our girls Genevieve and Laura:

 

Do look out for updates on School News and emails if you are interested in taking part in similar programs in the future!

Miriam Lo (F.5D) has just completed the Gifted Programme ‘Become a STEM Founder: Guide to Start-up Success’ co-organised by Jumpstart Media Limited and the Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited, which was funded by the Education Bureau. 

 

In the programme, students have learnt STEM-related knowledge (such as Artificial Intelligence, Smart Cities, Fintech) and skills in establishing a STEM start-up which included product development, finance, revenue model /pricing, pitching, legalities of start-ups. Students hence made use of such knowledge to design a new product and prepared a pitching demonstration to present their start-up plans to potential investors and start-up entrepreneurs.

 

Hope you will earn such valuable and memorable experience and broaden your horizons! 

 

Jenny Chow (F.5D) has just completed joining a summer program organised by the Chinese University of Hong Kong – Nurturing Gifted Students to be Entrepreneurs: Solving Business Problems with STEM knowledge, and obtained various prizes in internal competitions.
 

Her team was awarded the 2nd Runner-up in the Social Media Challenge and won the overall Championship in both Top Group Project and the Hackathon Challenge.
 

Congratulations to our girls Nicole Ng from Form 4E, Lammi Pang, Abbie Wong and Sophia Lo from Form 4F for their excellent achievement at the 13th "BeiDou" China Adolescent Science & Technology Innovation Contest.  Competing against numerous teams of talents across our country, our girls won the First Award in the competition.  

 

The 13th "Beidou Cup" National Youth Science and Technology Innovation Contest was organized by the Science and Technology Department of the Ministry of Education, the Youth Science and Technology Centre of the Chinese Association for Science and Technology and the China Satellite Navigation System Management Office. It aims to promote the spirit of science and improve the scientific and technological innovation capabilities of young people.

 

After several rounds of selection, involving written work and oral presentations before esteemed judges, Lois was awarded the Championship prize – a Full Exchange Scholarship to one of the overseas Youth Exchange Camps held by the Lions Club. 
 

This year, applicants had to answer the question “Media facilitates search for truth or spreads fake news?” In a day and age when most reading is done through a screen, Lois has given a thoughtful response and has shown impressive level insight into this relevant topic. Her submission can be viewed here, we would like to invite others to read it as well. 

 

 

學友社「傑出中學生領袖選舉」已步入第十七年，歷年來已有逾二百所中學，超過四千位中學生參選，備受學界肯定。參選同學可以透過領袖培訓認識提昇自我，培養不同領袖素養，為急速的環境轉變早作準備。同學亦有機會設計及參與社會創新項目，學習團隊協作，發揮正面影響力，以創新思維去解決社會問題。

 

Award info: https://hyc.org.hk/osl/aboutelection/

本校中文辯論隊於中學辯論比賽「鄧宗偉主席盃」奪冠！

 

「鄧宗偉主席盃」由元朗大會堂、西北聯青社、嶺南大學、香港大學中文學院中文及文化工作室合辦，旨在令青少年透過辯論方式認識社會時事，擴闊視野，發揮團隊精神。本屆的辯論主題呼應世界現況，定為「經濟金融及醫療」。

 

本校首次參加「鄧宗偉主席盃」。於二零二一年十月至十二月其間舉行的各場賽事均由中三丙劉倩妤、中三己李懿洛及中五己黃君如三位同學代表出賽，中五己黃君如更於初賽、準決賽及決賽獲頒最佳辯論員獎項。

 

於疫情下能與其他學校的辯論員實體比賽、切磋交流實是難能可貴，本校辯論隊隊員獲益良多，祈願日後再創佳績。

 

 

SOTY is an annual event (organised by the South China Morning Post) that recognises the outstanding achievements of secondary school students in academic subjects, visual and performing arts, music, sports, community service, and leadership. 

 

Congratulations again on their well-deserved success~

 

Congratulations to our girls Ice Chow, Chloe Tam and Jaycee Zhao from F.2A for their excellent achievement at the INTOC Global 2022 International Science Project Competition. With the participation of over 1000 students from 30 countries, our girls won the Golden Medal in the competition.  

 

INTOC Global 2022 International Science Project Competition is organized by INTOC Global which is an international organization to encourage and bring together productive young minds to produce solutions for the real problems of the world. This competition is supported by different scientists from prestigious institutions such as National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and European Council for Nuclear Research (CERN).

 

Congratulations to Genevieve Lai (Leader), Zita Cheung, Laura Wong, Tinky Luk and Becky Ng from F.4D for their outstanding achievement at the 22nd Millennium Entrepreneurship Programme. 

 

Selected from over a hundred business proposals, the team was selected as one of the 6 finalist teams to conduct the final pitching regarding its business proposal, finally achieving the 5th runner-up and Most Astonishing Team Spirit Award.

 

MEP (Millennium Entrepreneurship Programme) organized by The Rotary Club of Harmony and Prosperity Hong Kong and Wofoo Social Enterprises, is a tripartite project between secondary schools, business sectors and NGOs, designed to prepare younger generations to be future entrepreneurs. 

 

The theme of the 22nd MEP is “Post- Pandemic Innovation for Social Betterment”, with the aim to cultivate secondary school students to prepare to be future entrepreneurs with an open-mindedness of innovation and social responsibility. The team participated in workshops and worked under business mentor guidance to propose viable business proposals on innovative products. 

Congratulations to Alicia Lau (5F) for her outstanding achievement at the Hong Kong Young Writers Awards (HKYWA) 2022. Selected from over a thousand of entries, Alicia Lau is the winner of the P3 award for Fiction Group 4.

The Hong Kong Young Writers Awards (HKYWA) is an annual competition and fantastic opportunity for aspiring writers to showcase their talents and creativity.  The competition’s main aim is to foster excellence in creativity by providing students with the opportunity to develop their expressive talents and expand their horizons.
 

Over the years, the awards have been sponsored by Search Group, SCAD, Cyberport, Faber-Castell, Bookazine, Canadian Chamber of Commerce, International New York Times, Techni Photo, Plus Group, El Charro, Delaney’s, Shamrock Catering, Max and Mei, Nury Vittachi and Asia Exhibits House.
 

This year, participants were asked to write about Tales from the Mogao Grottoes. You can appreciate the winning entry “The Wind Full of Colours” of Alicia Lau here:
 

HKYWA winners2022_Alicia Lau.pdf

In spite of a raging global pandemic, the 20^th Model ASEAN Summit was held on 12^th-13^th February which gathered bright students from countries around Asia to discuss and promote international affairs and mediation. The topic this year was ‘Finding Durable Solutions for Refugees’ and students were tasked with presenting research materials, collaborating and reaching a consensus with other member states.
 

Starting in late October, the HKFYG hosted a 5-week intensive programme with Debate Mate UK which culminated in a live debate in December. The programme invited world-class debaters to chair the training sessions and guide participants through motions concerning future skills, education, digitalisation, sustainability, and other key global affairs.
 

We are pleased to announce that Ice Chow (F. 2A) has won the Gold Award and $8,000 book coupons in the FICTAS ABCD Conceptual Competition which is steered by the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (OGCIO) and organized by the Hong Kong New Emerging Technology Education Association (HKNETEA). She was honored to represent our school to share her ICT project Acredemic-chain in the award ceremony.