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Hong Kong students have brought glory home by winning five First Prizes, one Second Prize, and 10 Third Prizes at "The 1st Pan-Pearl River Delta Physics Olympiad".

Tsui Lok-man from Sing Yin Secondary School ranked second at the competition with his overall scores.

"The 1st Pan-Pearl River Delta Physics Olympiad" was held simultaneously at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Shenzhen Secondary School on January 29. The competition was jointly organised by the Hong Kong Physics Olympiad Committee and the Physics Teaching Professional Commission of the Chinese Society of Education. A total of 174 top secondary students participated in the competition. Among them, 148 were the elite from secondary schools of nine provinces on the Mainland. The 26 Hong Kong participants were trainees of the Physics Enhancement Programme of the Education and Manpower Bureau's 'Support Measures for the Exceptionally Gifted Students Scheme'. They were selected to take part in a series of enhancement courses after they had achieved outstanding performance in the Hong Kong Physics Olympiad 2004.

"The 1st Pan-Pearl River Delta Physics Olympiad" aims at enhancing students' understanding of physics and motivation in learning, and exploring their talents in the subject. It provides a challenging opportunity for elites of physics on the Mainland and Hong Kong and also serves to boost the interflow of ideas and practices in physics education among provinces in China and Hong Kong.

The list of Hong Kong winners is as follows:

First Prize

Name Level School

Tsui Lok-man S6 Sing Yin Secondary School

Cheung Ka-hei S6 Wah Yan College (Hong Kong)

Cheng Wa-wing S6 Kwun Tong Maryknoll College

Hui Hoi-yin S6 SKH Lam Woo Memorial Secondary School

Lai Kai-tsun S6 Baptist Lui Ming Choi Secondary School

Second Prize

Name Level School

So Kin-ming S5 St Paul's College

Third Prize

Name Level School

Leung Ming-lam S6 Sha Tin Methodist College

Yeung Tim-wai S6 Carmel Secondary School

Wong Yu-yeung S6 St Francis of Assisi's College

Leung Kin-wai S6 Diocesan Boys' School

Chan Pak-shing S5 SKH Tsang Shiu Tim Secondary School

Chan Chun-kit S6 Sing Yin Secondary School

Wong Ka-wing S6 Christian Alliance College

Wong Kwok-pang S5 Queen's College

Wong Wan-Keung S6 Sing Yin Secondary School

Lau Ka-lun S6 TWGHs Kap Yan Directors' College

Activity snapshots are available at the website of the Support Measures for the Exceptionally Gifted Students Scheme at http://gifted.hkedcity.net/.

Ends/Monday, February 7, 2005

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