Hong Kong team achieves excellent results at Asian Physics Olympiad (with photo)
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The APhO aims to promote physics education as well as to nurture and inspire students who are exceptionally talented in physics. The APhO 2026 was held in Korea from May 17 to 25. Over 200 contestants from 27 countries or regions participated in the competition.
Liu Lincoln (Sha Tin College) won one gold medal in the competition, and attained Best Performance in Theoretical Examination with a perfect score in the theoretical examination. The six bronze medallists were Chen Siguo (St Paul's Co-educational College), Chin Ho-yee (Sing Yin Secondary School), Lee Ho-yin (St Joseph's College), Kasper Liu (St Paul's Co-educational College), Timothy Tian (St Paul's Co-educational College) and Martin Tsoi (Queen's College). In addition, Tsang Marcus (Ying Wa College) received an honourable mention.
The Secretary for Education, Dr Choi Yuk-lin, congratulated the Hong Kong team today (May 27) on their outstanding achievements. "The Hong Kong team has achieved remarkable results in the APhO 2026, demonstrating the concerted efforts of various stakeholders in promoting STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) and gifted education."
Dr Choi stressed, "The Education Bureau (EDB) places great emphasis on strengthening talent support for the development of science and innovation and technology (I&T). In alignment with the strategic goals of the National 15th Five-Year Plan to promote a high-quality education system and expand our talent pool, we are intensifying our efforts to advance digital education, as well as enhancing the nurturing of students studying science and mathematics at the senior secondary level to build a solid foundation for advanced scientific and I&T learning. Moreover, we have continued to support schools in making effective use of their student talent pool to discover students' potential and demonstrate their strengths, thereby nurturing I&T talent with a global perspective and an innovative spirit for Hong Kong and our country."
EDB has consistently been committed to promoting the implementation of gifted education in schools and continues to support the Hong Kong Academy for Gifted Education (HKAGE) in taking forward more and wider student activities for gifted students, including arranging for gifted students to participate in territory-wide, cross-territory, national and international competitions.
Members of the Hong Kong team had earlier distinguished themselves in last year's Hong Kong Physics Olympiad, and subsequently received training under the enrichment programme arranged by HKAGE. The outstanding students in the programme were then selected as contestants representing Hong Kong to participate in the APhO this year. The Hong Kong team's participation in the competition was fully funded by the EDB.
Ends/Wednesday, May 27, 2026
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