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In science and technology, creative secondary students with talents in digital animation garnered top prizes and awards from different film festivals hosted in Croatia, Argentina, Australia and the United States.
In the areas of visual arts, languages and creativity, our students also had achievements in various renowned international competitions. Primary and secondary students were awarded a total of six out of 12 Grand Prizes in the International Students' Visual Arts Contest cum Exhibition of Hong Kong (2010) in which 3 200 entries were submitted from 25 countries in the five continents. Other awards included the 11th International Meeting of Juvenile Art Evora 2010 (Best Collection and First Individual Prize), the 15th International Competition of Children's Art Works Slovenia (First Prize), the 19th International Children's Painting Competition on the Environment (Global First Prize), the 29th International Public Speaking Competition (First Runner-up), and the Odyssey of the Mind World Finals (First Prize).
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In music, Hong Kong students also achieved excellent performance at the 64th Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod, 6th World Choir Games and 2010 Busan Choral Festival & Competition with a total of six champions and three first runners-
up.
In sports, Hong Kong students won a number of medals in various high-level international events including, in squash, five bronze in the Guangzhou 2010 Asian Games, two silver in the 1st Youth Olympic Games, and one gold and two bronze at the 2010 Asian Junior Individual Championship; in rope skipping, 20 gold, 13 silver and 15 bronze as well as the World Cup, which is the highest award of the 8th World Rope Skipping Championships; in rowing, three gold, four silver and five bronze in the Asian Cup Junior Championships; in baseball, one bronze in the Asian- Pacific Regional Tournament 2010 (Little League); in table tennis, 36 gold, 32 silver and 32 bronze in the Junior and Cadet Open ITTF Junior Circuit run in 10 different countries/cities; in swimming, three bronze in the 2nd Asian Beach Games (Women's 5 kilometres Marathon Swimming); and in orienteering, ten gold, four silver and four bronze in the 2nd Asian Championships and two gold in the All China Championships. The students also broke four Hong Kong records in the Asian Grand Prix and demonstrated excellent performance in the Asian Schools Table- tennis and Handball Championships as well as the Schools Interport Athletics, Cross Country, Swimming, Football, Basketball, Table-tennis and Hockey Championships.
Major Challenges Ahead
Facilitating Parallel Development of Publicly-funded and Self-financing Post-secondary Education
To provide more diversified study pathways for youngsters, the Government adopts a two-pronged strategy to promote the parallel development of publicly- funded and self-financing post-secondary education sectors.
For the publicly-funded sector, the Government plans to double the number of University Grants Committee (UGC)-funded senior year undergraduate intake places