MONDAY, MAY 26, 1975
HONG KONG STUDENT TOPS
IN COMMONWEALTH ESSAY COMPETITION
MILLIE KWAN, A FORM 3 STUDENT OF SACRED HEART CANOSSIAN COLLEGE, HAS DEEN AVANDED THE FIRST PRIZE IN CLASS B IN THE 1974/75′′ ESSAY COMPETITION ORGANISED DY THE ROYAL COMMONWEALTH SOCIETY, THE PRIZE IS REGIONAL AIR TRAVEL FOR TWO. HONG KONG IS PRAISED BY THE SOCIETY FOR THE VERY HIGH STANDARD OF ENTRIES TO THE COMPETITION.
LUSANNA SIU OF ST. FRANCIS CANOSSIAN COLLEGE AND HABLE LAM, AMELIA LUK AND HILDA YAN OF SACRED HEART CANOSSIAN COLLEGE VERE HIGHLY COMMENDED' IN CLASS A COMPETITION. THE SAME HONOUR VENT TO HELEN CHAN OF SACRED HEART CANOSSIAN AND KAREN OR OF ST. FRANCIS CANOSSIAN COLLEGE IN CLASS D.
OTHER ESSAYS WHICH WERE COMMENDED GAME FROM JENNIFER KA-YIN NG AND EVA DUNN OF ST. PAUL'S SECONDARY SCHOOL- AND MICHELLE SHENG OF MARYKNOLL SISTERS' SCHOOL.
THA
THE COMPETITION IS HELD ANNUALLY BY THE SOCIETY VIEW TO ENCOURAGING COMMONWEALTH STUDIES IN THE SCHOOLS, THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND THIS IS THE 71ST YEAR OF THE COMPETITION.
THE HONG KONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AWARDS BOOK PRIZES TO THE FIRST THREE COMPETITORS IN EACH CLASS OF THE PRELIMINARY ROUND HELD LOCALLY.
HONG KONG'S PARTICIPATION IN THE COMPETITION IS ORGANISED BY SIR DOUGLAS CLAGUE, THE CORRESPONDING SECRETARY OF THE SOCIETY IN HONG KONG.
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