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Results of English essay contest announced
Sixteen secondary school students have outstripped some 150 other participants in an English essay competition aimed at paying tribute to teachers.
These winners in the Respect Our Teachers English Essay Contest have written outstanding pieces, in prose or fiction of fewer than 2,000 words on "A Memorable Encounter with my Teacher" or "A Tribute to My Teacher". A prize-giving ceremony will be held in late-March this year.
The champion for Group A (Secondary 4 and 5) of the contest is Joanna Law of St Paul's School (Lam Tin) while the first and second runners-up are Connie Yan Tin- yee of Maryknoll Convent School and Dara Lee of Diocesan Girls' School respectively.
In Group B (Secondary 6 and 7), the champion is Tim Beyer of Wah Yan College, Hong Kong. The first runner-up is Denise Woo of Diocesan Girls' School and the second runner-up Jenny Chung of Heep Yunn School.
Other winners in Group A are Tejaswini Dhavale of Sear Rogers International School, Man Hoi-yee of Buddhist Ma Kam Chan Memorial English Secondary School, Rufina Lam of Our Lady's College, Cynthia Tang Wai-wing of Holy Family Canossian College and Hanny Wan of Belilios Public School.
Merit prizes in Group B go to Elaine So of Heep Yunn School, Michael Leung Yee-lun of La Salle College, Juliana Fong Ngo-sai of Holy Family Canossian College, Lee Wai-ping of Belilios Public School and Jennifer Man of Diocesan Girls' School.
The winners will receive a trophy. In addition, the champion of each group will be awarded a cash prize of $2,000 while the first and second runners-up will receive $1,500 and $1,000 respectively. Five merit prize winners of each group will each receive $400.
Winners were selected by a panel of judges comprising prominent academics of English, lecturers of the Hong Kong Institute of Education and inspectors of the Education Department.
The contest, jointly organised by the Committee on Respect Our Teaches Campaign and the Education Department and sponsored by Hongkong Standard, is aimed at increasing awareness of respect for teachers and promoting their image.
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