WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 1982
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ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD STUDENT WINS CLEAN HONG KONG CARTOON COMPETITION
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IT WAS A PROUD MOMENT FOR 11-YEAR-OLD FONG PAK-KIN, A PRIMARY V STUDENT OF NORTH POINT METHODIST PRIMARY SCHOOL, WHEN HE LEARNED THAT HE HAD BEATEN 1 611 CONTESTANTS TO WIN THE JUNIOR DIVISION OF A RECENT CARTOON COMPETITION.
THE COMPETITION WAS ORGANISED BY THE COMMUNITY YOUTH CLUB SECTION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, IN SUPPORT OF THE CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN.
+1 AM HAPPY NOT ONLY BECAUSE I WON THE FIRST PRIZE BUT ALSO BECAUSE I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN AND TO CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS IT,+ PAK-KIN SAID.
+THE COMPETITION HAS MADE ME MORE AWARE OF THE IMPORTANCE
OF CLEANLINESS IN EVERYDAY LIFE, HE ADDED.
FONG PAK-KIN WAS AMONG 1 612 STUDENTS FROM 99 PRIMARY SCHOOLS WHO TOOK PART IN THE JUNIOR DIVISION OF THE COMPETITION.
THE ENTRIES WERE CAREFULLY SCREENED YESTERDAY (TUESDAY) BY A PANEL OF JUDGES COMPRISING MR HANDRICK NG OF THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES, AND MR MAN KWONG-HANG AND MR CHAN KA-TAI OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.
PAK-KIN'S WORK, DEPICTING THE EXPULSION OF A LITTER-BUG BY ANGRY RESIDENTS, WAS CONSIDERED OUTSTANDING BOTH IN TERMS OF ORIGINALITY OF DESIGN AND EFFECTIVENESS IN CONVEYING THE MESSAGE OF CLEANLINESS. HE WILL RECEIVE A $200 BOOK-STATIONERY TOKEN AS HIS PRIZE.
THE FIRST AND SECOND RUNNERS-UP WERE CHAN PUI-SHAN OF THE PRIMARY SCHOOL OF HONG KONG SZETO CLAN'S ASSOCIATION (A.M.) AND LEUNG WAI-YEE OF KEI TSUN PRIMARY A.M, SCHOOL, WHO WILL RECEIVE BOOK/STATIONERY TOKENS OF $150 AND $100 RESPECTIVELY.
WINNERS OF THE SENIOR DIVISION OF THE COMPETITION WERE ALSO CHOSEN, OUT OF 652 ENTRIES FROM 144 SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
THE FIRST PRIZE WENT TO KWAN BING-TIM OF LUNG KONG WORLD FEDERATION SCHOOL LTD. LAU WONG FAT SECONDARY SCHOOL WHILE THE SECOND AND THIRD PRIZES WENT TO LAW CHI-WAI OF LITERARY COLLEGE AND WENDY WONG OF ST. PAUL'S SCHOOL, LAM TIN. THEY WILL RECEIVE THE SAME PRIZES AS THE WINNERS OF JÚNIOR DIVISION,
MERIT PRIZES OF $50 TOKENS WILL BE AWARDED TO 15 OTHER STUDENTS IN EACH DIVISION.
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