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Outstanding home economics students to be awarded
Fifty-two secondary students, including two boys, will receive the 1996 Outstanding Home Economics Students awards in a ceremony on Saturday (June 8).
The Assistant Director of Education (Chief Inspector of Schools), Mr Ho Che- leung, will officiate at the ceremony.
The scheme, organised by the Home Economics Section, Advisory Inspectorate of the Education Department, aims at promoting secondary students' interests in home economics and developing their appreciation of the value of the subject in meeting their future personal and family needs.
Under the theme 'Home Economics in my school', the scheme is divided into the junior and senior sections, which open to S1 to S3 and S4 to $7 students respectively.
More than 20,000 students participated in the scheme.
Chau Kim-tung from Queen Elizabeth School, Fung Wai-ting from Assembly of God Hebron Secondary School and Wong Siu-king from Sheng Kung Hui Lam Woo Memorial Secondary School won the first, second and third prizes of the junior section respectively.
For the senior section, Fung Chui-shan from Ying Wa Girls' School, Cheung Lok-pui from Diocesan Girls' School and Lai Oi-shuen from Daughters of Mary Help of Christians Siu Ming Catholic Secondary School were the winners of the first three awards.
They will be each presented with cash prize and a trophy. Their teachers will also receive a souvenir in the ceremony.
In addition to the six winners, 45 outstanding students from 40 secondary schools have won the highly commended or nomination prizes.
The winning entries will be displayed in the ceremony.
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