Press Release

(Hong Kong – 17 January 2023) At the 3^rd Hong Kong Academy for Gifted Education (HKAGE or the Academy) Outstanding Student Awards Ceremony held on 13 January 2023, Gifted Star Awards, Outstanding Student Award and Outstanding Alumnus Award were presented to 15 student members and alumni to recognise their outstanding attainments in various local and international competitions. 

Ir Dr LAM Hiu Fung Alan, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the HKAGE, said at the ceremony that the annual awards presentation ceremony was originally proposed by him when he first took office as Chairman of the HKAGE, with the aim of encouraging outstanding students. ‘Among the various international competitions in which outstanding achievements were attained by our students this year, many were competitions in innovative technologies. While the national "14^th Five-Year Plan" indicates clear support for Hong Kong's development into an international innovation and technology hub, gifted students will play an important role in this regard. The HKAGE is committed to nurturing gifted students to become quality seeds in such development. I hope our student members will uphold Hong Kong's core values, shine brightly, and become important pillars of society in future.’

Outstanding Student and Alumnus

Among the 14 Gifted Star Awards winners(please refer to the awardee list for details), CHENG Yat Long, currently a year-1 student at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, was also presented the Outstanding Student Award. Yat Long has completed 64 programmes in the HKAGE and has represented Hong Kong and won numerous awards in various International Science Olympiads. He was also a winner of the HKAGE’s Gifted Star Award back in 2020.

Alumnus YIP Chi Ching Anson was presented the Outstanding Alumnus Award. The gifted big brother has learned martial arts from his father, a then Kung Fu master, since childhood and is now running a martial arts training organisation for promoting martial arts to the public. Anson is also committed to youth work and has established a training centre to serve the youth at risk. The organisation he founded was the first martial arts organisation in Hong Kong to win the Hong Kong Outstanding Corporate Citizenship Award (Volunteer Team).

In his spare time, Mr YIP is actively engaged in voluntary work and contribute to society. He was selected by the then Home Affairs Bureau as an Youth Ambassador in 2019, and was awarded the Greater Bay Area Young Leader Award in the same year. Mr YIP has been supporting the HKAGE as a volunteer alumnus for several years. He has delivered talks to parents of gifted students and served as instructor of the Academy’s talent development programmes for student members.

Participation in Face-to-face International Competitions to Resume Normal

Dr WONG Kam Yiu Jimmy, Executive Director of the HKAGE, said in his Closing Remarks, ‘Over the past year, the HKAGE has been committed to identifying and nurturing students gifted in various aspects. I am glad to see that students from different backgrounds and with different talents are receiving awards to recognise their performance this year. With the further adjustment of local anti-epidemic measures, the Academy will resume selecting students to participate in face-to-face international competitions in the year ahead. I look forward to hearing the awardees’ experience of participating in competitions around the world being shared at the awards ceremony next year.’

The Hong Kong Academy for Gifted Education, a subvented non-governmental organisation, was established in 2008. It aims at serving the education sector in Hong Kong, offering high-quality information and appropriate learning opportunities to students, teachers, parents and other stakeholders engaged in gifted education. Most of its programmes are provided free of charge.

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Event Photos

Ir Dr LAM Hiu Fung Alan, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the HKAGE, says in his Welcome Remark that while the national ‘14^th Five-Year Plan’ indicates clear support for Hong Kong's development into an international innovation and technology hub, gifted students will play an important role in this regard.

CHU Cheuk Hei (second left), Gold Medal winner of the 6^th International Olympiad of Metropolises and the 2022 International Mathematical Olympiad; together with LAM Chung Wang and CHENG Yat Long (first and fourth left), also winners of the 6^th International Olympiad of Metropolises; receive the Gifted Star Awards from Dr Lander LAM (second right), Chief Curriculum Development Officer (GE) of the Education Bureau.

NG Shuk Hei (right) and SUEN Ming To (left), Gold Medal winners of the International Junior Science Olympiad 2021, receive the Gifted Star Awards from Dr WONG Kam Yiu Jimmy (middle), Executive Director of the HKAGE.

WONG Tsz Hin, Kyli CHEUNG, TAM Siu Hoi Dominic, CHAN Lok Chi, NG Lok Yan, CHONG Sik Hin Lester; award winners of the 2022 International Blockchain Olympiad; receive the Gifted Star Awards from Dr Jason YEUNG

NG Leong Hang Nathan, Grand Prize Winner and Winner of the Scientist & Mathematician of the Student of the Year Award 2021-22, shares his feelings about winning the Gifted Star Award through a video clip. He was unable to attend the ceremony in person.

Chloe Benki SHING (left), Community Contributor (Final 12) of the Student of the Year Award 2021-22, receive the Gifted Star Awards from Mr WONG Chung Po (right), Associate Director (Programme) of the HKAGE.

CHENG Yat Long (left), the HKAGE’s recent alumnus who is now a year-1 student at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, receives the Outstanding Student Award from Ir Dr Alan LAM (right), Chairman of the Board of Directors, HKAGE.

Gifted alumnus YIP Chi Ching Anson (left), who is actively engaged in voluntary work, receives the Outstanding Alumnus Award from Ir Dr Alan LAM (right), Chairman of the Board of Directors, HKAGE.

Graduates of the Training Programme for Parents of Gifted Children are awarded the Certificate of Completion by Dr Ada LI (middle), Member of the Advisory Committee on Gifted Education.

Dr WONG Kam Yiu Jimmy, Executive Director of the HKAGE, says in his Closing Remark that with the further adjustment of local anti-epidemic measures, the Academy will resume selecting students to participate in face-to-face international competitions in the year ahead.

The award winners take a group photo with the guests and representatives of the HKAGE.