Three students from Pui Ching Middle School represented Macau in the Asia-Pacific Conference of Young Scientists 2019 held in Russia.  The APCYS consists of five categories: Physics, Mathematics, Computing Science, Life Science, and Environmental Science.  The Competition is comprised of a poster presentation and oral defense.

Pui Ching won 3 Gold Awards and 1 Silver Award in the Life Science Category.  Senior 1 students Leong Weng I and Lam Chi U won the Gold Award in both the poster presentation and oral defense section of the competition.  Senior 2 student Fong Chon Hei won the Silver Award in the poster presentation section and the Gold Award in the oral defense section.  Their instructors were Ms. Io Hio Fai and Ms. Leong Ieng Ieng.

APCYS 2020 will be held in July next year in Macau.  It will be hosted by the Macau Science and Technology Association and co-organized by Pui Ching Middle School.  About 200 contestants from over 20 countries and regions will be participating in the event.