Pui Ching Middle School and the Macao Pui Ching Alumni Association co-hosted the Spring Festival celebration.  Principal Kam Fai Kou, the Macao Pui Ching Alumni Association, the Teaching Staff Association, and the Parent-Teacher Association officiated the ceremony together and extended their new year blessings to each other.

The 2017 Macao Pui Ching Cup Fencing Invitational Tournament cum Celebration of the 20^th Anniversary of the Founding of the Macao Fencing Association was held from 8:30am to 6:30pm on Sunday, January 22 at the Block H stadium at Macao Pui Ching Middle School.

The opening ceremony of the invitational tournament was held at 11:00am.  Guests of honor included Mr. Fei Toi Fong, Chief of the Macao Institute of Sports Support Services Division, Mr. Wai Lam Kuan, Vice-president of the Macao Fencing Association, Dr. Keng Lim Chan, Vice-principal of Macao Pui Ching Middle School, Mr. Veng Tong Leong, Director of Macao Pui Ching Middle School, and Mr. Chi Wai Mok, President of the Macao Pui Ching Alumni Association. 

Fencing instruction has been available to students in Pui Ching for years.  These years, the school further opened systematic fencing courses from Primary 1 to Senior 3 and founded the school fencing team.  An inter-class fencing competition was held last December at Pui Ching for students from Primary 1 to Senior 3 and inspired much enthusiasm.  To further promote the sport, Pui Ching hosted the current invitational competition with the assistance of the Macao Fencing Association, the Macao Ho Kit Fencing Sports Association, and the Macao Ngou Cheong Sports Association.  The competition attracted over 120 contestants from Macao, Mainland China, Malaysia, Taiwan, and Hong Kong.  Contestants’ age ranged from 8 to 18 and competition categories included Men’s and Women’s Epee Fencing, Sabre Fencing, and Foil Fencing.

Pui Ching Junior 3 student Mr. Man Kit Hoi won the championship at the competition in Foil Fencing Category B.  He is set to participate in the Asia Youth Championship in Thailand next month.  He has ramped up training since the competition and hopes to be one of the top four players at the Asia Youth Championship.

In Women’s Foil Fencing Category A and B, Ms. Hoi Cheng Lee of the Hong Kong i-Fencing Alliance Club won the championship; Ms. Cheng Lam Ho of Pui Ching Middle School won the second place; Mr. Wan Wong of the Ho Kit Fencing Sports Association won the third place; Ms. Chi Cheng Cheung of the Ngou Cheong Sports Association won the fourth place.  In Women’s Epee Fencing Category A, Ms. Weng Si Leong, Ms. I Nim Leong, and Ms. Hoi Cheng Si won the first and second place; Ms. Suet Cheng Lam of Ngou Cheong came in the third place.  In Men’s Foil Fencing Category A, Mr. Jia Hao Ren from Guangzhou clinched the championship; Mr. Zheng De Lin from Taiwan was the first runner-up; Mr. Wai Kit Ng of Pui Ching was the second runner-up; and Mr. Man Hin Cheong of Ngou Cheong came in the fourth place.

The Macao Pui Ching Middle School Dance Team joined the 2017 Happy Spring Festival Gala in Portugal.  The team had the pleasure of the company of Education Bureau Chief Ms. Wai Kei Leong and Director Mr. Zang Chi Wong on their trip to Portugal.  The students also received warm welcomes from the president, the secretary-general, as well as the chief supervisor of the Macao China-Portugal Dance and Art Association.

Continuing one’s education in prestigious universities in the Mainland has been many students’ dream. The increase in student intake this year by Mainland universities has been exciting news to local students. Many Pui Ching students with the interest to pursue these opportunities are encouraged to apply for school recommendation for direct admission if their grades meet the requirement. The application rate for school recommendation has increased this year to five times the rate last year.

In this morning’s weekly assembly, Principal Kam Fai Kou encouraged students accepted into universities through school recommendation to make the best of this learning opportunity. Pui Ching alumnus Mr. Ka Chon Leong returned to Pui Ching in the afternoon to share his student experience at Fudan University of Shanghai with current students of Pui Ching. He talked about the strong academic climate in Mainland universities and expressed that he would make the same choice if he were asked to choose a university again.