The 42^nd ICBP Science Quiz was held in Singapore on February 19, 2021.  This was the first time the quiz was held online.  The competition consisted of the senior and junior category and was conducted in English.  Topics covered Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Information Technology.  32 students participated in the competition this year.  Mr. Chan Ka Kong, Ms. Cheong Wai Man, Ms. Leong Ieng Ieng, Mr. Chan Kin Hong, and Ms. Io Hio Fai were the students’ instructors.  The competition concluded with a total of 7 golds, 12 silvers, and 13 bronzes from Pui Ching contestants, including 5 golds, 7 silvers, and 8 bronzes in the Senior Category and 2 golds, 5 silvers, and 5 bronzes in the Junior Category.  The number of our award winners this year has been the greatest since Pui Ching first participated in the competition. 

Award winners are as follows:

SENIOR CATEGORY:

Gold Award: Ip Chon Hou, Lam Wang Iok, Un Chon Un, Lei Weng Seong, Lei I Lam (Senior 1)

Silver Award: Wong Tin Iao, Leong Sin Ian, Wong Tan I, Tang Seng Hoi, Iao Kai Lok, Ng Hio Man, Cheng Oi Wa (Senior 1)

Bronze Award: Lio Man Tek, Chio Chi Ian, Chan Lit Kei, Cheong Cheng Peng, Chan Chon Hong, Wong Teng Ieong, Ho Weng Kei (Senior 1), Chu Wai In (Junior 3)

JUNIOR CATEGORY:

Gold Award: Tong Iok Lam, Ho Ian Wa (Junior 2)

Silver Award: Sou Hoi Cheng, Iong Hou Chin, Chao Chon U, Lao Chit, Leong Pok Hei (Junior 2)

Bronze Award: Wong Lam Wa, Song Lam Hun, Leong Chi U, Tong Kin Leng, Choi Wai In (Junior 2)

The founding ceremony for the Society for the Graduating Class of 2028 was held on May 8.  The ceremony proceeded under social-distancing guidelines.

The ceremony started at 10 in the morning.  Principal Kou Kam Fai of Macao Pui Ching Middle School and Mr. Wong Hon Kin, President of Macao Pui Ching Alumni Association both gave a speech to the students at the ceremony following the school anthem.  Mr. Lao Weng Seng, Member of the School Board of Directors and Honorary President of Macao Pui Ching Alumni Association, and Mr. Mok Chi Wai, Member of the School Board of Directors and Chairman of the Macao Pui Ching Alumni Association Assembly, both acted as the officiating guests and presented awards to students, including awards for the Graduating Class Flag Design Competition.  

After the ceremony, students performed the musical “Be the Best Version of Yourself”.  The musical consisted of five Acts and received great feedback from the guests, teachers and students.  The ceremony was broadcast live online.  It concluded in the thunderous applause of the audience.  

The Pui Ching Men’s Basketball Team outplayed Keang Peng School by 38:33 in Category D, clinching the championship in the Interschool Basketball Competition.  Our Women’s Basketball Team outplayed Our Lady of Fatima Girls’ School by 28:23 after the overtime period, clinching the championship in Category D, the fourth championship after Category A, B, and C in this academic year!

Men’s basketball game (Category D):

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rsCJptkmKcw&feature=youtu.be

Women’s basketball game (Category D):

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-QuZtFUgvZo&feature=youtu.be

Principal Kou joined the 110^th anniversary events of Tsinghua University on April 24 and 25.  This was the second time Principal Kou has been invited to the anniversary celebration of Tsinghua University.  He is also the only secondary school principal in Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan who has been invited to the celebration.  

Principal Kou attended the Discovery and Cultivation of Talents Forum on the 24^th, followed by the 2021 University Presidents Global Forum, whose theme this year was “Creating Our Future Together: The Vision and New Mission of Universities.  Presidents of top universities such as Yale University expressed their opinions either online or in person on the cultivation of talents.  Principal Kou attended the 64^th Student Track and Field Sports Meet on the 25^th.  The Tsinghua University 110^th Anniversary Dinner Party was held in the evening.