The 31^st Invention & New Product Exposition (INPEX) was held in Pittsburg from June 7^th to 9^th.  Grade 6 student Ms. Julia Cheung received the Merit Award in the domestic category.  In the same year, Pui Ching Middle School received the Innovative School Award.

Pui Ching 6^th grader Ms. Julia Cheung invented the Smart Window under the guidance of her teachers Ms. Sio Teng Chan and Ms. Chi Kuan Leong and received the Merit Award in the domestic category.  Ms. Cheung was the first Macau primary school student to receive this award.

Able to automatically close or open as a function of changes in precipitation, the Smart Window is designed to cope with unpredictable weather.  It prevents furniture and wooden flooring from getting wet in rainy weather and keeps the indoors well ventilated in dry weather.