The 12^th Soong Ching Ling Young Inventor’s Award competition was held from July 30 to August 2 in the Guiyang Exhibition Hall.  The competition attracted student contestants from all over the country and saw 2,266 student inventions.  255 inventions entered the final, where young inventors would answer questions about their works.  Primary 5 student Mr. Pak Ian Ho joined the competition under the guidance of his teacher Mr. Kuok Chin Un and clinched the Gold Award.  His invention, the Sound-Controlled Escalator for the Visually-Impaired, was the only Gold Award from the Macau Special Administrative Region.