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14 receive awards for Essay Competition of Women's Commission's exhibition

The Women's Commission hosted today (May 9) an award presentation ceremony of the Essay Competition of the Exhibition on "Women of Hong Kong – A Century of Contribution and Development". A total of 14 awardees, including primary and secondary students, and members of the public, were presented prizes at the ceremony.

The Commission held an exhibition on "Women of Hong Kong – A Century of Contribution and Development" last year from November 30 to December 3. The exhibition presented to the public the history of Hong Kong women's development in various aspects over the past century. An essay competition was organised alongside the exhibition to invite members of the public to reflect on gender issues and to express their views after visiting the exhibition so as to further enhance gender awareness of the public.

The response was overwhelming and a total of 104 entries were received, with 73 from females and 29 from males. Among them, 77 entries were from the Secondary Schools Division. There were 14 winners in total and nine of them are female. The list of awards and the winners is as follows:

Women's Commission Essay Competition of the Exhibition on
Women of Hong Kong – A Century of Contribution and Development
List of Awards Winners

Division	Award	Name	School
Open	Champion	Ms YIM Lai-wah	／
	1st Runner-up	Miss LEE Wai-man	／
	2nd Runner-up	Mr TSE Ying-yeung	／
	Merit	Mr CHAN Chi-yeung	／
	Merit	Miss WONG Kit-yi, Iris	／
Secondary Schools	Champion	Miss MAK Noble Hong-sze	Diocesan Girls' School
	1st Runner-up	Miss YUNG Kar-kei	Diocesan Girls' School
	2nd Runner-up	Mr CHAN Chi-ho	Pentecostal LamHon Kwong School
	Merit	Miss LAM Yan-lok, Tiffany	Diocesan Girls' School
	Merit	Miss KUNG Janice	Diocesan Girls' School
	Merit	Miss TSOI Hiu-sze	TWGHs Lui Yun Choy Memorial College
	Merit	Miss SZE Man-man	Fukien Secondary School (Siu Sai Wan)
Primary Schools	Merit	Mr HUI Gavin	Tai Po Government Primary School
	Merit	Mr SUNG Ho-hin	Po Leung Kuk Leung Chow Shun Kam Primary School P.M.

The list of winners and their entries have been uploaded to the Commission's website (www.women.gov.hk) for public reference.

Ends/Friday, May 9, 2008