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EVENT

Diplomatic Knowledge Contest

2nd Hong Kong Cup Diplomatic Contest – Final

2008.06.28

The Finals of the 2nd Hong Kong Cup Diplomatic Knowledge Contest were successfully held on 28 July 2008. Last year’s Champion, the CNEC Christian College won again in this year’s contest, while the Cheung Chuk Shan College and the PLK Tang Yuk Tien College were proclaimed 1st Runner-up and 2nd Runner-up respectively. The Baptist Lui Ming Choi Secondary School and Ying Wa College were given the Awards of Merit. (Please refer to the below list for the other 10 shortlisted schools). Jointly organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China in the HKSAR, the Education Bureau and the Better Hong Kong Foundation, the contest was co-organized with the China Foreign Affairs University, the China Institute of International Studies, Mingpao, China Central Television, Hong Kong Cable TV, Wenweipo, Xinhuanet and China News Services. Sponsors of the contest were Air China and Sino United Publishing (Holdings) Ltd.

The five teams competed in three different sections including the mandatory question and answer section, the scenario improvisation section and the compete-to-answer section. Questions covered various aspects such as history of China’s contemporary diplomatic policies, development of international relationships, current issues, 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, etc. Through the agility of their responses and strength of their supporting evidence, the students demonstrated their strong knowledge and understanding of China’s diplomacy.

The Commissioner of the Commissioner’s Office of China’s Foreign Ministry in the HKSAR Mr. Lu Xinhua, the Deputy Director of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the HKSAR Mr. Li Gang, the Secretary for Education Mr. Michael Suen and the Foundation’s Trustee Tan Sri Dato’ David Chiu were the officiating guests and presented trophies to winning teams. Commissioner Lu congratulating the winners and the success of the contest, hailed the young people in Hong Kong for their good team work and keen grasp of China’s foreign policy and commitment and care for their motherland.

Judges of the contest included Mr. Zhan Yongxin, the Deputy Commissioner of the Commissioner’s Office of China’s Foreign Ministry in the HKSAR; Mr. Xu Jian, Vice President, China Institute of International Studies; Professor Qin Yaqing, Vice President of China Foreign Affairs University; Mrs Sophie Leung, Legislative Councilor and Prof. John  Leong, President of the Open University of Hong Kong. There were more than 300 attendees. Xinhuanet and people.com.cn had a live broadcast at their networks. The Cable TV also broadcast the contest on 29 August 2008. Details of the contest are available at http://marketing.mingpao.com/foreign_affairs/index.cfm.

The 2nd Hong Kong Cup Diplomatic Knowledge Contest was launched in March 2008. A total of 121 local secondary schools have participated in the contest which consisted of first round competition, semifinals and finals. An open competition category for the general public was first established for this year’s contest. Over 6,000 people participated in the open competition in which 61 prizes were awarded.

* List of the other 10 shortlisted schools:

Chan Sui Ki (La Salle) College 
Sing Ying Secondary School   
PLK Centenary Li Shiu Chung Memorial College 
STFA Lee Shau Kee College   
SPHRC Kung Yik She Secondary School 
La Salle College   
CCC Ming Kei College 
SKH Lam Kau Mow Secondary School   
Ma On Shan St. Joseph’s Secondary School 
Ng Wah Catholic Secondary School 


Foundation’s Trustee Tan Sri Dato’ David Chiu (3rd right) presenting the award to one of the winning teams


Foundation’s Executive Director Ms. Karen Tang (6th left) and Deputy Commissioner Mr. Yang Zigang (7th left) presenting souvenirs to guests


Group photo of guests and winning teams