The Better Hong Kong Foundation joined the Commissioner’s Office of China’s Foreign Ministry in HKSAR and the Education and Manpower Bureau of the HKSAR Government in organizing the First Hong Kong Cup Diplomatic Knowledge Contest. The aims of the contest were to promote student interest in the diplomatic knowledge of the country and to enhance their sense of national pride.
The event has been selected by the HKSAR government as one of the major events to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Hong Kong’s reunification with the mainland. Other organizing partners of the Contest are the Chinese Academy of Foreign Affairs, Mingpao, iCable, CCTV and Wenweipo.
The contest is divided into two parts. The first part is an intra-school contest, which will begin on 1st January 2007. The second part is an inter-school contest, the first round of which will be held on 24th March 2007, with the Semi-Final and Grand Final to be held on 14th April and 16th June 2007 respectively.
The Champion, the First Runner-up, the Second Runner-up, and two Consolation Prize winners of the Grand Final will be invited to a study tour in Beijing to meet officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. They will also visit the Diao Yu Tai State Guesthouse and other famous scenic spots in Beijing.
Organizing Committee Members: (From left): Prof. Arthur Li, Secretary for Education and Manpower; Mr. Lu Xin Hua, the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the PRC in the HKSAR; Dr. Ronnie Chan, Chairman of the Better Hong Kong Foundation
Organizing Committee Members with members of the Working Group: (From left): Miss Alice Mak, Communications Manager of the Better Hong Kong Foundation; Miss Karen Tang, Executive Director of the Better Hong Kong Foundation; Mr. Song Rong Hua, Spokesman of the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the PRC in the HKSAR; Prof. Arthur Li, Secretary for Education and Manpower; Mr. Lu Xinhua, the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the PRC in the HKSAR; Dr. Ronnie Chan, Chairman of the Better Hong Kong Foundation, Mr. Wong Hung Chiu, Permanent Secretary for Education and Manpower, Mr. Yung Po Shu, Principal Education Officer and Mr. Ming Jun Fu, Deputy Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the PRC in the HKSAR
Representatives of the organizing parties showing the poster of the event: (From Left) Mr. Song Rong Hua, Spokesman of the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the PRC in the HKSAR, Miss Karen Tang, Executive Director of the Better Hong Kong Foundation; Mr. Yung Po Shu, Principal Education Officer of the Education and Manpower Bureau
Ms. Karen Tang, Executive Director of the Better Hong Kong Foundation speaks at the press conference
