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From 20 – 29 July 2024, a study tour to Beijing and Gansu Province was organized for the winning teams of the 16th Hong Kong Cup Diplomatic Knowledge Contest. In Beijing, students visited the Ministry of Foreign Affairs where they were able to observe the press conference hosted by Spokesperson Ms Mao Ning at the Blue Hall. Following the conference, students were excited to interact with Ms. Mao, gaining valuable insights from her experiences. Moreover, a sharing session was held where young diplomats discussed their work and challenges, providing students with a deeper understanding of diplomatic practices. Other highlights of the tour included visits to the Palace Museum, the Museum of the Chinese Communist Party, the China Nuclear Industry Science and Technology Museum, and Beijing High-level Autonomous Driving Demonstration Area. Group photo with Spokesperson Ms Mao Ning at the Blue Hall Sharing session with young diplomats Visited Beijing High-level Autonomous Driving Demonstration Area Later, the group continued their study tour in Gansu Province, visiting Dunhuang, Jiayuguan, Zhangye and Lanzhou. Students were amazed by exotic and beautiful nature landscapes such as Mingsha Mountain, Crescent Moon Spring and Zhangye Danxia Landform Geological Park. They also visited historical sites such as Mogao Caves, Jiayu Pass as well as China’s Workers and Peasants Red Army Western Route Memorial Hall. To understand the new technology development, the group visited Dunhuang Solar Park (Super Mirror Power Plant) and the China National Nuclear Corporation Gansu Science Popularization Education Base. Visited Mogao Caves Visited Jiayu Pass Visited China’s Workers and Peasants Red Army Western Route Memorial Hall Through the contest, we hope that young people and the general public in Hong Kong will become more interested in learning about the development of China in the context of world diplomacy.

Since 2007, the Foundation has jointly organized the Hong Kong Cup Diplomatic Knowledge Contest with the Office of Commissioner of the PRC’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the HKSAR (Commissioner’s Office) and the Education Bureau of the HKSAR Government. The contest aimed to raise students’ interest in international affairs and knowledge of the nation’s foreign policy. “Rising to the Call of Our Time and Our World” was the theme of the 16th Hong Kong Cup Diplomatic Knowledge Competition. Nearly 70,000 students from 263 primary and secondary schools enrolled in this year’s contest which set the highest record since the launch of the contest.   The Final was successfully held on 18 May 2024   On 18 May 2024, ten shortlisted teams entered into the Final and competed under two groups, namely Elite Group and Pioneer Group, after the first-round competition in March. This year, the organizers were honored to have invited the Chief Executive Mr. John Lee as the Guest of Honor of the Final and to address us at the prize presentation ceremony. The Foundation’s Trustee Tan Sri Dato’ David Chiu, Council Members Ms. Winnie Chiu, Mr. Philip Ma, Mr. Samson Chan, Dr. Allen Shi, Ms. Clara Chan and Mr. Bosco Law, and Executive Director Ms. Karen Tang attended the Final.    The Chief Executive Mr. John Lee (3rd right) together with Commissioner Cui Jianchun (4th left) presented the Gold Award of the Elite Group to Yan Chai Hospital Wong Wha San Secondary School   In the Final, students competed for their knowledge of foreign diplomatic affairs of the PRC, Hong Kong-related foreign affairs, national and international affairs, international relationships and diplomatic etiquette. After rounds of fierce competition, the championship in Elite Group and Pioneer Group went to Yan Chai Hospital Wong Wha San Secondary School and Fukien Secondary School respectively. Around 600 audience members, comprising students and teachers from primary and secondary schools as well as invited guests, were amazed by the excellent performances of the finalists. A television program about the contest was produced and broadcast on RTHK31 channel on 9 June 2024.    The Deputy Head of the CPG Office on National Security Mr. Li Jiangzhou (6th left) together with the Secretary General of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the HKSAR Mr. Wang Songmiao (6th right) presented the Silver Awards of the Elite Group   The Foundation’s Trustee Tan Sri Dato’ David Chiu (5th left) together with the Secretary for Education Dr. Choi Yuk-lin (middle) presented the Bronze Awards of the Elite Group    The Chief Executive Mr. John Lee (left) and Commissioner Cui Jianchun (right) presented the Best Performance Award to Miss Tang Pak-man from Diocesan Girls’ School   The Winners – Secondary School Category   Elite Group Gold    Yan Chai Hospital Wong Wha San Secondary School Silver  Shatin Pui Ying College Diocesan Girls’ School  Bronze Caritas Tuen Mun Marden Foundation Secondary School Chiu Lut Sau Memorial Secondary School Best Stage Performance Tang Pak-man (Diocesan Girls’ School)   Pioneer Group Gold Fukien Secondary School Silver TWGHs Chen Zao Men College Bronze Lui Ming Choi Lutheran College Merits St. Paul’s Convent School St. Paul’s College   Best Performance Award Yan Chai Hospital Wong Wha San Secondary School Best Rookie Award St. Paul’s College The Most Active Participation Award Fukien Secondary School   The Foundation’s Executive Director Ms. Karen Tang presented the Champion Award under the Primary School Category to PLK Tin Ka Ping Primary School   The Foundation’s Council Member Mr. Philip Ma (1st left) and Dr. Allen Shi (2nd right) presented the Best Rookie Award and Best Performance Award under the Primary School Category respectively   The Foundation’s Council Member Mr. Bosco Law (5th right) and Ms. Clara Chan (4th right) presented the Active Participation Awards under the Primary School Category   Around 600 audiences were amazed by the excellent performances of the finalists

Since 2007, the Foundation has jointly organized the Hong Kong Cup Diplomatic Knowledge Contest with the Office of Commissioner of the PRC’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the HKSAR (Commissioner’s Office) and the Education Bureau of the HKSAR Government. The contest aimed to raise students’ interest in international affairs and knowledge of the nation’s foreign policy. “New Journey for the Motherland, New Chapter for Hong Kong, New Opportunities for the World” was the theme of the 15th Hong Kong Cup Diplomatic Knowledge Competition. More than 60,000 students from 253 primary and secondary schools enrolled in this year’s contest which set the highest record since the launch of the contest.   The Final was successfully held on 20 May 2023   On 20 May 2023, ten shortlisted teams entered into the Final and competed under two groups, namely Elite Group and Pioneer Group, after the first-round competition in March. This year, the organizers were honored to have invited the Chief Executive Mr. John Lee as the Guest of Honor of the Final and to address us at the prize presentation ceremony. The Foundation’s Trustee Tan Sri Dato’ David Chiu, Council Members Mr. Thomas Woo, Mr. Dario Pong and Mr. Allen Shi attended the Final.    The Chief Executive Mr. John Lee (1st right) together with Commissioner Liu Guangyuan (1st left) presented the Gold Award of the Elite Group to Yan Chai Hospital Wong Wha San Secondary School   In the Final, students competed for their knowledge of foreign diplomatic affairs of the PRC, Hong Kong-related foreign affairs, national and international affairs, international relationships and diplomatic etiquette. After rounds of fierce competition, the championship in Elite Group and Pioneer Group went to Yan Chai Hospital Wong Wha San Secondary School and Fukien Secondary School respectively. More than 200 audience members, comprising students and teachers from primary and secondary schools, were amazed by the excellent performances of the finalists. A television program about the contest was produced and broadcast on RTHK31 channel on 3 June 2019.    The Foundation’s Trustee Tan Sri Dato’ David Chiu (4th right) together with the Under Secretary for Education Mr. Jeff Sze (5th right) presented the Bronze Awards of the Elite Group   Panel of Judges: (L to R) Deputy Commissioner Pan Yundong, Ms. Cally Kwong, Prof. Lawrence Lau, Ms. Elsie Leung, Mr. Eric Li and Ms. Maria Tam   The Winners – Secondary School Category   Elite Group Gold – Yan Chai Hospital Wong Wha San Secondary School Silver –  CNEC Christian College   – Shatin Pui Ying College Bronze – Diocesan Girls’ School   – Queen’s College Best Stage Performance        – Or Yu Sze (Diocesan Girls’ School)   Pioneer Group Gold              – Fukien Secondary School Silver            – Liu Po Shan Memorial College Bronze        – CCC Fung Leung Kit Memorial Secondary School Merits          – St. Paul’s Convent School – Chiu Lut Sau Memorial Secondary School   Best Performance Award        – Yan Chai Hospital Wong Wha San Secondary School Best Rookie Award                      – Ho Fung College (Sponsored By Sik Sik Yuen) The Most Active Participation Award    – Liu Po Shan Memorial College   Students competed for the championship in the Final

The theme of the 15th Hong Kong Cup Diplomatic Knowledge Contest was “New Journey for the Motherland, New Chapter for Hong Kong, New Opportunities for the World”. More than 60,000 students from 253 primary and secondary schools enrolled in this year’s contest which set the highest record since the launch of the contest. On 2 March 2023, representatives of the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the HKSAR, the Education Bureau of the HKSAR Government and the Better Hong Kong Foundation visited Hong Kong Baptist University Affiliated School Wong Kam Fai Primary School and Diocesan Girls’ School respectively to witness the first round competition. The representatives of the three organizers also asked comments from the students on the contest as well as encouraged the students to understand more about our nation and its foreign policy so as to broaden their horizons.    Observed the first round competition at Hong Kong Baptist University Affiliated School Wong Kam Fai Primary School   Results of Primary School Category Champion – Ying Wa Primary School 1st Runner-up – Ng Clan’s Association Tai Pak Memorial School 2nd Runner-up – PLK Horizon East Primary School Merits – YLPMS Alumni Association Ying Yip Primary School – Po Leung Kuk Luk Hing Too Primary School – Christian Alliance S Y Yeh Memorial Primary School – Taoist Ching Chung Primary School (Wu King Estate) – PLK Tin Ka Ping Primary School – HKFEW Wong Cho Bau School – Kowloon City Baptist Church Hay Nien Primary School – SKH Chu Oi Primary School (Lei Muk Shue) – Sau Ming Primary School – St. Paul’s Co-educational College Primary School – Pui Kiu College Best Performance Award – Po Leung Kuk Luk Hing Too Primary School Best Rookie Award – SKH St. Michael’s Primary School The Most Active Participation Award – Tsuen Wan Chiu Chow Public School   This year, the final for the secondary school category will be conducted in two separate groups, namely Elite Group and Pioneer Group.    Results of Secondary School Category for the Final Elite Group – Yan Chai Hospital Wong Wha San Secondary School – Shatin Pui Ying College – Queen’s College – CNEC Christian College – Diocesan Girls’ School Pioneer Group – St. Paul’s Convent School – Chiu Lut Sau Memorial Secondary School – Fukien Secondary School – Liu Po Shan Memorial College – CCC Fung Leung Kit Memorial Secondary School   Observed the first round competition at Diocesan Girls’ School

Since 2007, the Foundation has jointly organized the Hong Kong Cup Diplomatic Knowledge Contest with the Office of Commissioner of the PRC’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the HKSAR (Commissioner’s Office) and the Education Bureau of the HKSAR Government. The contest aims to raise students’ interest in international affairs and knowledge of the nation’s foreign policy. Due to the outbreak of the COVID-19, the contest has been suspended for the past two years. This year, the contest was relaunched. In celebration of the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the HKSAR, the theme of the 14th Hong Kong Cup Diplomatic Knowledge Contest was “Celebrating 25th Anniversary of Hong Kong’s Return and Starting a New Chapter in China’s Major-country Diplomacy”. Nearly 48,000 students from 233 primary and secondary schools enrolled in this year’s contest which set the highest record since the launch of the contest. The online competition for Secondary School Category and Primary School Category were successfully held on 7 – 25 March 2022. However, due to the unfavorable epidemic condition in May, the Final of the Secondary School Category was cancelled and winners of this category were determined by their results in the first round online competition. The prize presentation ceremony was successfully held on 29 July 2022 at the Commissioner’s Office On 29 July 2022, the prize presentation ceremony of the 14th Hong Kong Cup Diplomatic Knowledge Contest was successfully held at the Commissioner’s Office. The organizers were honored to have invited the Chief Executive Mr. John Lee as the Guest of Honor and to address us in the occasion. Representatives of the organizers included Commissioner Liu Guangyuan, the Foundation’s Executive Committee Chairman Mr. Ronnie Chan and Secretary for Education Dr. Christine Choi officiated the event. The Foundation’s Council Members Dr. Roy Chung, Mr. Dario Pong and Executive Director Ms. Karen Tang also attended. In addition to the principals, teachers and students representatives of the winning teams, other guests including Deputy Head of the CPG Office on National Security Mr. Li Jiangzhou, first Secretary for Justice of the HKSAR Ms. Elsie Leung, Member of the Standing Committee of the CPPCC National Committee Dr. Margaret Chan, Deputy Director of the Basic Law Committee Ms. Maria Tam, and representatives of sponsors and co-organizers also joined the event. The Chief Executive Mr. John Lee gave a speech at the prize presentation ceremony The Chief Executive Mr. John Lee (3rd right) together with Commissioner Liu Guangyuan (3rd left) presented the Champion Award of the Secondary School Category to Yan Chai Hospital Wong Wha San Secondary School The Foundation’s Executive Committee Chairman Mr. Ronnie Chan (3rd left) together with the Deputy Head of the CPG Office on National Security Mr. Li Jiangzhou (middle) presented the 1st Runner-up Award of the Secondary School Category to Caritas Chai Wan Marden Foundation Secondary School The Foundation’s Council Member Dr. Roy Chung (3rd left) together with the Member of the Standing Committee of the CPPCC National Committee Dr. Margaret Chan presented (middle) presented the Best Performing School Award of the Secondary School Category to Diocesan Girls’ School Student representatives of the Champion teams, namely Yu Shuk-yee from Yan Chai Hospital Wong Wha San Secondary School and Poon Wai-pak from Taoist Ching Chung Primary School (Wu King Estate), were invited to give a sharing on stage. After the prize presentation ceremony, media interviews and a guided tour on “New China’s Diplomatic History Photo Exhibition” were arranged for schools representatives. Student Poon Wai-pak, representative of the Champion team Taoist Ching Chung Primary School (Wu King Estate) gave a sharing on stage (L to R) Mr. Dario Pong, Ms. Maria Tam, Ms. Elsie Leung, Dr. Margaret Chan, Ms. Karen Tang and Mr. Ronnie Chan (L to R) Ms. Karen Tang, Dr. Christine Choi, Mr. Ronnie Chan and Dr. Roy Chung List of Awards Secondary School Category Champion                  Yan Chai Hospital Wong Wha San Secondary School 1st Runner-up        Caritas Chai Wan Marden Foundation Secondary School 2nd Runner-up        HKUGA College Merits                          Shatin Pui Ying College PLK Tang Yuk Tien College Ying Wa College Diocesan Girls’ School Elegantia College (Sponsored By Education Convergence) St. Paul’s Convent School Raimondi College St. Stephen’s Girls’ College Belilios Public School Toi Shan Association College TWGHs Li Ka Shing College Shung Tak Catholic English College Henrietta Secondary School Tin Ka Ping Secondary School Queen’s College Chiu Lut Sau Memorial Secondary School Liu Po Shan Memorial College Fukien Secondary School King’s College TWGHs Mrs Fung Wong Fung Ting College Best Performing School Award            Yan Chai Hospital Wong Wha San Secondary School Best Rookie Award                                      Caritas Chai Wan Marden Foundation Secondary School Most Active Participation School Award Diocesan Girls’ School Primary School Category Champion Taoist Ching Chung Primary School (Wu King Estate) 1st Runner-up Ng Clan’s Association Tai Pak Memorial School 2nd Runner-up Ying Wa Primary School Merits YLPMS Alumni Association Tang Ying Yip Primary School North Point Government Primary School HKFEW Wong Cho Bau School TWGHs Leo Tung-hai Lee Primary School Diocesan Boys’ School Primary Division Tong Mei Road Government Primary School PLK Chong Kee Ting Primary School Shanghai Alumni Primary School St. Paul’s Co-educational College Primary School Chan Sui Ki (La Salle) Primary Schoo NTWJWAL Leung Sing Tak Primary School Hennessy Road Government Primary School (Causeway Bay) TWGHs Ma Kam Chan Memorial Primary School The Salvation Army Ann Wyllie Memorial School PLK Luk Hing Too Primary School Hong Kong Southern District Government Primary School Tin Shui Wai Government Primary School Pui Kiu College The ELCHK Faith Lutheran School Yan Chai Hospital Choi Hin To Primary School Best Performing School Award Taoist Ching Chung Primary School (Wu King Estate) Best Rookie Award Taoist Ching Chung Primary School (Wu King Estate) Most Active Participation School Award Diocesan Boys’ School Primary Division