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Quick wits flash at IQ contest

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ALAST-MINUTE search for a third member turned out to be a winning combination for a quiz team at the Fourth New Generation IQ Contest held recently in the Hong Kong New Generation Cultural Association hall.

In the preliminaries, one team found itself short of a third member. In desperation, both Ha Yat-leung and Chan Pat-yim King's College turned to Lo Chi-win of Tang Shiu Kin Victoria Technical School.

The contest was organised by the New Generation Cultural Association and the Association for the Popularisation of Science and Technology. The aim of the contest was to train students to think creatively and to raise their standard of analytical thinking, as well as provide participants a fun learning experience.

After seven preliminary rounds, 40 students made it into the final. All finalists, individuals and groups, had to answer three questions.

Chi-wing, a Form Six student, said his group was formed by accident.

''One group member didn't turn up at the preliminaries, Yat-leung and Pat-yim asked me if I would join them.'' The group said teamwork was essential in any group competition.

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