An enterprising student who, with his classmates, masterminded a $100,000 network, Internet and multimedia development for Queen's College, is the winner of the first South China Morning Post Student Programmer Award.
This is the first time the award has been introduced as part of the Student of the Year Awards.
Although Kirk Lam, a Form Seven science student, is going to leave the school to study information systems at university, he will continue his commitment to its computer education and systems development.
He is a former chairman of the Society of Computer Studies.
Kirk upgraded all the PCs in the school's computer centre and set up the Internet server last Christmas.
He still plans to set up a school library system where students can log-on at home and establish an on-line school magazine this summer. This should cost another $100,000.