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SCMP Reporter

A secondary student has won the first gold medal for Hong Kong in the ninth International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) held in Cape Town.

 Poon Wing-chi from La Salle College won gold in the UNESCO-organised competition centred on computer-programming skills.

  The United Nations Educational and Scientific Cultural Organisation aims to stimulate interest in computers among young people.

 Other team members were Lau Tsz-kit from La Salle College; Chung Wing-on from TWGHs Wong Fut Nam College; and Leung Chun-ho from Sing Yin Secondary School.

  Participants had to solve a set of algorithmic programming problems within a set time.

  They were required to be familiar with techniques of file handling, string and numeric manipulation, arrays and text graphics.

 The first IOI was held in Bulgaria in 1989. It's been held in a different country each year since then. Hong Kong took part for the first time in 1992.

  The Education Department, the Hong Kong Association for Computer Education, and the Hong Kong Computer Society select students to represent the SAR.



Techno ace wins gold