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SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST STUDENT OF THE YEAR FINALISTS

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Winnie Fung Wan-yi, 18, Form Six, Diocesan Girls' School.

Exam results: 10 As at HKCEE.

School posts: Head girl; house captain; chief editor of school magazine; committee member of Fencing Team; vice-chairman of Citizens' Club; vice- chairman of Chinese Instrumental Classes; treasurer of Youth Fellowship.

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Community services: Project chairman of Joyful Year with the Elderly and the Young of Zonta-Z Club; committee member of Community Youth Club; vice-chairman of Green Christmas project; volunteer for Family Love of the Elderly and the Young; vice-project holder of Summer Vibration project; volunteer for Helping Hand; helper for SKH Lady MacLehose Centre; telephone tutorial helper for St James' Settlement; volunteer for World Wide Fund for Nature Hong Kong; baby-sitter for Mothers' Choice; volunteer for United Christian Hospital.

Scholarships and awards: Government Scholarship (1998- 2000); Woo Hang Tong Scholarship (1999- 2000); HK Civil Servants' Association Scholarship (1998- 1999); HK Chartered Bank Award (1997- 1998); King Fook Jewellery Award (1997- 1998); Class of 1978 Scholarship; PTA Scholarship (1996- 197); HK Outstanding Student Award (1997); HK Union for Young Leaders Award (1997); Sir Edward Youde Memorial Medal (1998); Elim Lau Cup for the Most Outstanding Student (1998- 1999); C J Symons Cup (1998-1999); Gold Award of HK Award for Young People (1998-1999); runner-up in SCMP Student of the Year Award (1998); Bill Bailey Cup (1999-2000); Sir Edward Youde Memorial Prize (1997- 2000); Student of the Year (1996-1999).

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Interests: Reading, writing, hiking, fencing, debating, recitation, playing the piano and pipa, Chinese painting and calligraphy.

Ambitions: To become an industrial psychologist and explore artificial intelligence and conduct research on human development to find ways to overcome genetic defects.

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