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Graduates encouraged to discover and make use of talents, potential in non-academic areas

Alan Lee

Graduates of Kit Sam Lam Bing Yim Secondary School were reminded that academic achievements were not the only criterion for success in life.

Speaking at the school's 25th speech day, guest-of-honour Dr Francis Cheung Wing-ming, registrar of the Hong Kong Institute of Education, told students not to neglect their talents in other fields.

Dr Cheung said students should not place too much emphasis on examination results and should not be discouraged because their results were not satisfactory.

'It is self-realisation, instead of your exam report, that deter mines your future,' Dr Cheung said.

More than 400 students attended the speech day. This year, there were 251 Form Five and Seven graduates.

In her welcoming speech, school supervisor Sister Laetitia Lee Hei-tak praised Dr Cheung for his years of hard work and dedication to the development of education and the training of teachers.

In her annual report, principal Li Mak Lai-ying said 80 per cent of graduates got a pass or above in major subjects like English, Chinese and mathematics.

Mrs Li said the school received $1 million from the Quality Education Fund to build a multi-media learning centre, where 47 computers would be installed.

Awards and prizes were presented to about 100 students for their distinguished performance in their studies and in other areas.

Fifth former Miu Tung-nai, a science student, received nine awards for her achievements in academic fields and school activities.

'I did my best in the HKCEE. It was tough because I sat for 10 subjects,' Tung-nai said.

She said the school year had been rich and eventful, and she would like to continue her studies at the school because her teachers and classmates were very supportive.

At the graduation ceremony, students entertained the audience with inspiring musical performances.

Third former Lam Po-ling performed Wang Wei-ran's Great Beijing and I Love Tiananmen Square with the liu ye qin, an ancient Chinese musical instrument.

Fourth formers Kwan Yuk- king and Kam Shun-man performed a duet, Spring Time, by Christopher Le Fleming.

The school choir performed So Long, Farewell by Richard Rodgers, dedicated to the graduates.

All were award-winning performances at the Hong Kong Schools Music Festival.

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