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SCMP Reporter

THE motto ''do your your best, God will do the rest'' spurred 19-year old Hui Ching-ping Ching-ping from YWCA Hioe Tjo Yoeng College to high-flying success in studies.

  The cheerful girl is the first student in the 22 years of her school's history to gain five distinctions in the Advanced-Level Examination.

 ''I expected only 5 Bs and maybe one or two As. I dared not hope for too much for fear of disappointment,'' Ching-ping said.

  Ching-ping had little inkling that her expected Bs in Physics, Pure Maths, Applied Maths and English would turn into the shining results of A(2)s crowned with an A(1) in Chemistry.

 Ching-ping stayed up all night chatting with school friends on the eve of the exam results.

  ''We thought that would be the best way to unwind our nerves before the exciting day,'' she said.

  Ching-ping has been a scholarship student all along, from Forms 1 to 5, but she is no over-industrious bookworm.

  ''I rely on regular studies. To me, the most important thing is to follow closely our teachers' instructions and revision timetable. That is quite sufficient.''   The school principal Mrs Josephine Woo describes Ching-ping as ''a hardworking student who deeply trusts and appreciates the teachers''.

  ''I would attribute my success to my wonderful teachers who have helped me build a firm foundation right from junior forms,'' she said.

 ''I also feel that my faith in God has given me support in everything. All I need is to do my best.''   Aside from studies, Ching-ping pursues ''quiet'' hobbies but is rather active in them.

  She loves listening to pop music and had been an alto in the school choir since Form 2 until the past year, when she had to concentrate on her A-levels.

  Last year, she headed the Maths section of the Maths and Computer Club, and played squash with her chums every other week.

  ''But my very favourite hobby is reading Chinese fiction of any kind.''   With a conditional offer from the University of Hongkong, Ching-ping said she wanted to study computer science.

  ''I have never studied it, but I chose it because I think it's an indispensable subject in our modern age.''   Ching-ping has every reason for her choice: her businessman father has promised her he would replace the old computer at home with a new model should she do well in this exam.

 But before the new computer arrives, Ching-ping plans to celebrate her success with an evening of karaoke with friends and start preparing for yet another exam - her piano Grade 8 this time.



Ching-ping makes history for college