FOR Salesian English School, the intangible ideas of invisibility and delusion of eyesight are not something unattainable. On the contrary, the students used these ideas to make a clean sweep of all seven prizes at the 27th Joint School Science Exhibition (JSSE).
After grabbing first prize in the Proposal Competition of the JSSE, Arthur Wong Chun-keung told Young Post that he was confident of winning some of the other prizes for his school. A week later his confidence proved to be so overwhelming that by ''some'' he meant all.
Their science project ''Invisible'' including the proposal, the exhibits, the booth and the demonstration won all prizes presented at the closing ceremony of the exhibition. The prizes were the Outstanding Booth Decoration Award, Outstanding Demonstration Award, Most Fantastic Award, Most Informative Award, Most Popular Project and Overall Champion.
Speaking at the prize presentation, Department of Biochemistry senior lecturer at the Chinese University Dr Tso Wung-wai said: ''As the head of the adjudicator panel, I am extremely proud of this year's exhibition. The projects all shed light on the frontiers of science in which imperfection reflects the continuous quest of truths.
''Indeed, we should keep ourselves always curious about the things around us. That is the true meaning of science.'' Dr Tso said that though the concept behind the ''invisible'' science project of Salesian English School was not novel, the students were able to grasp the science knowledge and analyse it systematically.
David Hui Man-wai, another participant of the winning science project, said: ''I was very shocked especially in winning the Most Popular Award as the polls at the end of the exhibition was very keen among the top five schools.'' Visitors to the exhibition were invited to vote for the favourite projects after browsing around. Their votes were then input in a computer for analysis. The Salesian team attributed their success to ''detailed demonstration'', and that their theme really lured the visitors and judges.'' Also achieving good results was St Clare's Girls' School, which took the runner-up titles in the Most Popular Award, Most Fantastic Award and Most Informative Award.