Ying Wa Girls' blind top scorer to study in Chinese University
Chinese Univeristy accepts Tsang Tsz-kwan into translation course
Blind pupil Tsang Tsz-kwan, who excelled in this year's Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education examinations, has been accepted into Chinese University to study translation, the university confirmed yesterday.
Tsang, who has been blind from infancy and hearing-impaired since Primary 1, scored three 5** - the highest awarded in the exams - two 5* and a 4.
The 20-year-old graduate of Ying Wa Girls' School also suffers from a lack of sensitivity in her fingers, which forces her to read Braille with her lips.
School vice-principal Cho Kong-sang said Tsang and her parents were glad to know about her admission into the university.
"She will work very hard to strive for the best in this course," Cho said, adding that Tsang wished to lead a "quiet and normal" campus life and did not want to give media interviews.
A spokesman for the university said the student affairs office was in charge of making arrangements for students with special needs, including bus services, equipment designed for blind and hearing-impaired students and personal development counselling services.