Science whizz-kid, tennis champ among winners of Hong Kong’s Student of the Year Awards
- Annual awards, organised by the Post, celebrate secondary school pupils who have shown academic excellence, outstanding commitment to community service
- Nathan Ng of St Paul’s Co-Educational College takes home the grand prize and one for science while teen tennis sensation Coleman Wong wins sportsperson award
Two Hong Kong teenagers who have excelled at science and sports are among 37 winners of the Student of the Year Awards, organised by the South China Morning Post.
The awards ceremony for the annual event, featuring the theme “Together we grow and achieve”, was held at the Kowloon Shangri-La hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui on Saturday following a year of challenges brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.
The awards celebrate secondary school students who have shown academic excellence and outstanding commitment to community service. The awards are solely sponsored by the Hong Kong Jockey Club with support from the Education Bureau.
During the ceremony, the city’s No 2 official, Eric Chan Kwok-ki, praised the award recipients, saying they had demonstrated resilience and determination in their education and life.
He said the new administration was formulating a comprehensive blueprint for youth development at full steam based on Chinese President Xi Jinping’s address on July 1.