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EdUHK Launches Issue FIve

STEM Olym piad 2016

Officiating at the closing ceremony were Mr Eddie Ng Hak-kim,
About 700 secondary students and teachers from Secretary for Education; Ms Sarah Wong Man-yee, Vice President
around 100 local secondary schools gathered at (Administration) of EdUHK; and Professor Henry Wong Nai-ching,
The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK) Honorary Secretary of the ASHK.
on 8 July for the Hong Kong STEM Olympiad 2016.
“As one of the eight publicly funded universities, and focusing
on teacher education, EdUHK has been taking an active role in
promoting STEM education not only among students but also to
Supported by the Education Bureau of the HKSAR Government,
equip teachers with STEM-related knowledge and training, which
the STEM Olympiad was organized by EdUHK in collaboration
in turn fosters students’ innovation and creativity,”Ms Wong said.
with the Hong Kong Education City, the Hong Kong Association of
Science and Mathematics Education (HKASME), the Academy of Students participating in the STEM Olympiad completed
Sciences of Hong Kong (ASHK) and the Hong Kong Institution of challenges to solve the local wastewater treatment problems and
Engineers (HKIE) – Environmental Division. create an artifact to demonstrate their knowledge and skills in
STEM.

Mr Henry KM Chau, Assistant Director of the Drainage Services
Department, was invited to give a mass lecture to enrich
students’knowledge in the wastewater treatment and its
underlying scientific principles.
A series of 11 parallel education forum and workshops were also
held to raise participants’ awareness of the importance of STEM
education as attended by hundreds of teachers and students. Mr
Lau Kwok-leung, Chairman of the HKASME, Ir Norman Cheng
Chun-ping, Honorary Secretary of the HKIE, and Professor
Yeung Yau-yuen of EdUHK discussed “Ways to Implement STEM
Education in Hong Kong” at the forum.

Ms Lydia Pang, Senior Education Officer from WWF-Hong Kong,
conducted a workshop on“Implementing Scientific Investigations
in the Field with Mobile Devices and IT Resources”. In recognition
Ir Norman Cheng Chun-ping, Honorary Secretary of the HKIE – Environmental Division of participating students’ innovation in STEM education, a total of
shares views in the STEM education forum.
36 medals were awarded to the competition winners.

Mr Henry KM Chau, Assistant Director of the Drainage Services Department, is the Mr Eddie Ng Hak-kim, Secretary for Education, delivers speech to students and
speaker of the mass lecture. teachers.

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