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23rd Lions International Youth Exchange Scholarship English Essay Competition

Three S5 students – Kou Tsz Ching, Wu Sze Wing, and Kei Yuk Kwan – each wrote an essay on the topic of whether the world comes out of the COVID-19 pandemic with clearer visions or post-pandemic syndrome. Among hundreds of entries from all over Hong Kong, their essays were selected as the semi-finalists for the 23rd Lions International Youth Exchange Scholarship English Essay Competition. After another round of interviews, Kou Tsz Ching made it to the Top Ten Finalists. On 14 January, she presented her essay in the final round of competition and won the 6th Prize with an international youth exchange scholarship. Congratulations to all the students!

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Nicholas Ng from Year 11B2 joined the 18th  Lions  International Youth Exchange Scholarship Essay Competition and he was one of the 50 local students proceeding to the semi-final.

Through a round of interviews, 12 Hong Kong students were shortlisted to proceed to the next round where they are joined by 5 students selected from China. In the final round, each candidate delivered a presentation on ‘Smart City and the Environment’  for a panel of 10 judges and Nicholas won as the champion.

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June 12, 2015 Diana

Delve into the history of the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition thanks to these archive pictures from the Tchaikovsky Competition – featuring Van Cliburn, Dmitri Shostakovich, Nikita Krushchev, Boris Berezovsky, Gidon Kremer, Daniil Trifonov and many others.

Van Cliburn and Emil Gilels, 1958

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Vladimir Ashkenazy at the II International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1962.

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