The Junior Writers Awards is the largest English composition competition for secondary school students in Asia. More than a thousand entries in English composition were received and Panel Judges cover fields of academy, culture and law. One of the judges of the Junior Writers Award was City University of Macau’s Vice Rector, Prof. Aliana Leong. Supporting Organizations and Institutional Sponsors of the awards included the British Council, Oxford University Press, Hong Kong Direct Subsidy Scheme Schools Council, Yesben Group, Eslite, and HKedCity. Ms. Angela Leong was the Principal Benefactress. Award presenters included Permanent Secretary for Education of Hong Kong SAR, Mrs Cherry Tse Ling Kit-ching, Principal Benefactress, Vice Chairman of the Board, Po Leung Kuk & Member of the Legislative Assembly, Macau, Ms. Angela Leong, Senior Counsel, Ms. Winnie Tam S.C, Vice Director of British Council Hong Kong, Mr. Kevin Mclaven, Vice Rector of City University of Macau, Prof. Aliana Leong and Associate Prof, Dept. of English, Chinese University of Hong Kong，Prof. Michael O’Sullivan. Advisors included Secondary Principal of HKBU Affiliated Schools, Dr. Benjamin Chan, Professor of Oxford University, Dr. Wing Lau, Chairman of Young Dreams Association, Mr. Guan Wei Lam and other sponsors. Gathered in the same hall with all these distinguished guests were winners of the first “The Greatest Pen” trophy, Top 100 contestants of the competition, principals from Hong Kong and Macau schools and student representatives from the City University of Macau.
Chairwoman of the Preparatory Committee of the first Junior Writers Awards, Ms. Liu R.Y, called this competition a brainchild of many Hong Kong and Macau individuals enthusiastic in promoting education. She also thanked students from Hong Kong and Macau for their participation. The objective of the competition is to arouse social awareness of identity, society, culture and law in secondary students, as well as encourage intellectual reflection in the English language with an ultimate goal of social participation among the leaders of the next generation. Mrs. Cherry Tse Ling Kit-ching said in the prologue that readers would meet the writers as well as themselves through the competition. Prof. Aliana Leong gave the award to the winner of “Greatest Potential Award.”
Winner of the “The Greatest Pen” trophy was L.Z Yang, a thirteen year-old Hong Kong student. He said that writing should start from inside the heart and wished more people would share his thoughts through his writing. Champion of the advanced group was Reo Shoshi from the French International Schoo. Another winner of the advanced group, Lam Z.L was from St. Stephen's Girls College. The young writers will share their thoughts with readers at the Hong Kong Eslite Bookstore next month. Essays written by the Top 100 contestants will be published into a Collection of Junior Writers Awards. This year’s award ceremony was held at the Graduate House, HKU.
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Prof. Aliana Leong, Vice Rector of City University
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