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It was announced on Monday that a team of four students representing Hong Kong achieved excellent results at the 35th International Biology Olympiad (IBO), winning two gold medals and two bronze medals.
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The IBO is an international competition for secondary students with an emphasis on both theory and practice. Students are required to apply analytical skills and conduct experiments to tackle challenging problems in biology.
The 35th IBO was held from July 7 to 14 in Astana, Kazakhstan, with 290 contestants from 75 countries and regions participating in the competition.
The two gold medalists were Hui Sze-man from La Salle College and Zhang Yixuan from Hong Kong International School.
Sham Pui-yan from Harrow International School Hong Kong and Chan Yik-cheung from St. Joseph's College each won a bronze medal.
The Secretary for Education, Christine Choi Yuk-lin, congratulated the Hong Kong team today on their tremendous performance and stated that the excellent results achieved by the Hong Kong team in this international competition are testimony to Hong Kong students' analytical ability and creativity in tackling complex problems in biology.
She believes that these challenging learning activities could broaden the horizons of students with special potential, and their talent could be further developed.
The education chief added that the Education Bureau (EDB) is committed to promoting the setting up of school-based talent pools to identify and nurture gifted students in primary and secondary schools.
The EDB has continued to strengthen collaboration with the Hong Kong Academy for Gifted Education (HKAGE) to conduct more training and competitions at various levels with the aim of offering more quality and challenging off-school learning activities, specific to areas related to STEAM, for those who are exceptionally gifted to develop their potential, Choi added.
