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English Debate Team Chinese Speaking
WONG Hon Tze Charles (5D, 2020-2021) and LEE LEE Chun Lok (3B, 2020-2021) shared his
Tin Yan (4B, 2020-2021) shared what set St. Mark’s experience of participating in Chinese speech
English Debate Team apart from other schools. competitions. He gained self-confidence and reduced
Not only did they take part in local competitions the self-limiting belief by looking at surroundings
such as the Hong Kong Secondary School Debating from diverse perspectives. That also helped him to
Competition, but they also participated in various develop a positive attitude towards life. He told the
overseas tournaments. They became the finalist in the audience he was honored to have been invited by
2020 SEC Tournament after competing against top RTHK as a winner in the Speech Festival to share
teams from Asian colleges and universities. Besides his sentiments on Chinese Speaking. He expressed
training their speaking skills, debating also motivated his gratitude to the School for giving him the
them to conduct self-directed learning and research opportunities and support to explore the world of
when they encountered every new topic. Debating poetry, and the guidance of experienced teachers.
can only work best when there is a team. All of the In the sharing, Chun Lok performed three Chinese
members were proud of themselves as debaters of St. poetries for the audience.
Mark’s School.
Science Alumni Sharing
WONG Ka Yin (6B, 2020-2021) and TSANG Yi Graduates of 2020 described their growth in St.
Tung (5A, 2020-2021) reflected on their experiences Mark’s School. CHAU Cheuk Yee, who now studies
in the STEM competition. The obstacles they faced Global Business Studies in The Chinese University of
were manifold as they were novices in Artificial Hong Kong, shared her experience of exploring her
Intelligence (AI) technology. They had to learn interests by taking up different roles in Form 4. She
the skills of data cleansing and choosing a suitable learned how to make good use of different resources
model to minimise the error as well as understand and equip herself with communication skills. She
how to apply the concepts and use various eventually became the President of the Student
programming languages. Although the process could Union in Form 5 to serve the School and fellow
be challenging, they overcame enthusiastically with students. CHOI Chi Long, a medical student in The
the support of teachers and alumni. Their work paid Chinese University of Hong Kong, talked about his
off and they got the second runner-up in the Master exploration in science by joining the Joint School
Code 2019 AI Data Wizard. Science Exhibition and being the Chairperson of
the Mathematics and Science Society. He learnt to
cooperate with teammates and balance academic and
extracurricular activities. Both graduates expressed
their gratitude to the School and teachers as well as
the students for their immense support and company
on the learning journey.
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