一般宣布

Date:     8^th December 2018 (Saturday)

Time:     6:00 p.m. – 10:30 p.m. (Ceremony begins at 7:00 p.m.)

Venue:  Panda Hotel, Panda Grand Ballroom

Cuisine: Chinese vegetarian food

Menu: http://www.bstc.edu.hk/CustomPage/Buddhist_Sin_Tak_College_45th_Chinese_Dinner_8_Dec2018_Menu.pdf

Total number of tables:  68

(13 tables will be reserved for staff and guests.  The fees will be paid by the school.)

Dinner ticket price:  $600 per person

Starting date for sale of dinner tickets:  1^st June 2018

Order form for dinner tickets: https://goo.gl/forms/yEMzZ0VUKh4rWJ5G2

(On and after this date you can make a reservation.  The dinner tickets might sell out in a matter of minutes; you will have the best chance for a seat at your preferred table if you make a reservation right away.)

Purchase procedures and related information:

1. Alumni and their family members are welcome to the reunion dinner.
2. The order form for dinner tickets will be released on 1^st June 2018.  To buy dinner tickets, please fill in an online Google form(https://goo.gl/forms/yEMzZ0VUKh4rWJ5G2), make a crossed cheque payable to “The Incorporated Management Committee of Buddhist Sin Tak College” and mail it to our school (Buddhist Sin Tak College, 5 Hing Shing Road, Kwai Chung, N.T.). 
3. When making your reservation, please write your contact information (including your name and phone number) at the back of your cheque so we can communicate with you effectively.
4. Tickets are non-refundable.
5. Priority will be given to people who buy tickets for 12 people (one whole table). 
6. After you make your reservation, you will receive a confirmation email from us. Please show the confirmation email at the reception counter on the day of the reunion dinner. 
7. If you do not receive any confirmation email within 7 days after your cheque is cleared, please contact Mr SW Pang on 2419 7147.
8. If you have any questions about the booking process, please contact Mr SW Pang at 2419 7137 or Ms SW Chan on 2428 8197.
9. The surplus of the fees for the reunion dinner will be donated to The Incorporated Management Committee of Buddhist Sin Tak College and used for the development of our school.
10. News and photos related to the 45^th anniversary can be found on the school website: www.bstc.edu.hk and our school Facebook page: BSTC 45^th Anniversary. 

A special event on the same day --- BSTC Alumni Homecoming Day:

BSTC will be open from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on the day of the reunion dinner (8/12/2018).  Alumni, their family members and friends are welcome to come to BSTC and take photos at different photo spots, including some classrooms and special rooms.

The award presentation ceremony for the Outstanding Youth Commendation Scheme organised by the Home Affairs Bureau (HAB) and the Youth Development Commission (YDC) was held on October 14. Thirty-six young people were commended for their outstanding achievements in personal development, leadership and social services. 
S6 Lam Wan-so, Cheryl was awarded the “Top 10 Outstanding Youth” (Kwai Tsing / Secondary School Category).  Congratulations to Cheryl.

Click the following link for the official webpage of the ceremony:  https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201810/14/P2018101400520.htm?fontSize=1

In the Tsuen Wan and Kwai Tsing Outstanding Student Award 2018, our students won in both the junior form category and senior form category.  The winners are 4A Tse Kai Yeung (Junior form category初中組優勝獎) and 6B Kwok Yui Chit (senior form category高中組優勝獎).  Besides, 3D Man Ka Ying and 4B Ng Hoi Him were awarded the Merit Prize.  Congratulations to all the winners!

Click here for more photos taken at the Prize-giving Ceremony held on 14th October 2018.

Congratulations to 5E Tang Pok Lam who was in the fifth place in the skills competition of Microsoft Office Word 2013 on the 1st August 2018 in Orlando FL, USA.

Details please refer to http://certiportblog.com/certiport-names-2018-microsoft-office-specialist-world-champions-100851.

善德中五級葉珀銘同學繼去年在美國舉行的微軟電腦程式簡報PowerPoint 世界賽中取得世界冠軍後，今年再接再厲，八月一日在美國奧蘭多的微軟電腦程式比賽試算表Excel 項目再一次奪得世界冠軍，再一次獲獎金七千美元。香港派出的九人參賽團隊只有葉珀銘同學獲世界冠軍。葉同學和鄧博林同學上星期五，即八月三日回港當日，何校長、彭成瑋老師和已退休的吳安茜老師，還有一位善德的校友師姐也一同到機場迎接，也有升中六的郭睿哲同學。葉同學連續兩年榮獲電腦程式的世界冠軍學校員生當然開心，但最重要是這經歷可讓善德學生出外比賽，與其他國家地區的世界冠軍交流，藉此拓寬眼界視野，定會是日後中學生涯的難忘回憶。
 

Congratulations to 5B Yip Pak Ming who was the World Champion in the skills competition of Microsoft Office Excel 2013 on the 1st August 2018 in Orlando FL, USA. US$7000 cash prize, a gold medal of achievement, trophy, winner's certificate and an Xbox One S console were presented by the Certiport managment team in the award ceremony.

The Microsoft Office Specialist World Championship presented by Certiport, Inc. is a global competition that tests students' skills on Microsoft Office Word, Excel® and PowerPoint® (2013 or 2016). In its 17^th year the competition attracted more than 760,000 candidates from 116 countries, a 35 percent increase in participation year-over-year.  Students entered to prove their superior skills in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, culminating the most popular technology skills competition on Microsoft Office and the only one endorsed by Microsoft since its inception in 2002.

To enter the competition, students age 13 to 22 took a qualifying Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) certification exam to demonstrate their mastery of Microsoft Office products.  Regional competitions were held worldwide and 152 student finalists from 52 countries competed in the final round of competition in Orlando, Florida, USA from July 29 – August 1, 2018.

Details please refer to http://moschampionship.com/ or http://www.certiport.com/GPS or https://zh-hk.facebook.com/MOSchampionship/ .

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Congratulations to 6E Tang Pok Lam who was the first runner up of the “Problem-Solving Competition” (即日解難比賽) in the senior secondary school division in CAP 2018 organised by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Hong Kong Computer Education Association on 14 July 2018.

CAP aims at encouraging students to solve problems by using programming techniques, thus further develop their computer knowledge, logical thinking skills and enhance team spirit. App Inventor for Android is an open source web application originally provided by Google, and now maintained by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). It was the selected application in the past five CAP competitions. The award of the event is the second top award of all computer App programming contests in the secondary school division in 2018.

Dr. David Chung, JP, Under Secretary for the Innovation and Technology Bureau (ITB) in the photo was the officiating guest of the Award Ceremony.

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2018 HKDSE Performance

No. of subject score with level 4 or above                              =      545 (64.7%)

Total no. of subject score with level 3 or above                     =    788 (93.6%)

Total no. of subject score with level 2 or above                     =    837 (99.4%)

No. of students with level 4 or above in English Language   =      74 (52.8%)

No. of students with level 4 or above in Chinese Language  =      93 (66.4%)

No. of students with level 4 or above in Mathematics           =      98 (70.5%)

No. of students with level 4 or above in Liberal Studies        =      97 (69.3%)

No. of students fulfilled the minimum university admission requirements 33222 = 128 (91.4%)

「中國中學生作文大賽」自2005年，由中華全國學生聯合會辦公室、中國作家協會兒童文學委員會、中國關心下一代工作委員會公益文化中心、中國少年兒童報刊工作者協會中學報刊專業委員會聯合主辦，迄今賽事已是第十三屆。香港賽區評審團從230間參賽學校，共105492位參賽學生中選出進入全國複賽的初中及高中組共100篇作品，我校學生中五甲班何雪怡及張錦穎同學分別取得全國一等獎及高中組銅獎的優異成績。何雪怡同學更憑〈恩澤是一條永不枯竭的河〉榮獲香港賽區評審委員會的一致讚許，取得旭日文學之星的殊榮。

何雪怡獲教育局局長楊潤雄先生頒發一等獎		何雪怡獲旭日集團董事鍾瑞明博士頒發旭日文學之星獎
張錦穎獲頒發高中組銅獎		何校長、林曉蕾老師、吳慧儀老師與得獎同學及同學的家長留影

Big congratulations to our students Pun Oi Yi(S6E) and Pui Shan (S6D) who got themselves in Top 54 out of more than thousand entries. Pun Oi Yi has got an honourable mention award. Their arts are now on tour being exhibited. The exhibition is in Harbour City from 20/4 – 1/5/2018, Times Square from 22-28/5/2017, Plaza Hollywood from 18 – 24/5/2018 and Hong Kong Arts Centre 9 – 15/8/2018. We are extremely proud of what they have achieved and we cannot wait to witness more milestones from them in the field of art in the future

背景：本校自1973年建校以來，至今已踏入第45周年。承蒙前輩蓽路藍縷，不畏艱苦，在葵興一座山頭上開山闢地，為莘莘學子締造了一個美好校園。45周年校慶將至，本校將舉辦中英文徵文比賽以誌慶感恩，期望善德的同學能踴躍參與，為盛事錦上添花，留下美好回憶。活動詳情如下：

1.     主題：建構關愛校園，實踐高效學習

2.     題目：以善德校園生活為題，創作文章一篇

        初中組(中一至中三)：校園拾趣 (1000字以內)

        高中組 (中四至中五)：校園‧恩情 (2000字以內)

3.     參賽細則

       -參賽同學須用校內指定中文寫作原稿紙，並寫上姓名、班級、學號。

       -截稿日期：2018年5月11日。

       -參賽作品的內容必須為原創，如證實抄襲將受懲處。

       -比賽結果以評審團之最後決定為準。

4.     獎項

        每級設冠、亞、季各1名及優異獎3名

        冠軍：HK$500及證書

        亞軍：HK$300及證書

        季軍：HK$100及證書

        優異：HK$50及證書

        得獎作品將刊登於45周年校慶冊內。

As part of our 45^th anniversary celebrations, all S1 – S5 students are supposed to write on ONE of the following topics.

1. You had a fairy godmother.  She used her magic to change certain aspects of your school life.  Write a story about this.  Give your story a title.
2. To mark its 45^th anniversary, BSTC is going to launch a special school day, called the “Cheerful, Tearful, Sorrowful and Beautiful Day” (the CTSB Day) next school year when every BSTC student will have to observe two special rules, and every BSTC teacher will have to observe another two special rules.  Write an essay describing these special rules on the CTSB Day.  You also need to give reasons for setting these rules and decide what punishments there will be for rule-breakers including student and teacher offenders. Give your essay a title.
3. Write a story about an insect / an animal living in a student toilet of BSTC.  Give your story a title.

All work should be original and done on the school English writing loose-leaf.

Deadline for submission: 11 May 2018

Adjudicators: English teachers

Prizes:

There will be a first prize, a second prize, a third prize and 5 merit prizes for each form. All winning entries will be published in the 45^th Anniversary Special Issue.

Tsang Man Kuen (S3C) had obtained first runner-up in the Buddhist card design competition 2017-18 organized by the Hong Kong Buddhist Association. Congratulations!

Out of more than four hundred entries, 4A Lau Ka Sum’s watercolor painting was selected to display in the exhibition organized by City University of Hong Kong. Congratulations!

5D班黃文玉同學今年參加了由教育評議會、旅遊學庫有限公司及香港生命教育促進會舉辦的台灣遊學行程設計比賽，並從四百多份參賽作品中取得十大特色台灣遊學行程獎，恭喜黃文玉同學。

Organized by Samsung, Solve for Tomorrow 2017 is open to all secondary school students in Hong Kong. They can enter as teams of three from the same school and compete in conceiving innovative ideas of applying technology to benefit wheelchair users as a meaningful contribution to society. With “Smart Future for Disability Inclusion” as this year’s theme, Samsung hopes young people can come up with innovative ideas of applying technology to help wheelchair users solve problems in their daily life, such as when they travel, dine out, enjoy leisure activities, etc. The goal is to help build a more inclusive community in Hong Kong for the disabled. 3 teams of 9 senior form students those are led by Mr. K H Yeung have participated the competition in October 2017. The submitted innovative ideas have incorporated multimedia elements and professional Powerpoint techniques to attract the judging panel or other viewers.

Congratulations to the ideas named Roadporter “路見不平” prepared by 5A Tai Yat Long, 5B Tam Yuen Hong and 5B Yip Pak Ming who were the silver award for the captioned event on Sunday, 14th January 2018.  The silver award is entitled to have cash prize of HK $30,000 and Samsung products of HK $20,000.

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家教會講座已順利舉行，謝謝各家長支持，期望將來的活動能再見到大家。

投影片 : 《如何協助子女面對中一第一個考試》

Congratulation to the following students who have won awards in the “My Australian Christmas Card Competition organized by Australian Consulate –General.

Mooltham Somrudi 3C   -   Second runner-up (junior group)

Chau Oi Yi 5E           -   Second runner-up (senior group)

S4 and S6 VA students visited the Hong Kong Heritage Museum on 1^st December. The exhibition showcases handpicked artworks created on traditional and digital media. Students can learn the artistic techniques and story concepts behind these productions. The exhibition opens their eyes to the amazing computer animation.

本校中六級畢業生藍子軒同學在中學文憑試以4科5**，1科5*，1科5級和兩科4級的優異成績考入中文大學善衡書院，獲精算、保險和財務學系取錄。在十一月八日善衡書院的獎學金頒獎暨高桌晚宴上獲頒四年的學士學位課程學費，即接近幣廿萬元。何滿添校長亦獲邀出席晚宴，並與藍子軒同學、何子樑醫生和善衡書院辛世文院長合照。

左起何子樑醫生, 藍子軒, 何子樑醫生夫人, 辛世文院長和關教授

藍子軒, 何子樑醫生, 中大善衡書院辛院長, 何校長合照

On 29-10-2017, 5A Chan Wai Ching got the Chief's Scout Award, which is the highest Scout Award in Scout Section. It was presented by Mrs Carrie Lam, the Chief Executive, during the Scout Rally 2017.

On 2-12-2017, the 15th South Kwai Chung Group had its pledging ceremony. 7 new members took the oath to join the Scouts. The principal, 4 old boys, Mr KH Man, Mr TL Pang and Mr WK Lee joined the ceremony.

教育局質素保證組中文科督學關小姐和許先生於2017年10月23日至10月26日到訪學校，全面檢視本科在學與教、課程規劃、課業評估等各方面的發展及成效，並在10月30日給予校方口頭回饋 。本科共10位中文科老師接受教局專業評課，其中初中的閱讀課節，以龍應台〈胭脂〉為閱讀材料，課前老師讓同學自擬題目，課堂上通過同儕互問，拓寬思考空間，提昇閱讀層次，獲教局高度評價為優秀課堂，其餘中文科課堂亦獲教育局嘉許為效能甚高的中文課節。此外，教局亦欣賞本校學生上課專注，學習態度積極進取、語文能力水平甚高，並嘉許老師具專業教學知識，對教學充滿熱誠。是次視學，為學​校提供專業意見和回饋，對促進本科的發展有積極意義

Samsung Electronics H.K. Co. Ltd. is convinced that innovative technology can bring positive changes to today's society. From 2013, Samsung has started holding the Solve for Tomorrow Competition in Hong Kong as part of a commitment to fulfilling its corporate social responsibility to the community. By joining this meaningful event, students are encouraged to be engaged with the community while helping solve problems through the creative use of technology to build a brighter future together.

The judging panel will select the winners based on the four criteria below:

1. Creativity: Participating teams need to come up with a unique and creative idea for helping wheelchair users better integrate into society.
2. Feasibility: The conceptual design should be user-friendly and convenient for wheelchair users.
3. Functionality: The conceptual design should effectively cater to the needs of wheelchair users.
4. Presentation: Each participating team must present their idea clearly through the PowerPoint submission.

For more details please refer to http://www.samsung.com/hk_en/offer/solvefortomorrow2017/

Congratulations to the ideas named “路見不平” prepared by 5A Tai Yat Long, 5B Tam Yuen Hong and 5B Yip Pak Ming is selected by judging panel as one of the top 15 entries. The top 15 awards will be announced and presented at the upcoming Award Ceremony on Sunday, 14th January 2018.

Congratulations to 5E Tang Pok Lam who was the Champion of the “Problem-Solving Competition” (即日解難比賽) in the senior secondary school division in CAP 2017 organised by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Hong Kong Computer Education Association on 25 November 2017.

CAP aims at encouraging students to solve problems by using programming techniques, thus further develop their computer knowledge, logical thinking skills and enhance team spirit. App Inventor for Android is an open source web application originally provided by Google, and now maintained by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). It was the selected application in the past four CAP competitions. The champion of the event is the top award of all computer App programming contests in the secondary school division in 2017. Tang's technical performance was highly appreciated by professors, Department of Computing.

Dr. David Chung, JP, Under Secretary for the Innovation and Technology Bureau (ITB) in the photo was the officiating guest of the Award Ceremony.

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