新聞稿：舊生會恭賀母校學弟妹再於科學發明比賽奪冠
香港，二零一四年六月一日
香港中國婦女會中學五位學生，昨（五月三十一）日在「香港學生科學比賽」，憑幫助視障學生繪畫的發明品「Eye-Pad」，奪得初中組冠軍。舊生會謹向五位師弟妹及指導他們的化學科陳棟良老師致賀！
五位中一至中三同學：札斯廷、賴穎珊、洪子祈、關芷晴、朱浩璋，由陳棟良老師帶領，參加由香港青年協會、教育局、香港科學館合辦的「香港學生科學比賽」。五位同學發覺視障學生難以像其他人一般繪畫，於是發明了「Eye-Pad」，用魔術貼拼成畫板，並以彩色毛線做「顏料」，視障學生只要在魔術貼上揮動手指，毛線就會黏在畫板上面，成為視障學生也摸得到的立體畫，而有關材料其實只不過價值區區七元。
他們先通過五月十日的初賽，繼而在昨日於香港科學園舉辦的決賽突圍而出，獲得初中組發明品冠軍，更獲邀到上海及南韓進行交流。
舊生會發言人表示：「舊生會衷心祝賀札斯廷、賴穎珊、洪子祈、關芷晴、朱浩璋五位師弟妹及陳老師在『香港學生科學比賽』奪魁。他們憑著助人自助的心，花了無數課餘時間設計、買材料，甚至親自造訪心光盲人學校，了解視障學生的需要，甚至在製成發明品後給他們試用，充分兼顧『Eye-Pad』的實用性和用家的需要，而不只是把自己鎖在實驗室內，高高在上地製作出自己認為最好的製成品。這種精神，在今日尤其難能可貴。」
發言人續稱：「這次五位師弟妹的『Eye-Pad』，是繼陳嘉鍵校友(2007/7S)在2007年『第58屆Intel國際科學與工程大獎賽』，憑著『神奇纖維塑膠』奪得『環境管理學』一等獎後，又一次在科學發明比賽獲得大獎。陳校友當年的發明，獲得國際天文學聯盟以他的名字，命名一顆小行星為『陳嘉鍵星』。我們希望五位年輕同學及其他學弟學妹能夠再接再厲，薪火相傳，為人類幸福有更多發明。舊生會將一如既往支持母校同學的研究發展，並希望母校繼續投放資源，支持同學的科研計劃。」
「香港學生科學比賽」由香港青年協會「創新科學中心」、教育局、香港科學館合辦，並得到創新科技署和香港科技園公司作支持機構。自一九九八年以來，是項比賽為政府推廣創新科技文化的其中一項核心活動，並深受學術界及商界人士的大力支持。科學比賽旨在提高青年人對科學和科技的興趣，透過對科學和科技的探索和創新應用來引發他們的創意和科學頭腦、啟導他們的科技才能和鼓勵他們投身科學和科技事業。此外，透過對比賽作品的探究和向公眾人士的分享，參賽者可以培養團隊精神以及提升表達和溝通的能力。部分優勝隊伍更有機會獲贊助到海外科研及學術機構進行考察/交流，或參與海外的科學比賽，從而擴闊國際視野，獲得科學和科技的最新資訊及知識。
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News Release
AA Congratulates HKCWCC juniors in getting Championship in “Hong Kong Student Science Project Competition”
June 1, 2014, HONG KONG
Five of our junior students were championed in the “Hong Kong Student Science Project Competition” with their invention “Eye-Pad”, which assisted visually-impaired students to sketch drawings. They were invited to an exchange tour to South Korea in August for their achievements. AA congratulates our students as well as their teacher Chemistry Mr. John TL Chan!
Five S.1-S.3 students, namely Justin Nizal, Wing Shan Lai, Kiki Hong, Michelle Kwan and Thomas Chu, led by Mr. John Chan, joined the “Hong Kong Student Science Competition” co-organized by HKFYG, EdB, Science Museum. Our students discovered the difficulty of visually impaired students to draw things as we could do easily. They utilized simple materials such as Velcro and threads, and invented what they called “Eye-Pad” which could help visually impaired students to have a touch of 3D diagrams. The materials only cost them $7 but the invention did help visually impaired students a lot.
They were qualified in the preliminary contest on May 10, and were subsequently named Champion in the final contest yesterday, May 31. They were invited to exchange tours to Shanghai and South Korea.
The Spokesman of AA said, “The Alumni Association wholeheartedly congratulates our five junior students Justin, Wing Shan, Kiki, Michelle and Thomas in getting Championship in the Competition. Their invention “Eye-Pad” is meaningful in a sense that it would help visually-impaired students help themselves. Our students have spent countless days and nights to realize their invention, and they even endeavored to make an effort to visit Ebenezer School and let their students test their products. Such enthusiasm is to be commended.”
The Spokesman followed, “The invention ‘Eye-Pad’ is another significant achievement after our old boy Mr. Tom KK Chan (2007/7S) obtained the first prize in Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in 2007. Tom was also named after a minor planet as a token of recognition to his achievements. AA hopes that Justin, Wing Shan, Kiki, Michelle, Thomas and other students would take an extra mile to invent more products for the betterment of mankind. At the same time, we would support our students in conducting research, and we also encourage our alma mater to make further efforts and support our students’ invention”.
“Hong Kong Students Science Project Competition” is co-organized by the Centre for Creative Science and Technology of the Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups, Education Bureau, Hong Kong Science Museum, and was supported by the Innovations and Technology Commission and Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks. Since 1998, it has become a core activity of the government in promoting innovation and technology, and was supported by the academia and the business sector. It aims at arousing young people’s interest in science and technology, and encourages them to explore new innovations. Through presentations of inventions to the general public, participants could learn to strengthen their team spirit and communication ability. Some selected teams might even be sponsored to conduct overseas visits and exchanges to broaden their horizons.
