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CFSS Students Were Awarded in Hong Kong Biology Literacy Award

The Hong Kong Biology Literacy Award is organized by the Hong Kong Association for Science and Mathematics Education (HKASME), aiming to stimulate student’s active interest by expanding their exposure on scientific investigation. Students were challenged by a variety of scientific investigative questions in the competition. Four Secondary 5 students have participated in the competition and received awards. So Yuen Ying Vivian (5A) received Third Class Honour, Chan Ho Yan (5A) received Merit Award, and Pui Yat Hau (5A) and Wong Trinity (5A) received Active Participation…

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Amgen Biotech Experience (ABE) Programme

The Chinese University of Hong Kong and The Amgen Foundation collaborate to introduce “Amgen Biotechnology Experience (ABE) Programme” into Hong Kong schools, so that teachers can bring biotechnology experiments to real practice in the lessons. This enables students to unveil the details of daily applications of biotechnology nowadays. It has been the sixth year of our school to join the ABE Programme. Biotechnology experiments were conducted in late May. All S.5 Biology students learnt how to successfully transform Red Fluorescent Protein (RFP) gene into Escherichia…

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CFSS Getting Fruitful Results in the 24th Hong Kong Youth Science & Technology Innovation Competition

Following the outstanding performance in the previous years, our School succeeds to grab 18 prizes in the 24th Hong Kong Youth Science & Technology Invention Competition 21-22. We have altogether got 3 First Place Grand Awards, 3 Second Place Grand Awards, 3 Third Place Grand Award, 23 Merit Awards and 1 Special Awards in research, invention, fiction and organization. Above all, it has been the eleventh year of our School to receive an Outstanding Participating School Award. Please refer to appending table for details. 參賽者姓名作品名稱獎項Science…

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Online Workshop on “Aerospace Science and Space Seeds in CFSS”

30 CFSS teachers and students participated in the Online Lecture on “Aerospace Science and Space Seeds in CFSS” organized by Green Guru on 21 February 2022 (Mon). In the online workshop, Guru Leaders introduced the space seed species in the school and their current conditions. Our students also observed and compared how the crops grown from space seeds are different from the normal crops. Green Guru unveiled the journey of space seeds with vivid and interesting stories – how the genes mutated after being exposed…

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No Plastic Campaign

Our S.2 students have searched the information about the problem associated from using single-use plastic in Hong Kong. They also researched the suggested solutions for “no plastic life”. They designed the board content and organized the manpower. In the morning of 9 December, 2021, our students set up the booth. They invited schoolmates and teachers to support this campaign once they entered the school. Students asked them to show their care by signing and pledging on reducing plastic. At the same time, they explained the…

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Warm Visit and Seminar by Prof. Ip Yuk Yu Nancy, The Vice-President for Research and Development at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Prof. Ip Yuk Yu Nancy, the Vice-President for Research and Development, the Morningside Professor of Life Science, and the Director of the State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology paid a visit to CFSS and delivered a talk to S.6 students on 30th November, 2021. Prof. Ip shared her journey of becoming a scientist: there are always ups and downs, happiness and sadness during scientific investigation, but only with all those experiences can our lives become more…

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Warm Visit and Seminar by Prof. Lam Hon Ming, Choh-Ming Li Professor of Life Sciences at The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Prof. Lam Hon Ming, Choh-Ming Li Professor of Life Sciences of CUHK, Director of the Molecular Biotechnology Program and Director of the State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology at The Chinese University of Hong Kong paid a visit to CFSS and delivered a talk to our S3 to S5 students on 19th November, 2021. This talk intends to introduce the elements of science and technology into history and culture, and hence broaden the scope of “culture”.  The highlights of his talk included the importance of soybean…

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Space Seed Sowing Ceremony by Green Gurus Team

The Chinese Foundation Secondary School had received space seeds from UNESCO(HK) and Hong Kong Institute of Education for Sustainable Development. The space seeds included tomatoes, mimosa and cowpeas in addition to normal seeds for control investigations. Our Green Gurus Team launched the Space Seed Sowing Ceremony on 27th September, 2021 (Mon), sharing our path of participating in the Space Seed Nursery Programme in the past and how CFSS has been fostering Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Development Education effectively through cultivating space plants.

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CFSS Winning 23 Prizes in the 23rd Hong Kong Youth Science & Technology Innovation Competition (STIC)

Following the outstanding performance in the previous years, our School succeeds in grabbing 23 prizes in the 23rd Hong Kong Youth Science & Technology Invention Competition 2020-21. We have altogether got 4 First Place Grand Awards, 4 Second Place Grand Awards, 4 Third Place Grand Award and 6 Merit Awards and 4 special awards in research and invention categories. Above all, it has been the tenth year of our School to receive an Outstanding Participating School Award. Please refer to the following table for the…

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