Lions International Youth Exchange 2003 Qualifying Competition Final Competition
The Top 50 essays
| Lions International Youth Exchange 2003 Qualifying Competition Remarkable Statements of the students | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | Sin Kei Yau Janice | Heep Yunn School | The truth is always a bitter pill to swallow but it is about time we reconciled with the truth and did something about it before it is too late. |
| 1st Runner up | Cheung Clara | St. Paul's Convent School | Protecting and preserving our Victoria Harbour is surely a responsibility for every Hong Kong citizen. |
| 2nd Runner up | Chow Theresa | Diocesan Girls' School | Educating students about the importance of Harbour conservation is essential for a permanent and long-term effect. |
| 3rd Runner up | Seto King Lune Kay | Li Po Chun United World College of Hong Kong | Hong Kong needs a sustainable marine policy to ensure that socio-economically important uses of Hong Kong’s marine environment continue successfully, and preserve Hong Kong’s rich marine biodiversity and heritage. |
| 4th Runner up | Cheung Ching Yee | St. Mark's School | We should share part of the costs of maintaining the standard of marine water as everyone has a responsibility to protect our Harbour. |
| 5th Runner up | Ho Nga Lei Lily | Belilios Public School | At first, I just know that many people throw rubbish into the sea but I do not know the water pollution in the Victoria Harbour is so serious. |
| 6th Runner up | Leung Ling Jessie | Diocesan Girls' School | Youngsters, as the future pillars of the society, should take the role of safeguarding Victoria Harbour. |
| 7th Runner up | Tsoi Pui Hin | Po Leung Kuk No. 1 W H Cheung College | Pollution has not only tarnished Hong Kong's image as an international city, but also greatly affected our health. |
| 8th Runner up | Au Antonia | Sacred Heart Canossian College | The Victoria Harbour is a valuable resource and indeed, a priceless treasure to Hong Kong. It has witnessed the growth of our economy from an entrepot to an international financial centre. |
| 9th Runner up | Leung Hang Kin | Immaculate Heart of Mary College | Hong Kong is called as the "Pearl of Orient", because the people from all over the world were amazed by the marvellous scene consisted of the Victoria Harbour and the light along its shore. Over a century, a junk boat sailing in the Victoria Harbour had been the symbol of Hong Kong. |
| Top 50 students with Certificates of Distinction | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fan Wai Wah Stephanie | Diocesan Girls' School | Victoria Harbour is a major feature of our heritage and legacy. It leads distinction and charm to the hectic pace of our city life. |
| Chow Portia | Diocesan Girls' School | It requires everyone in Hong Kong to help or we will never be able to save our harbour. |
| Yip Lai Kay Daryl | St. Paul's Co-Educational College | Improvements to water quality are obvious and I hope our clean Harbour will become as beautiful as it originally was. |
| Mok Lai Yee Cathy?/font> | Law Ting Pong Secondary School | Hong Kong is our home. We have the moral and social obligation to keep it clean and green while maintaining its economic prosperity. Let us be positive, practical and proactive in our environmental plans to keep our cultural heritage - a clean Victoria Harbour! |
| Siu Wai Yi Carol | Lions College | If only the government makes an effort to carry out these projects to protect our harbour, it is not enough. The public should also show their support and should be taught how to protect the sea. |
| Tsang Ka Wai | Queen Elizabeth School | Victoria Harbour is the commercial, social, cultural and environmental heart of Hong Kong, therefore, we must not shirk our responsibility of safeguarding the Harbour and sustaining its development. |
| Cheung Kar Yan Tammy | Belilos Public School | The longevity of this natural resource is now in our hands and we must adopt every remedial measure and use the right medicine to revitalize this weakening old heritage. |
| Lau Sze Hong | Christian Alliance S C Chan Memorial College | For the quest for land, is reclamation the answer? |
| Ng Kwan Chi Serena | Heep Yunn School | Keeping Victoria Harbour clean is not only a problem of increasing tourism; nor is it just a problem about making Hong Kong a world city. It is a matter of conscience, a matter of respect. |
| Top 50 students with Certificates of Merit | ||
|---|---|---|
| Ling Wai Kit Kelvin | Diocesan Boys' School | If we would like to maintain our heritage, we should take a great step toward the center of the problem: Pollution in the Harbour. |
| Chan Kit Yu Karen | Sacred Heart Canossian College | Ever since I was a child I have heard a lot about this term "Victoria Harbour" yet I have never paid attention and got to know more about her. |
| Poon Wing Shan | St. Paul's School (Lam Tin) | All Hong Kong people should feel proud of having such an unique harbour even in a small place like Hong Kong. |
| Lau Cheuk Ming | TWGHs Li Ka Shing College | Hong Kong has valuable marine resource to cultivate the economic development, let Hong Kong be a well-known, international and momentous city. |
| Yeung Kam Yi Lilian | Maryknoll Convent School | We all should start to safe our Victoria Harbour's life by starting to protect and care for it by our own self and tell everyone we knew to participate in it also. |
| Fu Hau Yu, Amy | St. Paul's Convent School | Many of the rich population of marine animals and plants still hug the waters of Victoria Harbour trying to hunt for food. However, this job has become more and more difficult |
| Chan Ka Yee | Po Leung Kuk No. 1 W H Cheung College | Cleaning up the Victoria Harbour is important for the protection of public health, for the marine environment, and to help to realize the vision of sustaining Hong Kong as one of the world's great cities. |
| YipTsz Hang | Wong Shiu Chi Secondary School | It is well known for its economic benefits and serves as tourists' attraction, however, its pollution problems have made the fame tarnished. |
| Fang Xin | St. Paul's Convent School | Victoria Harbour is not only our home but also our pride. It is our duty to love and protect it. |
| Tong Ka Lam Cally | Belilos Public School | Arresting, prosecuting, and fining are good methods to prevent the citizens from polluting the water. But the most important is to educate the public. |
| Shung Wing Chung Alex | Queen Elizabeth School | It seems that the harbour is the 'origin' of Hong Kong. Economic, academic, artistic, literary and musical activities can all be found there. The harbour also shows the evidence of the titles of Hong Kong -- 'Asia's world city' and 'The City of Life'. |
| Choi Shu Man Cassandra | St. Paul's Convent School | "A City of Life" - Hong Kong would not be given such a name without the existence of Victoria Harbour. |
| Chan Ching Man | Wong Shiu Chi Secondary School | |
| Chan Hui Ying Candy | Heep Yunn School | For Hong Kong residents, they should not think they that they are not a small part of the whole and that their efforts are insignificant |
| Cheung Nga Ying | St. Mary's Canossian College | Figuring out proper ways and methods to deal with the sewage will surely contribute in building up a clean Victoria harbour. |
| Lam Pak Yuen | Raimondi College | Definitely, Hong Kong pound with its valuable harbour – Victoria Harbour. We pound with its geographical convenient, but not its quality of water. |
| Yeung Wai Hung Raymond | Po Leung Kuk No. 1 W H Cheung College | We must admit that nobody has been paying much attention to safeguarding our precious harbour. Worse still, people are polluting it seriously. |
| Pang Chui Yi | Wong Shiu Chi Secondary School | A clean Victoria Harbour is a shining pearl of Asia. |
| Top 50 students | ||
|---|---|---|
| Yu Chun Yeung | Raimondi College | Hong Kong now requires a new Sewage Strategy which is capable of solving the immediate problem and is sustainable in the next three or four decades. |
| Chan Lee Ting Cecilia | St. Paul's Convent School | Victoria Harbour is the life source of Hong Kong. |
| Lim Mei Yee | Christian Alliance S C Chan Memorial College | It is always important for us to realize that the Victoria Harbour is ours; it is our brand identity, our heritage and our legacy. |
| Leung Ngo Hei June | Heep Yunn School | Since the harbour is so important to us, we should thank the harbour, keep it clean and lovely instead of polluting it. |
| Wong Pik Fung | Queen Elizabeth School | Victoria Harbour, a deep natural channel running between Hong Kong Island and Kowloon Peninsula, is the main artery for Hong Kong's trading success. |
| Tse Hang Mei | St. Mary's Canossian College | Different departments of the government are striving to enhance the water quality of the harbour. |
| Chan Siu Lim Polly | DMHC Siu Ming Catholoic Secondary School | "I am the Victoria Harbour. I bet all of you are quite familiar with my name, as I am famous for the glamorous scene of the coastal areas and yet notorious for the pollution level of the waters here." |
| Cheung Lai Ling | Po Leung Kuk 1983 Board of Directors' College | The sea cannot be treated as a bottomless pit for our rubbish. |
| Yip Chor Yan | Belilos Public School | Who is going to safe the Victoria Harbour? Every one of us! |
| Fung Yee Lick Eric | Raimondi College | Educating the youngster is always a long-run approach to build up their moral values so as not to pollute our Harbour. |
| Lau Wai Yin | St. Mary's Canossian College | Actions must be taken to save this valuable asset of our home - Victoria Harbour. |
| Lee Tung Mui Michelle | Lions College | I think we can hold swimming competition in the Victoria Harbour within 10 years, so we can show off our harbour to other countries - we have a clean harbour which we are proud of. |
| Tsui Lai Ting Clara | Yuen Long Merchants Association Secondary School | The neglect of our valuable Victoria Harbour is the beginning of the end. |
