Hong Kong Chemistry Olympiad for Secondary Schools
Last updated: 22/8/08

　
13th Hong Kong Chemistry Olympiad for Secondary Schools (2007-2008) - Chemistry in Food Safety
　
Final:
The final was held in Heung To Middle School on 19/4/07. The six finalist teams are as follows:
　
  • Carmel Pak U Secondary School: Curbing the Overgrowth of Blue-green Algae by Adsorption of PO43-  
  • La Salle College: Be Preserved from Preservatives  
  • Marymount Secondary School: Hydrogen Cyanide in Food Plants
  • St. Paul's Convent School: Preservative in Dried Food - Here for Good?  
  • Heep Yunn School: Removal of Cyanide from Healthy Product: FLAXSEED
  • PLK Mrs Ma Kam Ming-Cheung Fok Sien Colleage: 亞硝酸鹽不敗之迷
　
The winning teams are as follows:
Champion:

1st Runner-up:

2nd Runner-up:

　

 Heep Yunn School: Removal of Cyanide from Healthy Product: FLAXSEED

La Salle College: Be Preserved from Preservatives

St. Paul's Convent School: Preservative in Dried Food - Here for Good?

PLK Mrs Ma Kam Ming-Cheung Fok Sien Colleage: 亞硝酸鹽不敗之迷                                        

　
St. Paul's Convent School was voted as the Most Popular Team. TSUI Sin-chi from Heep Yunn School was awarded the Best Presenter.
　
The following six teams were awarded the highly commended awards:
　
  • Marymount Secondary School: Prawns Haunt 
  • STFA Leung Kau Kui College: Bleaching Hazard 
  • St. Joseph's Anglo-Chinese School: 食用魚翅安全手冊
  • Pui Ching Middle School: 火鍋中的亞硝酸鹽
  • Sing Ying Secondary School: Beware. Oil! 
  • Yan Oi Tong Tin Ka Ping Secondary School: Story of Salt - SNACK
The 21st National Chemistry Olympiad and Winter Camp (2007-2008)
The 21st National Chemistry Olympiad and Winter Camp was held in Nanjing, Jiangsu, from 8 to 14 January, 2008. It was organised by Nanjing University, Nanjing Normal University, Jiangsu Province Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Society and Chinese Chemical Society. 165 students from 32 different provinces, cities and autonomous regions of China participated in the competition.

Our representatives, Theodora Cheung, Elaine Chow, Maggie Lee, Shania Tsang and Cally Wong of St. Paul’s Convent School, attained the 3rd Place Award and were presented Bronze medals and certificates.
　

Project Summaries of the 1st to the 12th HKChO