Awards & Recognition
Unlike most of my students, my room has never been filled with trophies and medals. So, I treasure every single time when I do get an award of some kind, however small it is. These tiny successes keep reminding me to work hard and explore more opportunities while I can.
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2022
Best Short Video Award* Basic Law Short Video Competition *My video "Unite SAR, a No-wall City" is awarded the top prize along with two other videos. Click here to see the archived award announcement page. |
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2021
Gold Star* 10th Singapore Performing Arts Festival (SPAF) – Creative Writing Category (Open Class) This year's SPAF was done online and the results were announced via Zoom. The picture is an adapted screenshot during the results announcement with names of other participants covered. * "Gold Star" is the highest award granted by SPAF in any category of the Festival. |
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2021
Champion Good Citizen Action – One Minute Hong Kong Video Ad Contest (Open Category) Photo taken with the performer in the video |
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2019
Champion "Love Is All Around" The 2nd Chinese & English Essay-Writing Competition – English Division, Open Section Award presented by Mr Lo Kai-shui (front left), chairman of Sun Fook Kong Group, and Mr Jamie Lam (front right), production editor of digital of SCMP (Photo from CHINADAILY) |
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2019
Champion Oxford Primary English Writing Competition 2018-2019 – Primary School English Teachers Category Award presented by Ms Mei Mei NG, Managing Director (Hong Kong), Oxford University Press (China) Ltd. |
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2019 Finalist* Real Good Poem Prize 2019 (Rabbit Catastrophe Press) *The selected poem is titled "1110" and is published in Rabbit Catastrophe Review #15. |
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2018
Shortlisted* The Proverse Poetry Prize for Single Poems Previously Unpublished in English *i.e. Winner of a Place in the Proverse Poetry Prize Anthology 2018. Title of the shortlisted poem – "Receptionist" Photo taken during my reading of "Receptionist", with Dr Gillian Bickley and Dr Verner Bickley, co-founders of Proverse Hong Kong |
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2017
Shortlisted* The Proverse Poetry Prize for Single Poems Previously Unpublished in English *i.e. Winner of a Place in the Proverse Poetry Prize Anthology 2017. Title of the shortlisted poem – "The Morning Call" Photo taken with Dr Verner Bickley, co-founder of Proverse Hong Kong |
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2017
Shortlisted* erbacce-prize for poetry 2017 – erbacce-press *The shortlisted submission entered the final 32 from 7200. |
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2016
Shortlisted* Oxford Brookes University's International Poetry Competition 2016 – ESL Category *The shortlisted poem is titled "Firework". |
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2016
Merit* "A Letter to My Family" SHKP Book Review Competition – Open Division (English) *The piece merited was a letter to an imaginary sender's father with reference to Fred Uhlman's "Reunion" (1971). Certificate given by Mrs Elizabeth Wong Chien Chi-lien |
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2016
Project “BALLOONS Lit. Journal” Funded* Hong Kong Teachers Dream Fund *The project was among the 17 funded projects from 300+ applications. |
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2015
EdD Graduates Publication Award* The University of Hong Kong *Certificate granted by Prof. Jeremy Beckett. This award was given for the following research output:
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2011 Distinction Trinity Guildhall Drama & Speech Diploma Examination – Speech & Drama, Associate Trinity College London (ATCL) |
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2011
Trinity Exhibition Award* Trinity Guildhall Drama & Speech Grade Examination (for Performing Text, Grade 8) *Trinity Exhibition Award is granted to the highest distinction achievers in the advanced-grade examinations offered by Trinity College London, as recommended by adjudicators. Five Hong Kong examinees received the award (Drama and Speech category) in 2011. Photo taken with Examiner Ms Mary Ann Tear |
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2011 Distinction Trinity Guildhall Drama & Speech Grade Examination – Performing Text, Grade 8 |
