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Prize
Presentation Ceremony of Creative Statistics Writing Competition
To raise the interest of secondary
school students in statistics and its application, the Hong Kong
Statistical Society and Education Bureau organised the Statistics
Creative-writing Competition for Secondary School Students for the
first time in 2009.
The Competition attracted about 100 submissions. The submissions
covered a wide variety of themes, expressing in words the daily
application of statistical concepts or putting statistical concepts
into a story in a scientific and objective manner. An adjudication
panel, which was led by Dr K.C. CHEUNG and comprised colleagues from
mathematical education section of Education Bureau, statistics
lecturers from universities and professional statisticians, was set
up for the Competition. Having undergone stringent scrutiny by the
adjudicators, 9 outstanding entries were selected for receiving the
awards finally.
A Prize Presentation Ceremony was held on 12 December 2009. We were
honoured to have Mr. H.W. FUNG, JP, Commissioner for Census and
Statistics, Dr. K.W. CHEUNG, Principal Assistant Secretary,
Education Bureau, and Professor W.K. LI, the University of Hong Kong
as officiating guests of the Ceremony. The teams winning the first
four prizes were also invited to give presentations on their
creative writings/stories and share with the audiences their
valuable experience and gains in the course of preparing the
submissions. The awarded entries would later be printed in the
publication issued by the organisers.
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Photo of officiating guests and
the organising committee :-
(From left to right)
Dr. K.C. CHEUNG; Dr. Philip L.H. YU;
Dr. K.W. CHEUNG; Professor W.K. LI;
Mr. H.W. FUNG, JP; Mr. Leslie W.K. TANG
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Photo of guests
and organising committee (front row), the student
winning the First Prize and teachers of the
corresponding school (back row) |
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Seminar on
ˇ§Applications of Probability and Statisticsˇ¨ on 21 November 2009
The Hong Kong Statistical Society and
the Education Bureau had jointly organized a seminar on
"Applications of Probability and Statistics" on 21 November 2009
(Saturday) delivered by Professor M.K. Siu (Department of
Mathematics, The University of Hong Kong) and Professor K. Lam
(Department of Finance and Decision Sciences, Hong Kong Baptist
University). The Seminar attracted about 200 participants including
secondary school teachers and members of Hong Kong Statistical
Society.
At the Seminar, Professor Siu introduced many interesting
probability examples found in our daily life and explained that
probability is not merely the science of common sense but more
importantly it makes sense while Professor Lam introduced the
application of statistics in investment, particularly the use of
mean, variance and covariance in selecting an optimal investment
portfolio, and highlighted the relationship between the normal
distribution and the black swan effect in financial crisis.
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Professor M.K. Siu mentioned the quest
on how to toss a coin ten times and got all heads! |
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Professor K. Lam shared with audience
the smart way of investment with the use of statistics.
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Two speakers with Mr KS Leung and Mr ST
Chan from Mathematical Education Section of Education
Bureau, Mr. Leslie Tang, President of the Society and Dr
Philip Yu, Vice-President of the Society. |
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HKSS
Examination Seminar cum Certificate Presentation Ceremony
"The Hong Kong Statistical Society (HKSS)
examination is a recommendable avenue for obtaining qualifications
at various levels of the statistical profession," said Mr. FUNG
Hing-Wang, Chairman of the Examination Board of HKSS. In the HKSS
Examination Seminar cum Certificate Presentation Ceremony, Mr. Fung
shared with the audience the importance of acquiring qualifications
of the statistical profession.
Mr. Fung said,"As Hong Kong develops into a
knowledge-based society, statistics has become the essential tool
for daily operation and decision making in both business and public
sectors. There is increasing demand for qualified statistical
professionals in all fields, including in particular finance, risk
management, actuary, market research, quality management, etc.
Obtaining statistical profession qualifications will greatly enhance
one’s competitive edge."
Hong Kong Statistical Society first launched the
statistical professional examination in 2002. Up till now, over 400
candidates have sat the examination, and 130 of them have obtained
qualifications at various levels of the statistical profession.
Many of them now work as statistical professionals in various
fields.
In the 2009 round of the examination, the
following candidates have successfully passed examinations at
different levels. Their achievements are listed below (in
alphabetical order of surnames):-
Awarded with Ordinary Certificate in 2009
HO Taine
Ting Hin
HON Pok Man (with Credit)
YAN Wai Lun, Patrick
Awarded with Higher Certificate in 2009
HUI Wun
Fung (with Credit)
TAM Hiu Fung (with Distinction)
TSE Yue Tung (with Credit)
Successfully
completed selected Higher Certificate modules in 2009
HON Pok
Man
KWAN Chi Kit
LAM Chi Hung
MUNG Siu Lam
SO Tsz Kin
TSANG Hiu Fai
TSE Herman
WONG Chun Fat
YU Sui Wai
Awarded with Graduate Diploma in 2009
LAM Tung
Hei
LAW Siu Tong
NG Po Wah
NGAI Man Yeung
WONG Ho Ting (with Credit)
WONG Wing Ching
Successfully completed selected Graduate Diploma modules in 2009
CHEUNG
Yuet Ho
HUNG Pui Chuen
LAI Kwok Leung
TSANG Fan Lok
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- Briefing Seminar on the
Statistics Creative-writing Competition 2009
The Hong Kong Statistical Society and the Education Bureau were
co-organising a new competition, namely "Statistics Creative-writing
Competition 2009". The competition aims to raise the interest of
secondary school students in statistics and its application; and to
encourage them to creatively express in words the daily application
of statistical concepts or put statistical concepts into a story in
a scientific and objective manner.
To enable participants to better understand the details of the
competition, a briefing seminar was conducted on 16 May 2009. The
responses were very favourable. Most of the teachers and students
attending the seminar expressed interest in submitting entries for
the competition. The deadline of submission would be 18 September
2009.
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Dr. Philip YU, Vice President of the
Society, and members of the organising committee of the
competition shared with the attendees their experience
and practical tips on writing interesting statistical
articles. |
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The teachers and students actively
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- The HKSS Annual General
Meeting (AGM) 2009
The Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held on 31 March 2009 at the
Immigration Tower. Some 60 members had attended.
At the AGM, two outstanding Chair Professors, Professor LI Wai
Keung, Chair Professor of the Department of Statistics and Actuarial
Science at the University of Hong Kong and Professor CHAN Ngai Hang,
Professor of Statistics and Chairman of Department of Statistics at
the Chinese University of Hong Kong, were conferred on
the Honorary Membership for their significant contributions and
excellence in statistical work.
Besides, six members were granted the "Hong Kong Statistical Society
Service Award" in recognition of their sustained and/or significant
support to the running of HKSS and its activities.
After the AGM, a dinner was organized for members and participants
had spent an enjoyable evening.
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- Talk delivered by
Professor Paul Cheung on 27 March 2009
The Census and Statistics Department (C&SD), the Department of
Statistics and Actuarial Science (DSAS) of the University of Hong
Kong and HKSS had jointly organized a seminar on "Population
Planning in a Low Fertility, High Migration and Rapidly Ageing
Demographic Regime : Approaches and the Role of Statistics" on 27
March 2009 (Friday) delivered by the Director of United Nations
Statistics Division (UNSD), Professor Paul Cheung. The Seminar
attracted about 150 participants from various sectors of the
community, in particular the academia, professional statisticians
from both public and private sectors.
At the Seminar, Professor Cheung explored the intricacies of
population planning in Singapore and their relevance to other Asian
countries and regions. Apart from discussing the drivers of
Singapore's population trends and their impact on the Singapore
society, Professor Cheung also talked about population policy
options in a multi-ethnic city state and the role of statistics in
supporting population planning.
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