Theme: The Next Chapter

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Sha Tin Junior Main Hall
2nd Floor, Sha Tin Junior School, 3A Lai Wo Lane
Fo Tan, New Territories
Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 000000
Hong Kong

Belle Ho

Student

Belle is an an articulate Year 9 student, who shared her ideas regarding: "Multilingualism and Lingua Franca". She herself uses her experience as a tri-lingual student and cosmopolitan family background, to explore the advantages that multilingualism gives in terms of education and employment. Belle also investigates modern language trends, as English, and more recently Chinese language predominates over the world, and poses some interesting questions regarding the viability of any future possible unified language across the world.

Emily Parry

Student

Hoi Ching Leung

Student

Hoi Ching is a Year 12 student at Sha Tin College. Her talk explores themes of rejection and acceptance of minorities, and is a timely reflection of society, given recent political events in the US and Europe. She then turns the discussion to our perception of her own native Hong Kong Chinese population's acceptance or otherwise of Mainland Chinese visitors and immigrants to Hong Kong, referencing the Gestalt Laws to explain her observations.

Joshua Chu

Student

Joshua's opening challenge to the people watching his talk, is to pose the question: 'Who here is special?' He goes on to challenge people's perception of their special-ness, perceived differences, and challenges, as he takes us through his life-journey, beginning with his adoption, doctors' medical diagnosis of unspecified learning difficulties, and his gradual transition from a student in Learning Support, to gradually becoming a Mainstream Year 10 student at Sha Tin College. He and his adoptive parents have come a long way, thanks to their determination, diligence, and discipline.

Martha Chow

Student

Natalie Chan

Business Woman / Educator

Rog Thomas

Motivational Speaker

Sayeeda Urbana

Student

Thomas Mui

Motivational Speaker

Tina Thomas

Motivational Speaker

Yifan Ding

Student

Yifan theme for his talk was the plea: 'Judge Not'. Yifan eloquently expresses his passion for debating, and willingness to argue an unfashionable point of view. His plea urges us all to take emotion and insult out of debates, and rather rely upon empirical evidence. His view is that whilst not all ideas have equal merit, everyone is entitled to have their voice heard, whether it be on the debating floor or in social media. Yifan encourages us to take nuanced views of political and social debates, and to challenges the 'black and white' and 'us and them' polarizations, which he feels are unhelpful to a modern society.