Winners of PolyU SPEED “Go the Extra Mile” Writing Contest share their inspiring stories

25 Sep 2017

(Right to left) Dr Regan Lam, PolyU SPEED Programme Director and Scheme Leader of Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Scheme in Marketing cum the judge, Wong Wai Nam, the champion, Dr Jack Lo, PolyU SPEED Director, Chung Po Yi, the 2nd runner-up, and Dr Daisy Lee, PolyU SPEED Marketing Consultant and Lecturer cum the judge, took a group photo.

Dr Jack Lo (right), PolyU SPEED Director, presented the certificate to the champion, Wong Wai Nam.

PolyU SPEED alumnus Chong Ching Fan won the 1st runner-up in the contest.

The road to nurturing talents and lifelong learning is full of challenges. One of the best solutions is overcoming them proactively and positively in order to achieve the goal. PolyU SPEED organised “Go the Extra Mile” Writing Contest to engage its academic staff, students and alumni in continuing self-improvement. The contest has received some meaningful stories from contestants who shared their real-life stories of how to excel themselves in teaching or learning against all odds.

The champion, 1^st runner-up, 2^nd runner-up and five honourable mention winners were selected by the judges after their review of all the submissions. PolyU SPEED Director Dr Jack Lo presented the cash prizes and certificates to the winners to show his support. Dr Lo found the positive attitude in learning shown in their stories very touching and thought that their perseverance demonstrated in adversity is worthy of commendation.

The following is a list of the awardees.

Name	Prize
Wong Wai Nam	Champion
Chong Ching Fan	1^st runner-up
Chung Po Yi	2^nd runner-up
Au Hin Man	Honourable Mention
Chung Sin Yi Sarah Lyn	Honourable Mention
Kaur Sukhpreet	Honourable Mention
Ng Hoi Shan Alexandra	Honourable Mention
Wong Yee Lok	Honourable Mention

The articles of the champion, 1^st runner-up and 2^nd runner-up can be found here.