Hong Kong Mathematical High Achievers Selection Contest (HKMHASC,

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for students of or below Secondary 3 in

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. It is jointly organized by

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and Hong Kong Association of Science and Mathematics Education since the academic year 1998-1999. Recently, there are more than 250 secondary schools participating.

Format and Scoring

Each participating school may send at most 5 students into the contest. There is one paper, divided into Part A and Part B, with two hours given. Part A is usually made up of 14 - 18 easier questions, carrying one mark each. In Part A, only answers are required. Part B is usually made up of 2 - 4 problems with different difficulties, and may carry different number of marks, varying from 4 to 8. In Part B, workings are required and marked. No

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s) are allowed.

Awards and Further Training

Awards are given according to the total mark. The top 40 contestants are given the First Honour Award (一等獎), the next 80 the Second Honour Award (二等獎), and the Third Honour Award (三等獎) for the next 120. Moreover, the top 4 can obtain an award, namely the Champion and the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Runner-up. Group Awards are given to schools, according to the sum of marks of the 3 contestants with highest mark. The first 4 are given the honour of Champion and 1st, 2nd and 3rd Runner-up. The honour of ''Top 10'' (首十名最佳成績) is given to the 5th-10th, and ''Group Merit Award'' (團體優異獎) is given to the next 10. First Honour Award achievers would receive further training. Eight students with best performance will be chosen to participate in the Invitational World Youth Mathematics Inter-City Competition (IWYMIC).

List of Past Champions (1999-2024)

*98-99: Queen Elizabeth School, Ying Wa College *99-00: Queen's College *00-01: La Salle College *01-02: St. Paul's College *02-03: Queen's College *03-04: La Salle College *04-05: La Salle College *05-06: La Salle College *06-07: La Salle College *07-08: La Salle College *08-09: Diocesan Boys' School *09-10: St. Paul's Co-educational College *10-11: La Salle College *11-12: La Salle College *12-13: Queen Elizabeth School *13-14: Po Leung Kuk Centenary Li Shiu Chung Memorial College *14-15: Queen's College *15-16: Pui Ching Middle School *16-17: La Salle College *17-18: Queen's College *18-19: La Salle College *22-23: Diocesan Boys' School *23-24: Diocesan Boys' School

Performance by school

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La Salle College La Salle College (LSC; zh, t=喇沙書院, j=laa3 saa1 syu1 jyun2) is a boys' secondary school located in Kowloon City District, Hong Kong. It was established in 1932 by the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, a Catholic re ...

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Diocesan Boys' School The Diocesan Boys' School (DBS) is a day and boarding Anglican boys' school in Hong Kong, located at 131 Argyle Street, Hong Kong, Argyle Street, Mong Kok, Kowloon. The school's mission is "to provide a liberal education based on Christianity ...

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Pui Ching Middle School The Pui Ching Middle Schools () is a system of Baptist secondary schools first founded in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China and later Hong Kong and Macau. Located at Peizheng Road in Yuexiu District, Guangzhou Pui Ching Middle School is a s ...

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St. Paul's Co-educational College St. Paul's Co-educational College (SPCC; ) is an Anglican secondary school located at 33 MacDonnell Road, Mid-Levels, Hong Kong. It was founded in 1915 as a girls-only school until the outbreak of World War II, after which it was converted int ...

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Ying Wa College Ying Wa College (YWC, ), formerly known as Anglo-Chinese College, is a direct subsidized boys' secondary school in Kowloon, Hong Kong, near Nam Cheong station. Established in 1818 in Malacca as the Anglo-Chinese College by Rev. Robert Morr ...

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External links

Official website
(in Traditional Chinese) Competitions in Hong Kong Mathematics competitions

Format and Scoring

Awards and Further Training

List of Past Champions (1999-2024)

Performance by school

See also

External links