GERMAN SPEAKING CONTEST FOR STUDENTS 2020

To encourage students to reflect on climate and environmental protection in Hong Kong, the Goethe-Institut, the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the German Consulate General in cooperation with three universities in Hong Kong are launching a German speaking contest on sustainable development in 2020. Bachelor students at universities and colleges in Hong Kong and Macau are invited to contribute to the question "A future without plastics?" and to demonstrate their German language skills. The final round of the competition will take place on November 21, 2020 at the University of Hong Kong (HKU). Winners will receive scholarships for a German course at a university or at a Goethe-Institut in Germany.

Climate change and sustainability have been given greater attention by politicians and the public worldwide thanks to the engagement of the young Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and the "Fridays for Future" movement.

The current Covid 19 crisis has had positive and negative effects on climate and environment. On one hand, CO2 emissions have fallen sharply worldwide, and on the other hand, the massive use of masks and packaging has dramatically worsened the problem of plastic waste - in Hong Kong also.

Bachelor's students of various disciplines (full-time) at Hong Kong colleges and universities, who are studying German as a major or minor subject in the current academic year or who are learning German during their studies, could apply to participate in the German Speaking Contest 2020 with 5-minute presentations on the topic of the contest. 

In the public final on November 21, 2020 at the HKU, the best 14 participants will present their viewpoints on the topic "A Future without Plastics?"

The independent competition jury consisting of representatives of the Goethe-Institut, the Consulates General of Germany and Switzerland, the Heinrich Böll Foundation and the ALBA Group will select the competition winners.

Program schedule

14:00 Registration 
14:30 Welcome speeches and introduction of the jury
14:45 Presentations of the finalists (A-level)
15:30 Break
15:45 Presentations of the finalists (B-level)
17:00 Consultation of the jury 
          Parallel: Short presentation by Recycling plant WEEE Park 
17:30 Award ceremony
18:00 Virtual concert of Käptn Peng & Die Tentakel von Delphi


To mark the ceremonial end of the finale, the well-known Berlin band Käptn Peng & Die Tentakel von Delphi will give a concert in Berlin at 6 pm Hong Kong time at the invitation of the Goethe-Institut. The concert will be broadcasted via Zoom to Hong Kong University and live on Facebook.

German-learning students and all interested parties are cordially invited to attend the final round at HKU via ZOOM. Please register for participation. We will send you the ZOOM link on Friday, 20.11.2020.
  We are pleased to announce the winners of the German Speaking Contest for Students 2020:

Division A:
 
1st prize: NG, Yuk Man Vincy (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
receives a scholarship from the Goethe-Institut Hong Kong for a two-week German course in 2021 at a Goethe-Institut in Germany (including flight and accommodation) worth 3,000 euros
 
2nd prize: CHU, Wing Tong Samantha (Caritas Institute of Higher Education)
receives a scholarship for a German Intensive Course in 2021 at the Goethe-Institut Hongkong worth 6.000 HKD
 
3rd prize: LI, Jia Wen Coco (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
receives a dinning voucher for the German restaurant "Biergarten" worth 700 HKD and a book voucher worth 500 HKD from the German Consulate General
 
Division B:
 
1st prize: LUO, Ruijie Annabelle (University of Hong Kong)
receives a DAAD scholarship for a university summer course in 2021 at a German university (including flight and accommodation) worth 3,000 euros
 
2nd prize: CHUNG, Pui Ting Ada (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
receives a scholarship for a German Intensive Course 2021 at the Goethe-Institut Hong Kong worth 6.000 HKD
 
3rd Prize: TAM, Chung Hin Kenny (Hong Kong Baptist University)
receives a dinning-voucher for the German restaurant "Biergarten" worth 700 HKD and a book voucher worth 500 HKD from the German Consulate General

The special prize of the Heinrich Böll Foundation worth HKD 3,000 for the best presentation in terms of content, combined with the publication of a written contribution in the web dossier of the Asia edition of the Plastic Atlas: TAM, Chung Hin Kenny (Hong Kong Baptist University)
 
The special prize of the Goethe-Institut, a one-month internship in 2021, paid with 3,000 HKD, is awarded: TAM, Yue San Russell (Hong Kong Baptist University)

Congratulations to all winners!

All 14 finalists have received gifts from the Goethe-Institut Hongkong, the German and Swiss Consulate General, the Heinrich Böll Foundation and the ALBA Group and will be invited to an excursion to the WEEE Park recycling plant.



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