The 3^rd TOEFL Best of the Best Award Ceremony in Hong Kong, organized by Smart Education, was successfully held on July 20, 2024, at the Tsang Chan Sik Yu Auditorium at Hong Kong Baptist University.

This year's ceremony had the honour of hosting Sha Tin District Councilor Mr. Ronald Yeung and renowned host Ms. Maggie Chang as star-sharing and awarding guests. They shared their journeys in their pursuit of dreams. They also engaged in discussions on themes such as "Dreams and Goals," "Building Self-Confidence," "Facing Challenges Positively," and "Cultivating Perseverance," aiming to inspire the plans of the award recipients.

In his address, Mr. Kevin Chan, President of Smart Education, reflected on the accomplishments of Smart Education during the 2023/24 school year, including becoming the first regional representative to conduct the TOEFL YSS series of writing tests. He also outlined the future developments for Smart Education in the upcoming year, which include expanding the use of the TOEIC test as a benchmark for recruiting employees in the aviation industry, sponsoring ViuTV's upcoming school information program "學界Create, Like & Share," hosting the "Daily Readers Read Out Loud" competition for kindergartens, sponsoring the children's musical "CoComelon Live," and partnering with local streaming music platforms to implement popular music talent training programs in schools.

After his speech, Mr. Kevin Chan, on behalf of Smart Education, extended congratulations to Principal Chung Chun Man on his retirement and presented a certificate of appreciation for Principal Chung's contributions to the education sector over the years.

A total of 83 students received the Hong Kong Junior TOEFL Excellence Award, ranking in the top 0.5% among over 30,000 candidates who took the Junior TOEFL test in 2023. To provide more outstanding students with a platform to showcase their learning achievements, Smart Education introduced the "Most Popular Video Award," which collected videos recorded by the award-winning students to share their learning experiences. These videos were uploaded to Smart Education's official Facebook page, where the public could vote by "like" and "share" to select the winner. Ms. Elsa Tsang, President of the Smart Education Charitable Foundation, presented the awards to the two winners at the ceremony.

Further photos and highlights will be released on the event website soon, please stay tuned.

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