The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is pleased to announce the winners of the SPCA – No Fur Campaign 2009 Essay Competition. The Competition was open to students of all tertiary institutions and universities in Hong Kong and challenged entrants to write an essay of no more than 1,500 words, in English or Chinese, on the topic of:
Fur: Is the "Natural Choice" the Right Choice in Today's Environment?
A total of 77 students submitted essays of an overall pleasingly high standard. We were delighted to receive a considerable number of outstanding entries. A panel of judges has chosen the winning essays with results as follows:
We would like to congratulate the winners and thank all participating students for the effort that they put into the essays and for sharing with us their thoughts and insights.
Our special thanks go to the supporting universities and colleges as well as to the judges for making our event possible. We are also grateful to have the support of the bookshops in kindly offering poster space for our promotion.
The aim of the Essay Competition was to raise awareness of the cruelty to animals within the fur trade. We hoped that by taking part, all entrants would, in the process of researching the topic, learn what represents the right choice on this issue and the right attitude towards the use of fur, and thus be able to influence others.
Award (Prize money)
Champion (HKD4,000)
Name and school attended
TAM Nga Yin, Agnes student of the University of Hong Kong
"The theme has been tackled from different angles showing that people from different sectors of the community have to cooperate and share responsibility for animal protection. Also, by directly addressing to the readers as "you", readers are led to empathise with the sentiment..."
Ms. Mandy Au, Professional Consultant, Teaching Practice
Faculty of Education, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
"This is a very forceful essay."
Ms. Christine Chau, Editorial Director,
Chinese Language Teaching, Oxford University Press
"A very academic essay which even provides endnote sourcing. Information from the internet is put to good use, though the style is rather conservative."
Dr. Judith Clarke, Honorary Secretary, SPCA (HK)
4 Merit Prizes (each awarded with HKD500)
TAM Siu Kwan
student of the Open University of Hong Kong
Rashmi TOURANI
student of the Community College City University of Hong Kong
SHE Cheuk Man
student of the Hong Kong Shue Yan University
CHUNG Tsui Chi, Gigi
student of the University of Hong Kong
Each winner was also presented with a commemorative certificate.
The Award Ceremony, together with the End the Seal Hunt Roadshow, was held on September 26, 2009 (Saturday) at Citywalk,Tsuen Wan.
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