465 contestants from 13 Asia Pacific countries/regions participated the Asia Pacific Linguistics Olympiad 2025 (APLO) held on 20 April 2025. They competed to solve problems on diverse languages, including Misantla Totonac, Looma, Tangsa, Mako, and Khasi. Among them, 15 participants were from Hong Kong’s local secondary schools.
Eight contestants from Hong Kong were recognised among the top 72 by the International Jury. The team achieved an impressive 6th place among the 13 participating countries/regions, earning one gold, three silver, three bronze medals and one honourable mention. They are trained by and selected from the Hong Kong Linguistics Olympiad, which is organised by the Faculty of Humanities at PolyU.
These eight students are Maxwell JI and Cici CAI from Chinese International School (ranks 1st and 72nd in the APLO respectively); Daniel LIN from Queen’s College (ranks 4th); Alex YEUNG from Carmel Pak U Secondary School (ranks 9th); Marcus CHIU from St. Joseph’s College (ranks 16th); Jayden KONG from St. Paul’s Co-educational College (ranks 30th); Theo LOMONE from Diocesan Boys’ School (ranks 57th); and Jenny CAO from German Swiss International School (ranks 59th). They will represent Hong Kong, China at the 22nd International Linguistics Olympiad (IOL), scheduled to be held from 21 July 2025 to 26 July 2025 in Taipei.
Congratulations to all the awardees!
Eight contestants from Hong Kong were recognised among the top 72 by the International Jury. The team achieved an impressive 6th place among the 13 participating countries/regions, earning one gold, three silver, three bronze medals and one honourable mention. They are trained by and selected from the Hong Kong Linguistics Olympiad, which is organised by the Faculty of Humanities at PolyU.
These eight students are Maxwell JI and Cici CAI from Chinese International School (ranks 1st and 72nd in the APLO respectively); Daniel LIN from Queen’s College (ranks 4th); Alex YEUNG from Carmel Pak U Secondary School (ranks 9th); Marcus CHIU from St. Joseph’s College (ranks 16th); Jayden KONG from St. Paul’s Co-educational College (ranks 30th); Theo LOMONE from Diocesan Boys’ School (ranks 57th); and Jenny CAO from German Swiss International School (ranks 59th). They will represent Hong Kong, China at the 22nd International Linguistics Olympiad (IOL), scheduled to be held from 21 July 2025 to 26 July 2025 in Taipei.
Congratulations to all the awardees!
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