RP students excelled at the Po Leung Kuk 11th Primary Mathematics World Contest. The contest was held in Hong Kong last Monday. The Filipino delegation collected three team awards and nine individual awards, including a first honor medal.

Amiel Sy, a student of the Philippine Science High School, got a perfect score to become one of the first honor winners in the math quiz. This was revealed by Dr. Simon Chua, president of the Mathematics Trainers Guild-Philippines. The last time that a Filipino won a first honor award in the Po Leung Kuk contest was eight years ago.

The other individual winners who won second honors are Carmela Antonette Lao and Vance Go of St. Jude Catholic School; Matthew Ng of Chiang Kai Shek College; Miguel Sebastian Santos of Paref Southridge School, and Niel Benjamin Kho of San Beda College-Alabang. Third honor winners are Geovin Dexter Uy and Henry Jefferson Morco of Chiang Kai Shek College, and Arvin Wilson Alba of Philippine Science High School.

In the group category, the Philippines-Luzon team won first runner-up for their grouping and the Philippines-Metro Manila team got the second runner-up for their grouping. The team also won a merit award for overall performance.

"We are very proud that these students have brought honor to our country. This only means that Filipino students can compete and win in world competitions," said Chua who is a Paul Erdos Awardee himself.

Teams from the United States, Mexico, India, China, Macau, Hong Kong, Bulgaria, Malaysia, Thailand, South Africa, Singapore, Taiwan and Australia also competed, aside from the Philippines.

The contest was sponsored by Po Leung Kuk, Hong Kong Institute of Education and Panda Hotel.