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Ms. Lee Oi Yee (HK)
Principal, RTC Gaia School
Primary Non-Traditional Education Choices
Founding teacher of RTC Gaia School, Oi Yee has been teaching at GAIA since 2007. Before that, she was a social worker serving children and teenagers. RTC Gaia School has an education vision of "Nature, Humanity, and Autonomy". It is revolutionary in the emphasis on nature and simplicity, stressing the importance of being green at heart. RTC Gaia School embraces a child-oriented approach. There is the covenant of living, conference of living and court of living instead of a set of school rules. The educational style is openness, and the way of learning is self-oriented.
Mrs. Emily Chan (HK)
Principal, Kowloon Rhenish School
Primary Non-Traditional Education Choices
Emily was a secondary school teacher before becoming Principal of Kowloon Rhenish School in 1990. Her school was founded by the Kowloon Rhenish Church in 1959. With a team of dedicated teachers, they are committed to offering a student-centred and potential enhanced whole-person education based on biblical principles.
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Ms. Michelle Sun (HK)
Founder / CEO, First Code Academy
Primary Non-Traditional Education Choices
Born and raised in Hong Kong, Michelle got 9 A's in the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination. After graduating from a prominent university in the U.S., she worked in investment banking. Gradually she found her career in the financial sector unfulfilling, and decided to start all over again in the IT sector. Michelle went to the U.S. to study an intensive program on software development, then gained a lot of experience working in Silicon Valley. Lately, she has commenced her own business by combining IT and education, teaching children how to design software.
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Mr. Chris Ng (HK)
Co-founder, Floating Classroom
Secondary Non-Traditional Education Choices
After completing degrees in Mathematics and Meteorology in the UK, Chris started his experiential education career in Outward Bound Hong Kong. Then he served in the Life Front-Line Sailing Ministry, a sail training organization in Christian values. As skipper of the training vessel "Spitali", he combines hands-on experience on board with academic knowledge, by teaching the students to apply academic theories in the real world. "Project Voyager" is the first project with a local secondary school, launching in October, 2014.
About a new education programme, 'Project Voyager', that is designed around boat making and sailing, launched in conjunction with a local secondary school.
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Ms. Ada Wong (HK)
Founder, MaD & HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity
Secondary Non-Traditional Education Choices
Ada is a lawyer, local politician, cultural advocate, educator, social entrepreneur and a staunch advocate of social innovation, creative education and cultural development. She founded Hong Kong Institute of Contemporary Culture (HKICC) and then Hong Kong's only art high school, the HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity, Make A Difference (MaD) initiative. Her latest social venture, The Good Lab, aims at promoting the civil society in Hong Kong.
Mr. Chan Cheuk Ho (HK)
Founder, Gogetter Residential training Programme, St. Stephen's Society
Secondary Non-Traditional Education Choices
Chan has worked with St. Stephen's Society for nearly 20 years, targeting the well-being of drug-addicted teenagers in Hong Kong. This led to the formation of "Gogetters" Residential Training, a programme for at-risk young people struggling with various life problems. In "Gogetters", teenagers live together and attend the on-campus school in a creative learning environment. The programme helps young people discover their strengths and talents. He also conducts regular workshops for parents of "Gogetters" to exchange ideas and advice about parenting.
Professor Lui Tai Lok (HK)
Chair Professor, Hong Kong Institute of Education
Secondary Non-Traditional Education Choices
Professor Lui's recent publications include "Hong Kong: Becoming a Chinese Global City", "Hong Kong, China: Learning to belong to a Nation", and "The Story of Hong Kong in the 1970s Re-told".