Secretary for Education Choi Yuk-lin today officiated at the award presentation ceremony of the Hong Kong Scholarship for Excellence Scheme, under which 60 students were selected as the 10th cohort of awardees.

While speaking at the ceremony, Ms Choi said that the Government has always attached great importance to the development of young people, and the scheme highlights its commitment to and efforts in fostering the talent development of the next generation.

She encouraged awardees to act as ambassadors in telling good Hong Kong stories while overseas, and make the best use of their enriched knowledge and skills upon graduation in contributing to Hong Kong as well as seizing the immense opportunities brought about by the nation’s development.

A total of 923 applicants competed for the scholarship. All awardees received their formal secondary school education in Hong Kong.

Among the awardees, 51 will take up undergraduate studies and nine will be pursuing postgraduate studies at world-renowned universities.

They will seek to attain a wide spectrum of disciplines, with over half of them studying science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)-related programmes.

Other disciplines include law, arts, culture and performing arts, medical and health sciences, and social sciences.

A list of the awardees, as of August 23, has been uploaded to the scheme's website.

As the selection process is ongoing, more applicants may be offered the scholarship after today’s ceremony.