Forty-five Hong Kong secondary school students Monday (Aug. 2) left for Beijing to attend the third Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Youth Science Festival.

The 45 students are members of 12 winning teams in the Hong Kong Student Science Project Competition 2004, organized by the Innovation and Technology Commission, the Education and Manpower Bureau and the Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups this year.

"Science, Youth and Future" is the theme of the festival, which features around 1,000 students and teachers from 21 APEC economies on Aug. 3-9.

Members of the Hong Kong delegation will share their experience and knowledge of science and technology with their counterparts from other APEC economies, according to government sources.

Apart from exhibiting their winning projects at a major science and technology exhibition, the students were scheduled to attend aeries of science and technology programs including discussion forums, visits to universities, museums and scientific research and development centers in Beijing.

Editor: Olivia