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Hong Kong Central Library at 5:00pm on 10 March 2008 in cooperation and as part of with The Man Hong Kong International Literary Festival with Professor and former Harvard Dean Dr Harry Lewis Click here for photos CLICK HERE for a list of participating schools and winners (REGISTRATIONS CLOSED ON 30 MAY 2008) The Harvard Club of Hong Kong Schools Book Prize is open to any secondary school in Hong Kong, which may select one winner and two runners-up to receive Prize Books supplied by the Harvard Club of Hong Kong. Winners may receive their books at a special ceremony at the Central Library on 10 March 2008. Books for winners not attending the ceremony will be sent to the school for use in school awards ceremonies.  In order that the Prize be of most use to students in their University/College applications, winners should come from the second-to-last year of secondary school: Form 6, Year 12 (in a 13-year system), Grade 11 (in a 12-year system) or high-school junior. Schools may select their own criteria for awarding the Prize(s): excellence in academic achievement, citizenship, language skills, improvement, etc. All costs of the Book Prize are covered by the Harvard Club of Hong Kong and other sponsors. Application deadline is 29 February 2008 for schools wishing to take part in the Central Library Awards Ceremony; participation in the Ceremony is not manadatory and applications for the 2008 Book prize are accepted until 30 May 2008.[ Details of the 2008 Prize (pdf) ]
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