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This is the 25th year of the Hong Kong

Joint School Mathematics Society (HKJSMS) since its establishment, which

we call this “銀禧” in Chinese and I am

honored to be the president of HKJSMS this year. During the past 24 years, our society had been trying its very best arousing students’ interest towards mathematics and cultivating friendships among schools, and great achievements had been made also.

Last year, our society had come to a big success in a few aspects. The number of participants of the Inter-school Mathematics Contest 2012 increased by 50% compared to year 2011. The establishment of the sub-committee system enhanced the working efficiency

Message from the President

In this issue:

Message from

Teacher Adviser

Page

2

Message from

other Joint

School Societies

2

Introduction of

Executive

Committee

Members

3-4

Review on the

last year's

events

5-6

Highlights of

this year

6-7

Fun with Math

7-8

Message from

Editors

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Hong Kong Joint School Mathematics Society (JSMS) is a non-profit-making student

organization established on 23 May, 1988 by a group of enthusiastic secondary school students, with aims of promoting students’ interests in mathematics and cultivating friendship among schools.

HKJSMS Newsletter Issue 1 12-13 November 2012

President of HKJSMS 25th cabinet

Mr Hui Pak Nam, Jeffrey

Hong Kong Joint School Mathematics Society

of HKJSMS in various aspects, such as promotion, publications and organizing events. Moreover, besides mathematics-related events, we also published various issues of newsletters to the member schools and uploaded them to our official website, http://hkjsms.org/ . Here, I would like to thank all the executive committee members and sub-committee members of the 24th HKJSMS last year, especially Chan Long Tin - the president of last year.

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of HKJSMS, besides the major events we held last year, we also hope that we can build up connections and organize joint-activities with the other joint school societies. Furthermore, we aim at inviting more schools and their students to join our activities. This can expand our network and achieve our goals - enable students to view mathematics from another perspective, discover the beauty of mathematics and sustain their interest in this subject.

This newsletter includes the highlights of the HKJSMS this year and some reviews on the last year’s events, as well as the introduction of the 25th executive committee board of the HKJSMS. Please enjoy it and we hope that you can continue reading our newsletters in the future and receive the latest updates of our society.

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Dear HKJSMS, I am delighted to see the Executive Committee Members of Hong Kong Joint School Mathematics Society 2012-2013 continues to be zealous in promoting Mathematics activity to the general public. Traditional events such as the Inter-School Mathematics Competition and the Math Day Camp ‘Shoot for the Moon’ remained to be successful. An innovative event, Math Survivor, was a breakthrough and had received wonderful feedback. In order to attract more students to join and get involved in the activities organized by HKJSMS, I suggest events such as Mathematical City Hunt. Another idea is to co-organize events with other joint school societies so that the newly elected committee members would gain invaluable experience in organizing events of greater scale.

I look forward to seeing the creativity of the committee members via the upcoming events in this new academic

year.

Best Wishes,

Dr. Koopa Koo

Dear HKJSMS,

As one of the most important joint

school organizations in Hong Kong,

JSMS has indeed done its part in

promoting Mathematical knowledge

among secondary schools. JSMS always

has unique and creative activities for

her members.

Besides, JSMS has been a valuable

partner of HKUCSS in promoting students’ participation in

social affairs through constructive dialogues and services. We

are thankful for the effort from the past JSMS committee to

strengthen the unity among secondary students’ organizations.

We cordially wish that cooperation between the two

organizations can be further deepened and develop into a

higher dimension. This year, JSMS will continue to be an

executive member of HKUCSS’s Board (Student’s Parliament).

We wish all the best for the committee of JSMS (2012-2013),

and we shall strive together for our mutual aims and the

wellbeing of secondary students.

Regards,

Alfred Lam

Founding President

Hong Kong United Commission of Secondary Students

Message from other Joint School Socie tie s

Message from Teacher Advisor

Dear HKJSMS,

First of all it is most honoured to be invited on behalf of Hong

Kong Joint School Electronics and Computer Society to deliver

my message to Hong Kong Joint School Mathematics Society in

this column, thank JSMS very much for the invitation.

Taking the lead of a joint school society is always challenging,

each event held by JSMS has been well designed, such as the

Inter-school Mathematics Contest (ISMC) and the Joint-School

Mathematics Day Camp. I sincerely hope that JSMS can

continue the success of past events and be even better this

year by organizing new events for all secondary schools

students. I am sure that the committee board will achieve

during its term.

Lastly, I genuinely congratulate the elected committee

members and wish JSMS an extraordinary year with wonder

and enchantment.

Regards,

Aaron Kwong

President

34th Hong Kong Joint School Electronics and Computer Society

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Photo taken on 1 st September, 2012

Introduction of Executive Committee Members

Hi everyone, I am Alice Wong from

Diocesan Girls’ School.

It is my pleasure to serve for HKJSMS

this year. Sharing the common vision as

every other committee member, we

hope that through our series of

activities in the coming year, more of

you can learn and appreciate the beauty

of mathematics. Following from last

year’s success, I believe that with the

support from all of you, another fruitful

year can be foreseen.

Wong Sze Nga

Vice President

Hi this is Isabella Woo from Diocesan

Girls’ School, the internal secretary

this year. Being an executive committee

in JSMS, Mathematics is undoubtedly

my favourite subject. Apart from

solving math problems, I like to write

stories and enter into an imaginary

world when I escape from the loads of

work. It is my pleasure to work with

the brilliant and competent executive

committee members and I am looking

forward to learning from my colleagues

in the coming year.

Woo Tsz Yu Isabella

Internal Secretary

I am City Chow from St. Francis'

Canossian College. It is my honor to

become the external secretary of

HKJSMS this year. I would like to take

this opportunity to thanks to all 24th

Executive Committee members who

giving me a chance to serve in the 25th

JSMS. Being a sub-committee member

last year, I have widened my horizon in

Mathematics. I promise to serve all of

you wholeheartedly and you would

surely have a fruitful year with

HKJSMS in this coming year!

Chow Hei Ting

External Secretary

Realising that practicing problem solving

skills and participating in math

competitions are rather self-centered

type of activities, I decided to reach out

for support. I have found joining the

Society gives me opportunity to meet

with people with the same goal to

promote mathematics and our Society

math lovers as well as students beyond

the traditional circle math lovers.

Working with the team is really fun.

Yeung Hon Wah

Vice President

Hello:P I am Lau Chun Hung. I come

from Kwun Tong Maryknoll College. I

am studying F.5. I am so happy that I

can join JSMS. All the committee are

so nice >W< Thanks a lot m^_^m . I

hope you will enjoy this newsletter and

join our activities in the future.

Lau Chun Hung

Financial Secretary

I am Chong Hip Kuen from Queen's College.

I am in Form 4 and this year, I will be the

IT officer of JSMS. I love reading and

playing computer games in leisure time. I

am not an expert in computer but I wish

that I can bring you a good platform

online. Enjoy the website!

Chong Hip Kuen

IT Officer

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Dear all, this is Coco Tam from

Maryknoll Convent School and I'

m the Public Relations Officer. I

am very glad to have the

opportunity to serve you all

this year and I will definitely do

my best. Hope to see you at

our upcoming events!

Tam Chun Ying

Public Relations Officer

A chain is only as strong as its

weakest link.

Being an ex-co of JSMS, I am

one of the equally essential

links as every ex-co. Thus, I

have the responsibility to serve

as an important role, to let

the chain stay strong, and to

let the chain function to the

best of the best!

Pun Tsam Kiu

Public Relations Officer

Hi! I am a F.4 student from La

Salle College. As the Promotion

Officer of JSMS this year, I

will try my best to produce

extraordinary posters and

banners. Your support is crucial

to us, so I hope all of you

would like our promotion and

come to join our activities! See

you there!

Tang Dik Man Damian

Promotion Officer

I am Eileen from Belilios Public

School. It is my honour to serve

HKJSMS this year. I will try

my best to contribute to the

society. Mathematics really

means a lot to me. It has been

my favourite subject since I was

in primary school, so I am glad

to be a member of HKJSMS,

knowing other students who love

math too. Hope you guys enjoy

this issue of newsletter :D

Tam Ka Lam

Publications Officer

Glad to become a member of

HKJSMS' family. (oﾟ∀ﾟo)Here is the Math Coordinator -

Trevor Tse from La Salle

College. (oﾟωﾟo) It is not an easy job to take charge in the

so-called Math part in this

society. (*≧ O ≦) I would

definitely try my best. (￣▽￣)ノ I believe that Jeffrey and us

will bring JSMS to a new

height. D: (ﾟ∀ﾟ )( ´∀`)

Tse Shun Chung (oﾟωﾟo)

Math Coordinator

Hi, I am Benjamin Wong from

La Salle College. This year I will

be the mathematics coordinator

of JSMS. Literally, my job is

to give advice and draft

questions for the society. But

we, as a group of senior

secondary students serving the

society, will do our best to

push JSMS to a new height, no

matter whatever post we are.

Wong Hing Shing

Math Coordinator

Hello, I am Lau Chun Ting,

studying in St. Paul's Co-

educational College. I am Form 4

this year, and I am one of the

Mathematics Coordinator in the

25th JSMS ex-co. I am quite

interested in mathematics, and I

hope my passion in it may let

all of you enjoy more in

mathematics!

Lau Chun Ting

Math Coordinator

Hello everyone! I am Jeff Siu

from St. Francis Xavier’s

College. I am now F.5 and I love

to read and chatting with

friends at leisure time. This year

Eileen, I and the sub-committees

will work together to publish a

few issues of newsletters. Don’t

miss that out!

Siu Chak Fung Jeff

Publications Officer

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Review on the las t year's e vents

The Hong Kong Joint School Mathematics Society had held various wonderful activities last

year. Let’s have a review on them:

1. Inter-school Mathematics Contest 2012

The contest was successfully held on the 5th May, 2012 at the school hall of Diocesan Boys'

School. There were over 50 teams representing 27 schools joining the group event and more

than 220 contestants joined the individual event. Both individual event and group event con-

sists of 2 levels, from Junior Group (Form 1,2) and Senior group (Form 3, 4).

The group event results are as follows:

Champion La Salle College, Team 1

1st runner up La Salle College, Team 2

2nd runner up Diocesan Boys' School, Team 2

Moreover, a treasure hunt was held in the afternoon after all the contests. Participants are

divided into groups and found the “treasure” by answering various Mathematics questions or

puzzles on the cards they found in the campus, which served as a clue. All the participants

have fun and learnt the importance of team spirit in this activity.

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1. Inter-school Mathematics Contest (ISMC)

The ISMC has been the annual highlight of JSMS and it will be held in mid-March. This

competition is mainly comprised of the Individual Event and the Group Event. The

Individual Event is divided into Junior Group (S1-S2), and Senior Group (S3-S4), while

the Group Event is for all S1-S4 students. This is a great opportunity for students to

experience an official mathematics competition, to train their problem solving skills in

a fun and interesting way, as well as to arouse their interest towards mathematics.

2. Joint-School Mathematics Day Camp

The day camp will be held in July. Various interesting math-related activities will be

held during the camp, such as detective games, treasure hunt, decoding, and many

more interesting topics. During the camp, we hope to raise students’ interest in

mathematics and provide students with the opportunity to learn mathematics with

students from other schools and to share their experience in learning mathematics

Highlights o f this year

2. JSMS Day Camp 2012

For promoting the joy of Mathematics among secondary school students, a day camp

lasted for 3 days was held on 1/8/2012, 6/8/2012 and 10/8/2012 at the Diocesan

Boys' School. The participants had the taste on participating in different kinds of inter-

active Mathematics activities and games, such as the exciting Math survival game, puz-

zle solving and an interactive sharing was held by our advisor, Dr. Koopa Koo. Over 100

participants had fun and joy with the other students and the advisor.

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with other people in a relaxing and friendly environment.

3. Publication of HKDSE Mock Exam Paper

In order to provide opportunities for S5 students to practice more for their upcoming

HKDSEs, two sets of mock papers, on each of the two modules, “Calculus and

Statistics” and “Algebra and Calculus”, will be published. Mock papers will be

approved by experienced teachers and professors from HKUST.

4. Sharing Sessions

Experienced teachers and professors in the field of mathematics will be invited to

discuss techniques for tackling the common mistakes students make in public

examinations, as well as the format and trend of the HKDSE math examinations. This

is definitely going to be a great opportunity for all future HKDSE candidates to

improve their mathematical skills and to be better prepared for the HKDSE

mathematics examinations.

Fun wi th Math

* C a n yo u f i g u re o u t t h e s e m ov i e t i t l e s ?

Answer:

127 Hours WALL-E Matrix

Sin City Exorcist Snakes on a Plane

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Message from Edi tors

* M a t h J o ke

The newsletters onwards will include more wonderful content, such as interviews with

people who have achieved excellence or have great interest in Mathematics or some introduction to the history of Mathematics. We sincerely hope that you will have an enjoyable experience reading our newsletter.

Also, HKJSMS welcomes contributions to the upcoming issues of our newsletters from teachers and fellow students of our member schools. Please feel free to send your submission, such as event write-ups, articles or drawings related to Mathematics, to jsms.hk@gmail.com. We need your work to make the newsletter more fruitful!

A topologist is a mathematician who

can't tell the difference between a

doughnut and a coffee mug.

Contact Us

Email: jsms.hk@gmail.com

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Website: www.hkjsms.org

Q. Why do mathematicians like national parks?

A. Because of the natural logs.

Life is complex. It has both real and imaginary components.

The noise made by a cat

Theorem. Every positive integer is interesting.

Proof. Assume towards a contradiction that there

is an uninteresting positive integer. Then there

must be a smallest uninteresting positive integer.

But being the smallest uninteresting positive

integer is interesting by itself. Contradiction!