Jointly by:
Ming Xuen Amelia (Sr1A)
Ng Choon Hau (Sr1A)
Tan Yi Khai (Sr1ScD)

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On 12 April 2019, it certainly was a day filled with creativity and innovation. The preliminary progress report of the annual Invention Competition would be released today. Junior contestants started swarming to the General Science Lab as soon as the clock struck 10, while Senior contestants moved toward the direction of Chemistry Lab.

When during signing up to be contestants of the Competition, students are required to submit their proposal for the invention to their science teachers in late January. Thereafter, the students started to work on their invention in duration of three months. Today it was the day for all students involved to make the presentation in front of a group of science teachers. It has also been served as a progress report for their proposed invention.

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Contestants had been called one by one to present and describe their invention; science teachers like Mr. Tu Liong Yu, Ms. Loke Ai Chin and Mr. Ooi Hun Huang asked questions from time to time as they listened to the descriptions and demanded replies on the spot. In return, teachers gave suggestions to each of the inventions. The advices given should be able to help the students to make improvement on their individual project; in a way to better qualify for the upcoming Tan Kah Kee Young Inventors’ Awards.

The invention items Kuen Cheng High School students created never cease to amaze as there were many new and interesting work presented during the day. These had included work being produced by the Junior students; mechanical system without the use of machinery, aluminium cans that can produce electricity, an automatic sensor door and a mail detector.

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At the same time, we saw Senior participants bringing in many types of innovations. Some were more practical and useful in our daily lives, like an extra piece of cloth surrounded and attached to the umbrella when in use. There were other more complicated designs and was meant for industrial use, like the wireless charging system for drones and a nutrition bar to solve problems of hunger.

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We saw a huge response for the Invention Competition this year as there were many participants waited in front of both labs for their turns to do the presentation. Mr Ooi has also mentioned that there was a noticeable increase in numbers of participants in the competition event, and he has looked forward to seeing more innovation and creation from the students.

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