Jack Hui is an alumnus from Queen's College

Queen's College, Hong Kong

Queen's College , initially named The Government Central School in 1862, later renamed as Victoria College in 1889, is a sixth form college for boys with a secondary school attached. It was the first public secondary school founded in Hong Kong by the British colonial government...

 in Hong Kong

Hong Kong

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. He is considered a prominent student because of the outstanding performance in International Mathematical Olympiad

International Mathematical Olympiad

The International Mathematical Olympiad is an annual six-problem, 42-point mathematical olympiad for pre-collegiate students and is the oldest of the International Science Olympiads. The first IMO was held in Romania in 1959. It has since been held annually, except in 1980...

 (IMO) and various national and regional mathematics competitions. Though accused of sexually assaulting an airline hostess, he was later found not guilty, and later admitted to the Faculty of Mathematics of Peking University

Peking University

Peking University , colloquially known in Chinese as Beida , is a major research university located in Beijing, China, and a member of the C9 League. It is the first established modern national university of China. It was founded as Imperial University of Peking in 1898 as a replacement of the...

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Maths awards

Hui's talent in mathematics

Mathematics

Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...

 won him many medals and awards in different competitions. In 2003, he participated in the Asia Inter-cities Teenagers Mathematics Invitation Competition, which was held in Fuzhou

Fuzhou

Fuzhou is the capital and one of the largest cities in Fujian Province, People's Republic of China. Along with the many counties of Ningde, those of Fuzhou are considered to constitute the Mindong linguistic and cultural area....

, Fujian

Fujian

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, China

People's Republic of China

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, representing Hong Kong. His team won the junior secondary team and group event. He was successful in science competition too, winning the first class award in the individual event in the Hong Kong Physics Olympiad 2004. In 2005, besides winning a bronze medal in China Mathematics Olympiad (CMO), he was successful in the 46th International Mathematical Olympiad

International Mathematical Olympiad

The International Mathematical Olympiad is an annual six-problem, 42-point mathematical olympiad for pre-collegiate students and is the oldest of the International Science Olympiads. The first IMO was held in Romania in 1959. It has since been held annually, except in 1980...

 (IMO) in Mérida

Mérida, Yucatán

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, Mexico

Mexico

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, capturing a silver medal.

In 2006, he claimed the bronze medal again in the China Mathematics Olympiad (CMO). In March, he won another bronze in the Asian Pacific Mathematics Olympiad

Asian Pacific Mathematics Olympiad

The Asian Pacific Math Olympiad starting from 1989 is a regional mathematics competition which involves countries from the Asian Pacific region. The USA also takes part in the APMO...

 (APMO) 2006. Finally, he won another silver medal in the 2006 IMO, this time in Ljubljana

Ljubljana

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, Slovenia

Slovenia

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