Hong Kong

Responsibility for the mentoring of the FPS Hong Kong Program is
undertaken by

Dr Valerie Volk, DeputyNational Director, FPSP Australia

with the assistance of

Mr Simon Casinader, Assistant Evaluation Co-ordinator, FPSP Australia

An Overview of the Hong Kong Program

Teams from Hong Kong have been registered in a major way in the MBFPS Program since 2003-04. However, due to the differences in the academic years, the submission dates for Hong Kong vary from the Australian schedule.

The Hong Kong Program for 2006-07 is now in progress. Final decisions on which booklet and/or scenario writers will be invited to participate in the 2007 National Finals of the Future Problem Solving Program will not be made until late August, when entries from Australia and the other mentored regions (Singapore, Malaysia, South Africa and Homg Kong) will be judged. This is to ensure comparability of invitations from all regions. Homg Kong representation at these finals is, however, guaranteed, assuming that the invited teams are able to accept the invitation

Registration can be made online through Flexicomm. Interested schools should contact the FPS Hong Kong convenors for assistance in the first instance, or else the Australian International FPSP Liason (see below)

Due Dates for the FPS Hong Kong Program in 2007-08

Competitive Booklet Program:

Scenario Writing:

to be confirmed

Special Assistance for Hong Kong teams

In a move to provide our mentored regions with more specific assistance, there are now three specific sources of assistance for Hong Kong coaches :

a Flexicomm tech support: email Flexicomm from the help link within the program if you are having technical difficulties with accessing or operating the site

b FPSP Australia office: for assistance with access to sections within FlexiComm, lost passwords, purchased resources and so on

c International FPSP Liason: Overseas coaches will have access to a person who will be responsible for assisting schools with any question of difficulty related to the submission, evaluation and return of booklets, including coaching advice. Simon Casinader, as Assistant Evaluation Co-ordinator , has responsibility for liason with all Australia's mentored regions, including Hong Kong , in relation to the daily operation of the FPS Program. He can be contacted on international@fpsp.org.au. Since this role is also being undertaken after hours, please allow 24-48 hours for a response, although every effort will be made to deal immediately with urgent concerns.

All coaches should download the 'How to Use FlexiComm' manual, which takes the form of a Powerpoint presentation. Due to the size of the file, it has been compressed into a self-extracting file; that is, once downloaded, double-click the file and it will transform into a conventional Powerpoint Presentation.

Click here for a Windows version of the Manual.
Click here for a Mac (OSX) version of the Manual.