Staying Afloat

Composer: Mr NG Lok-shing, Ronald

Lyricist: LAU Sin-ka of Diocesan Girls’ School

This motivational song, performed by LAM Ka-yee of Belilios Public School, LAU Sin-ka of Diocesan Girls’ School and TANG Sum-yu of Henrietta Secondary School, is produced to cheer for the 2023 HKDSE Examination candidates. In preparation for this performance, a pop singing programme was offered to these students, the winners of the SOW Creative Singing Contest (SOW) and the Creating • Appreciation • Performing Music Competition (CAP), to refine their singing skills under the guidance of a professional vocal coach. Sin-ka, who wrote the lyrics of the song, was also invited to participate in a lyrics writing programme conducted by a professional lyricist to enhance her lyrics writing skills.

CAP and SOW were two competitions organised by the Arts Education Section and the English Language Education Section of the Curriculum Development Institute, the Education Bureau (EDB) in the 2021/22 school year to nurture positive values and attitudes in students and support cross-curricular language learning. With the commissioned melodies provided by the EDB, student-participants wrote lyrics and performed their songs in Cantonese, Putonghua or English for CAP, and wrote lyrics and performed their songs in English for SOW.

作曲：伍樂城先生

填詞：拔萃女書院劉繕嘉同學

庇理羅士女子中學林珈儀、拔萃女書院劉繕嘉及顯理中學鄧心如同學演唱勵志歌曲Staying Afloat，並錄製音樂錄像，為2023年香港中學文憑試考生打氣。為準備這次演出，三位「英文雋語」創意歌唱比賽及「譜出聲藝」音樂比賽的得獎學生獲機會參與流行歌唱課程，在專業聲樂導師的指導下提升歌唱技巧。負責填詞的劉繕嘉同學亦獲邀參與歌詞創作課程，在專業填詞人的指導下加強填詞能力。

2021/22學年，教育局藝術教育組舉辦「譜出聲藝」音樂比賽及與英國語文教育組合辦「英文雋語」創意歌唱比賽，旨在培養學生正面的價值觀和態度，以及支援跨課程語文學習。參與「譜出聲藝」音樂比賽的同學須就教育局提供的委約旋律填上粵語、普通話或英語歌詞，並配合伴奏音樂演出。參與「英文雋語」創意歌唱比賽的同學須就教育局提供的委約旋律填上英語歌詞，並配合伴奏音樂演出。