First posted Wednesday 27 August 2008, latest revision Thursday 06 November 2008

The 2008 AMC, the 31st AMC, was held on Thursday 31 July. A record number of schools participated. We thank schools from around Australia and countries in the Asia Pacific region for their continued support of this event which dates back to 1978 and continues to be the major mathematics school enrichment event in the region. It is also the first part of a further enrichment and problem solving program. In Australia it is also the basis of the program for training for the International Mathematical Olympiad.

This competition tests everything through from basic numeracy skills through to advanced problem solving, and this is the first year we have awarded a Proficiency Certificate for students reaching a pre-set standard in both skills and problem solving, using their skills in the world around them.

In 2007 the AMC yielded six perfect scores in the secondary section, four in Australia and one each in Singapore and Hong Kong. This year there are also six perfect scores in the secondary section, five in Singapore and one in China. There is also a perfect score in the primary section, in Malaysia.

Since 2004 the event has also been held for students in primary schools. Medals are not issued for primary students but perfect scores (Peter O'Halloran Certificates) are acknowledged and one was achieved and is listed below.

The list of medallists is given below. A wide range of countries is represented, reflecting the increasing internationalisation of the AMC. Countries not normally present but represented in this year's list include China, India, Indonesia and Thailand.

Those from Australia were presented at the University of Western Australia, Perth, on Monday 10 November, by the Governor of Western Australia, The Hon Dr Ken Michael AC.

The Hon Dr Ken Ken Michael (front), AMT Board Chairman Mr Greg Taylor and Executive Director Professor Peter Taylor with the medallists in Perth after the ceremony.

Of the national medallists four Melbourne medallists were unable to receive their medal in Perth. Arrangements were made for these four medallists to be separately presented on Monday 17 April by Professor Peter Taylor at the Brunswick Town Hall, where special guest was Councillor Alice Pryor. Three of these attended and their photo will appear shortly.

Philippine medals were presented in Manila on 15 October at the Manila Grand Opera Hotel. They were presented by Philippine Secretary for the Department of Science and Technology, Dr Estrella Alabastro, Australian Ambassador to the Philippines the Hon Rod Smith, Professor Taylor and Dr Simon L Chua, President of the Mathematics Trainers Guild of the Philippines and Philippine National AMC Director.

Shown are from left Dann Julius Chan, Carmela Antoinette Lao, Henry Jefferson Morco and Jose Enrico Leceta. Behind are Dr Chua, Dr Alabastro, Professor Taylor, The Hon Rod Smith, Dr Filma G Brauner from the Philippine Science High School and Mrs Lilia Musni Lauron, representing Science Education Institute of the Department of Science and Technology.

Singapore Medals were presented at a function at the Novotel Hotel, Clarke Quay, Singapore, on Thursday 23 October, by Mr John Newman, Australian Consul General. Ms Susan Chang of sponsors Westpac Asia was also present.

Pictured after the ceremony are the medallists, from left Vincent Brian Arifin Tjeng, Wan Moquan, Tng Jia Hao Barry, Wu Biao, Long Xueping, Ryan Kor and Zhang Aidi with Mr Newman and Ms Chang.

Malaysian medals were presented at a national function in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday 26 October at the New Era College, Kajong. They were presented by Australian Deputy High Commissioner to Malaysia, the Hon. Craig Chittick. Also present was Mr Yogan Rasanayakam, General Manager of Westpac Asia.

Pictured with Peter Taylor after the function are (left) Muhammad Aqil Bin Kamarudin and Tham Ying Hong.

New Zealand Medals were presented in Christchurch on Thursday 30 October in the Erskine (Mathematics) Building at the University of Canterbury by University Assistant Vice Chancellor Steve Weaver.

Pictured after the ceremony Professor Weaver, Alex Kendall, Da Wang, David Liu, Jefferson Wong, Professor Taylor.

Medals for students from Taiwan will be presented in early 2009.

Hong Kong medals will be presented in early 2009.

AMC Medallists from the Junior, Intermediate & Senior Divisions
NAME	SCHOOL		YR
ARGENT Joshua	Launceston Church Grammar School	TAS	8
BELL Daniel	Hale School	WA	8
BISWAS Amartya Shankha	D.A.V. Model School, I.I.T. Kharagpur	IND	7
BUYUKLIEV Petar	Sofia Schools	BUL	8
CHAN Kelvin Kiu Wai	St Paul's Co-educational College	HK	7
CHANG Yu Cheng	Taipei County Dan Feng Junior High School	TAI	7
CHEUNG Hil Fung Harry	Diocesan Boys School	HK	8
DAI Roland	North Sydney Boys High School	NSW	8
KOR Chong Luck Ryan*	Raffles Institution	SIN	8
KOSWARA Ivan Adrian	Surya Institute	IDN	7
LAO Carmela Antoinette	St Jude Catholic School	PHI	8
LEE Benjamin	Kingswood College	VIC	7
LOWE Benjamin	Baulkham Hills High School	NSW	8
LIU David	St Kentigern College	NZ	8
MORCO Henry Jefferson	Chiang Kai Shek College	PHI	7
NEERANARTVONG Weerachai	Patumwan Demonstration School	THA	8
PRODANOV Dobrin	Children's Academy 21st Century	BUL	8
THAM Ying Hong	SMJK Katholik	MAL	8
WANG Michael	Camberwell Grammar School	VIC	8
WONG Jefferson	Albany Junior High School	NZ	8
XU Yanning	Norwood Morialta High School, Middle Campus	SA	8
XU Yejia*	Suzhou Lida School	CHN	8
YUAN Yi	Canberra Grammar School	ACT	8
ZHANG Aidi*	Raffles Girls School (Secondary)	SIN	8
AU Laurence	Diocesan Boys School	HK	9
CHONG Aaron	Doncaster Secondary College	VIC	10
DANAILOV Kubrat	Sofia Schools	BUL	9
DE SILVA Raveen	James Ruse Agricultural High School	NSW	10
KENDALL Alex	Christ's College	NZ	10
KHOO Thomas	St Peter's College	SA	10
KURNIAWAN Wilson	Mathematics Education Clinic	IDN	9
LECETA Jose-Enrico	Science Education Institute	PHI	10
LEE Yen Yu	Tainan Municipal Jiansing Junior High School	TAI	9
LEI Yitao	All Saints Anglican Senior School	QLD	10
LI Hiu Chung	South Tuen Mun Government Secondary School	HK	10
LIANG Alfred	Trinity Grammar School	VIC	10
LIAO Jyun Yuan	Kaohsiung Municipal Yang Ming Junior High School	TAI	9
LOO Lynton Edviano	SMJK Sin Min	MAL	10
LU Colin	Melbourne Grammar School	VIC	9
LONDON Alexander	Sydney Grammar School	NSW	10
RAK-AMNOUYKIT Thipok	Patumwan Demonstration School	THA	10
TAN Dann Julius	Chiang Kai Shek College	PHI	10
TJENG Vincent Brian Arifin*	Raffles Institution	SIN	10
TNG Jia Hao Barry*	Raffles Institution	SIN	10
WAN Moquan*	River Valley High School	SIN	10
WONG Cynthia	MacGregor State High School	QLD	9
CHANG Yu Cheng	National Changhua Senior High School	TAI	12
CHEUNG Paul	Sydney Technical High School	NSW	12
ELVEY PRICE Andrew	Brunswick Secondary College	VIC	11
LAW Wai Hon	Pui Ching Middle School	HK	12
LONG Xueping	Raffles Junior College	SIN	12
MA Jingshun	Homebush Boys High School	NSW	12
MUHAMMAD Aqil Bin Kamarudin	Kolej Islam Sultan Alam Shah	MAL	11
SHEN Hao	Kilmore International School	VIC	12
WANG Da	Auckland Grammar School	NZ	12
WONG Chefung	Anglican Church Grammar School	QLD	11
WU Biao	Raffles Junior College	SIN	12
XU Ferris	All Saints College	WA	11
YANG Bo Jyun	National Tainan First Senior High School	TAI	12
* denotes perfect score: Peter O'Halloran certificate

Primary School Perfect Scores: Peter O'Halloran Certificates
TIN Jun Hao	SJK (C) Chen Moh	MAL	4
No perfect score