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Maths whiz Anthony beats the world to top marks in exam

At just 16 years old, Anthony Leung Chi-hin has been named as the best in the world at something many of us struggle with: mathematics.

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Maths whiz Anthony beats the world to top marks in exam

[First published on 25 February, 2011] At just 16 years old, Anthony Leung Chi-hin has been named as the best in the world at something many of us struggle with: mathematics.

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Leung, a Form Six student at Sha Tin College, sat the Cambridge IGCSE (International General Certificate of Secondary Education) international mathematics test last June when he was 15 and, according to his school, scored the highest mark in the world.

Sha Tin College said it was 'extremely proud of Anthony and the commitment and hard work that he made', without giving any further details of the exam's results or Leung's scores.

Leung said he first learnt of his achievement in an announcement at his school's weekly assembly.

'It was quite a shock. I was very surprised and certainly happy,' the Hang Hau resident said.

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'My parents were happy, a little surprised but, like me, they don't quite believe it.'

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