By immersing themselves in the boundless world of fairytale reading and letter - writing , students can stretch their creativity and imagination freely as well as enhancing their writing skills . this year s letter - writing competition presents a theme with a crossover of these two leisure activities , producing a special chemical effect that further inspires the students on writing . such an experience will be useful to improving their writing skills in the future 阅读童话跟书信写作皆能给予学生无限的创意空间，发挥他们的想像力及提高写作技巧，今次书信写作比赛的主题将两者结合，相信可以产生一种奇妙的化学作用，刺激到学生的创作灵感，有助他们将来书写出更有水准的作品。
The competition was organized in support to the universal postal union s ( upu ) 30th international letter writing competition for young people 2001 . we have taken this opportunity to encourage youngsters to practise their language skill through letter writing while fostering everlasting friendship 今年的书信写作比赛附有重要的意义，除了响应万国邮政联盟第三十届国际书信写作比赛外，我们亦藉著这个机会，启发中小学生写作潜能，并且鼓励以书信拉近人与人之间的距离，巩固友谊。
The activity is a territory - wide english and chinese letter writing competition for students to use their creativity and imagination to write a letter to their favourite fairytale characters , in celebrating the bicentenary of the famous fairytales author hans andersen and in support of the 34th international letter writing competition organised by the universal postal union ( upu ) 为庆祝童话故事大师安徒生诞生二百周年，并响应万国邮政联盟第34届国际书信写作比赛而特别举行的本地中英文书信写作比赛，邀请全港学生发挥创意，写信给他们心爱的童话人物。
Over 500 primary and secondary schools , that is , nearly half of the schools in the territory , participated , with a record - breaking number of more than 9 , 300 pieces of entries pouring in . it is very encouraging to obtain such a favourable response , especially in times of the traditional hand - written letter communication being swamped by the tide of electronic communication 今年书信写作比赛参加的学校及学生都十分踊跃，参与的中、小学校达五百多间，差不多占全港中、小学的一半，而收到的作品更超过九千三百份之多，打破历届的纪录。在资讯科技发达而往往忽略以亲笔书信沟通的今天，实在是令人鼓舞。
