Rotary Club of Hong Kong Island East – Student Smartphone Photo Contest (2024-2025) 香港東區扶輪社 (第3屆) 學生手機攝影比賽

Date of commencement (登入開始) :	November 5, 2024 (Tuesday) midnight
Date of submission deadline(截止日期) :	December 12, 2024 (Friday) midnight
Date of award notice (獲獎通知) :	Dec 20, 2024 (Friday) (RCHKIE website, and email notice)
Date of award presentation (頒獎日期) :	January 8, 2025 Wednesday at Regal Hotel
Date of photo exhibition (展出安排) :	details to be announced in 2025, venue to be arranged

Category of participants (參賽組別) :

There are two categories for HK student smartphone photo contest :

• Category 1  (中學生組) –secondary school students (F1-F6, including matriculation students), with HKID
• Category 2  (小學生組) –primary school students (P1-P6), with HK school student card or HK student handbook

Submission of work (作品遞交) :  

All students in Hong Kong can join once to submit a smartphone photo about local contents. (參賽作品) 香港學生可以遞交一幅手機攝影作品

Note: Please submit the smartphone photo work via the following QR codes and subject to the enclosed terms and conditions.  There are some items in Forms that will require contestant to have a Google account. This  only allows the contestant to respond one time (single entry restriction), asking for email address (spam/phishing prevention), and asking contestant to upload original smartphone photo (from one’s own phone storage).

https://hkie.rotary3450.org (香港東區扶輪社網頁official website)

[email protected] (聯絡電郵 email enquiry)

1. Theme of HK student photo contest (攝影主題) : 13 awards for both secondary school and primary school categories, using smartphone camera only, through a single work submission with HK local contents, no subsequent replacement)    
   • e.g. HK scenery (香港自然風景)
   • e.g. HK city attractions (香港城市魅力)
   • e.g. HK people / portraits  (香港人物/日常生活)
2. Photo specification  (攝影作品規格) 所有參加者必須確保作品質素符合大賽規則之標準。
   1. Digital photo submission via smartphone
   2. File size and format – within  20 MB of  JPEG or JPG format
   3. Resolution(minimum) – 1,600 pixel（horizontal / landscape），or  1,600 pixel（vertical / portrait）
   4. Minimal photo editing – we want to see your original photo  (not by excessive photoshop editing)
3. Selection criteria (評審準則) conforming to the RCHKIE photo contest rules
   1. Deadline (截止日期) December 12, 2024 (Friday) midnight  – participant must be of minimum age of six (6) before deadline submission  (holding a student card, school handbook, HKID or HK approved travel document )。
   2. Unpublished work only (全新作品) 個人攝影作品從未公開 Copyright guarantee (攝影作品聲明享有著作權 your original work), no infringement 。
   3. Contents requirement (個人隱私/肖像權) – need to seek consent from photo object, a must for people portrait , especially from under age children)。
   4. Work inspection (得獎攝影作品遞交原始檔) RCHKIE will require those selected photo works, upon request to have a submission of raw file (from specific smartphone device) and proof of originality, file size not smaller than 1 MB)。
   5. Judging criteria (評審準則) ：Honorary Judge (Secondary Group) : Mr Ng Man-Kuen (The Chinese Photographic Association of HK) Honorary Judge (Primary Group) : Mr Wolfgang Lin (The Photographic Society of Lion Rock)
      • original idea / creative
      • photo quality
      • factual / Hong Kong related
      • (Note: RCHKIE does not accept AI-created graphic works)
   6. Judgement notice will be made on or before December 20, 2024 Friday，the selected work (awards) will be published in RCHKIE website and notified individually by email notice。The panel of judge decision will be final (no appeal arrangement) 。
   7. Verification and validation (作品驗證/確認) – IMEI numbers may be required to identify the mobile devices, to verify that the photo taken by smartphone (raw file) is real. Failure to provide these original photo files when requested will lead to the exclusion of the entry.
   8. Information protection (個人資料保護) – RCHKIE will adhere to a system for managing program documentation and maintaining confidential records. Policies on the storage of electronic data and participants’ personally identifiable information would adhere to the guidelines from the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance. (The contestant personal data would be deleted in 30 days after the award presentation.)  Email enquiry can be through ([email protected])。
   9. Rules of photo contest (參賽須知) 上載作品前，請先閱讀參賽條款及細則 In order to facilitate a fair entry and judging process, it is important that every entrant reads these entry rules and agrees to them when submitting their entry. These entry rules outline who can enter the photo contest and what can be entered.
4. Authorization (作品授權) – Copyright holders retain copyright of their submitted photo work. For awarded entries and honorable mentions (special merits), copyright holders grant the RCHKIE unlimited non-exclusive use of high-resolution photographs and Open Format entries for activities in all media, including social media, online and print, in relation to the photo contest, the exhibition, the yearbook, the public archive, and all promotional and educational activities for and under the auspices of the RCHKIE for five (5) years, without any remuneration being due.
5. Free of liability and legal claims  (責任免除)  –  The copyright holders represent and warrant that submission of the photo entries does not breach any law, and further that no third party can hold any claims or any objections regarding the rights granted to the RCHKIE specified in photo contest terms and conditions. The copyright holders will hold the RCHKIE harmless of any claims from third parties related hereto.
6. Terms of reference (比賽條款)  – the English version of the terms of reference is the official guide.  Any dispute arising from the Entry Rules (whether contractual or non-contractual) shall be decided solely and exclusively by the competent court of HKSAR.  The conditions set out in the Entry Rules are binding, and the RCHKIE reserves the right to refuse or exclude any entry at its own discretion.  Entry Rules of photo contest (where required) will be amended from time to time by RCHKIE, thereafter to publicize in the official website of hkie.rotary3450.org  
7. Award (獎項) – There are 13 awards (supermarket gift coupons & certificate of merits) to the 2 categories:
   • Champion (冠軍HK$2,500),
   • First runners-up (亞軍HK$1,500),
   • Second runners-up (季軍HK$1,000)
   • 10 merit awards (優異獎HK$500 each)
   • Category 1 – Secondary School students (13 awards) : 中學組-冠亞季軍 + 10 名優異獎
   • Category 2 –Primary School students (13 awards) : 小學組-冠亞季軍 + 10 名優異獎
   • NOTE: If RCHKIE cannot contact the awardee via their provided email address within 7 days of email notice, unable to verify the originality of the photo and the qualification (local school ID and / or HKID) of the awardee, the prize will be forfeited, without further notice.
8. Award Presentation (頒獎典禮)
   • RCHKIE is delighted to receive prize sponsorship from three donors:
     • FPF Foundation Limited
     • PP Andrew Chen
     • Rtn Jason Chiu

Award presentation ceremony will be arranged on January 8, 2025 (Wednesday), subject to future announcement.  Photo Exhibition in 2025 – (venue and date to be arranged ).   RCHKIE will provide printing and framing of all selected photo works (A3 size) in the exhibition.  In case of unforeseen situation, it may change to on-line display (when necessary) for the selected works in RCHKIE official website.