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The theme of our contest “Moments of Joy: Living in Harmony with Landscapes and Trees” invites participants to discover our urban green spaces. These include parks and pocket spaces, harbourfronts and promenades, quality roadside sitting-out areas, and vegetated riversides. By immersing themselves in these captivating blue-green resources, participants will have the opportunity to appreciate the beauty of nature. We welcome participants to submit their creative works under three themes, each designed to explore the unique aesthetics of diverse landscapes.
Urban forests significantly enhance our outdoor living spaces. In an effort to promote a healthy lifestyle and strengthen social cohesion, we encourage citizens to venture out and explore our quality green spaces, fostering a greater appreciation of our urban forests.
Urban forests play a vital role in mitigating soil erosion and fostering biodiversity. By thoughtfully integrating our blue resources, such as water bodies and drainage channels, with more green assets, including vegetation and open spaces, we can substantially boost the resilience of our city!
Trees, with diverse sizes and forms, play a pivotal role in shaping the dynamic panorama of our cityscape. Besides contributing the aesthetic greenery in the urban, the trees also enhance air quality and serve as tranquil refuges and habitats for various wildlife species.
[Photography Contest] Each participant can only enter the photography contest in just one group, with a maximum of three entries. However, each participant is eligible to win only one photo award, with the exception of “Public’s Choice Photo Award” and “Judging Panel’s Choice Photo Award”.

[Short Video Contest] Individuals of all ages can participate in the short video contest, with a maximum of three entries. However, each participant is eligible to win only one short video award, with the exception of “Public Choice’s Short Video Award” and “Judging Panel’s Choice Short Video Award”.
Photography Contest
Parent and Child Group - for pupils of kindergartens/primary schools in Hong Kong and their parents
Secondary School Group - for students of secondary schools in Hong Kong
Open Group - for Hong Kong residents
Short Video Contest
Open Group - for Hong Kong residents

Fill in the information on this website and upload your original work(s) within the period from 13 October 2023 to 31 December 2023. The shooting for the work(s) should take place in Hong Kong within 2023.

  • Provide the participant’s personal information and contact details, and for each entry, provide a title along with a brief description of no more than 100 words, on this contest website.
  • For photography contest, upload the photo(s) on this contest website.
  • For short video contest, upload the short video(s) to YouTube (ensure the privacy settings are adjusted to 'unlisted') and submit the Youtube link(s) on this contest website.
Photos
File format
JPEG, JPG or PNG files
Form
No restriction on colour
File size
No more than 10MB
Resolution
2160p
Photography equipment
No restriction
Others
Files of digital scanned copy of negatives, slides and developed photos are acceptable
Short videos
Length
No more than 3 minutes
Language (if any)
Cantonese, Putonghua or English
Form
No restriction
Resolution
1080p
Short video format
MP4
Filming equipment
No restriction
Recommended aspect ratio
16:9
Participants should submit their entries on this contest website by 23:59:59 on 31 December 2023.
Photos
Short Videos
About 30 entries from each group will be shortlisted by the organiser for Judging Panel and public voting. If a participant's entry is shortlisted for voting, he/she will need to provide the original files for verification. The winning entries would be showcased in exhibition(s) afterwards.

The champion, first runner-up, second runner-up and merit awards: Selected by Judging Panel and public voting (each accounting for 50%)

“Public’s Choice Award”: 100% by public voting

“Judging Panel’s Choice Award”: 100% by Judging Panel

“The Most Actively Participating School Award”: Based on the highest number of participating students in a school

Each group of entry will have one Champion, one First Runner-up, one Second Runner-up and seven Merit Award winners.

Additionally, each group of entry will have one “Public’s Choice Award” and one “Judging Panel’s Choice Award”.

“The Most Actively Participating School Award: To be awarded in the “Parent and Child Group” and the “Secondary School Group”, with each group having three winners for the highest number of student participation.

Photography Contest
Champions: HK$5,000 gift voucher and a trophy
First Runners-up: HK$3,000 gift voucher and a trophy
Second Runners-up: HK$1,500 gift voucher and a trophy
The Merit Award: HK$500 gift voucher and a certificate
“Public’s Choice Award”: HK$1,000 gift voucher and a certificate
“Judging Panel’s Choice Award”: HK$1,000 gift voucher and a certificate
“The Most Actively Participating School Award”: A trophy.
Short Video Contest
Champion: HK$10,000 gift voucher and a trophy
First Runners-up: HK$6,000 gift voucher and a trophy
Second Runners-up: HK$3,000 gift voucher and a trophy
The Merit Award: HK$1,000 gift voucher and a certificate
“Public’s Choice Award”: HK$2,000 gift voucher and a certificate
“Judging Panel’s Choice Award”: HK$2,000 gift voucher and a certificate

Dr Johnnie CHAN
Chi-kau, SBS, JP

Ms CHAN
Man-kuen, MH

Mr CHENG
Ka-ho, MH, JP

Mr CHEUNG
Yung-pong, MH

Miss Linda CHOY
Siu-min

Dr Jeffrey HUNG
Oi-shing

Dr Tony IP
Chung-man, MH

Miss Trazy KONG
Lok-yi

Ms Una LAU
Yuk-min

Dr Caroline LAW
Man-yee

Dr Angie NG
Ying-sim

Miss POON
Wing-yi

Ms Florence TSUI
Ho-fun

Mr WONG
Chung-leung

Ms Idy WONG
Lai-yin

* The surnames are shown in alphabetical order.

The contest results will be announced on this contest website around March 2024, and the winners will be notified separately on matters related to the award ceremony and prizes.
Rules of Contest

Terms and Conditions

  • Participants should fill in the personal information on the entry form, and submit the completed form together with the entries on the contest website. The shooting for the entries should take place in Hong Kong within 2023.

  • For photo entries: Each participant may join the contest in only one of the three groups.

    For short video entries: there is only one group available

    Participants may join contest in a photo group and the short video group at the same time and submit up to three entries in each group; each participant may win only one award at most in a group (except for the “Public’s Choice Award” and “Judging Panel’s Choice Award”).

  • The subject of all entries must be relevant to the contest’s theme, and accompanied by an entry title and a description on the creative concept of no more than 20 and 100 words respectively.
  • Participants shall obtain lawful authority from persons appearing in the entries for uploading to the contest website, relevant websites and social media platforms or use on other occasions for display, promotion or relevant non-profit-making purposes.
  • Participants can make minor modifications to the works, such as chopping, burning, dodging, or color correction. However, any digital editing technique that adds or removes any objects from the image is not allowed for the contest entries.
  • Participants must not add lines, watermarks or patterns to the entries.
  • Participants may use a digital camera or smartphone to take photos at a recommended resolution of at least 21.6 megapixels. Entries should be saved in JPEG, JPG or PNG format with a file size not exceeding 10 megabytes.
  • Participants can use digital cameras or smartphones to shoot short films for the contest. The duration of the short film should not exceed 3 minutes, and the resolution should be no less than 1080p. Please upload the short video(s) to YouTube and provide the link(s) (Settings are adjusted to 'unlisted') and submit the Youtube link(s) on this contest website.
  • All entries must be the participants' original works which have not been published, sold or submitted to other contests. They must also not contain any advertising content for any product or company, nor infringe the rights of any third party, including rights of intellectual property, confidentiality and privacy. Failure to comply will result in instant disqualification from entering the contest and being awarded.
  • All entries must not contain any obscene, violent, pornographic, defamatory, indecent, insulting, controversial and inappropriate content.
  • Upon submission of entries, the copyright shall be vested in the organiser. Participants agree and accept that the organiser may publish and publicly display the entries in any format, and produce them in any form, such as being publicly displayed or published in public exhibitions and websites, social networking websites, or publications of organising / government bodies.
  • Upon submission of application forms, participants shall be deemed to have accepted all the terms and conditions of this contest.
  • Should there be discrepancy between the Chinese and English versions of the contest details, rules, terms and conditions, the Chinese version shall prevail.
  • The participants' personal data collected will be used only for relevant purposes such as handling contest matters and contacting the winners.
  • The personal data provided by participants will be destroyed within 6 months upon conclusion of this contest, excluding the winners' names which will be announced or used for exhibition(s), according to the terms and conditions of the contest.