Photo-tacking and Video-shooting Competition - Leisure and Cultural Services DepartmentLeisure and Cultural Services Department
Rules and Regulations
1. “LCSD Photo-taking and Video-shooting Competition 2024” (“the Event”) is organised by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (“the Organiser”).
2. The Event has 3 stages and comprises Local Group and Visitor Group. Each group has a Photo Division and Video Division. All photo and/or video entries must be related to the venues, programmes of the Organiser and/or the leisure and cultural themes of the mascots “Enggie Pup” and “Artti Kitty” of the Organiser.
3. The Event period is from 1 May 2024 (00:00) to 31 August 2024 (23:59) (both dates inclusive). The Organiser reserves the final right to change the dates and time of the Event without giving any notice.
4. All the dates and time of the Event (including but not limited to the starting and ending time of the Event and the date and time for winners to submit their information) shall be based on the system record of the Organiser.
5. Entrants shall follow the steps below in order to be eligible for the Event:
a. The account of the social media platform to which the entrants upload their entries must follow one of the following official social media platform accounts: 1. “LCSD Plusss” Facebook or Instagram page, or 2. Xiaohongshu or Douyin account of the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau;
b. Upload the entries to the social media platform of the entrants during the Event period using “public mode” with hashtags #LCSDPhotoVideoCompetitionLocal or #LCSDPhotoVideoCompetitionVisitor according to the group of the entrants as well as the name of LCSD facilities/venues/programmes; and
c. Submit personal contact information including email address, account name of the social media platform (Facebook, Instagram, Xiaohongshu or Douyin) to which the entrants upload their entries and the hyperlink of the entries at the specified website.
The Organiser bears no responsibilities on any situation where there is delay, loss, error in the information submitted by the entrants or such information failing to be recognised or seen in public due to technical issues of the computer, telephone or network or the setting of the social media platform of the entrants during the Event period. The Entrants shall be held responsible for such faults. The Organiser does not accept any responsibilities.
6. Entrants should fill in the specified application form during the Event period and select Photo Division or Video Division as well as Local Group or Visitor Group. Entrants of Local Group must be a Hong Kong Identity Card holder whereas entrants of Visitor Group should possess valid travel documents and cannot be a Hong Kong Identity Card holder. Entrants cannot enter Local Group and Visitor Group at the same time. Entrants may enter both Photo Division and Video Division. Regarding the number of entries during the Event period, entrants of Photo Division can submit no more than 5 photos in each stage whereas entrants of Video Division can submit no more than 3 videos (maximum length of each video is 1 minute) in each stage. Entries submitted after the Event period will not be accepted.
7. Below is the assessment criteria. Prizes are not given out by random draw. Assessment process and procedures will not be announced to the public and entrants.
a. Champion, first runner-up and second runner-up: Based on the assessment criteria such as relevance to the theme, presentation, composition, atmosphere, attractiveness and techniques, a champion, first runner-up and second runner-up will each be selected from the successful entries of Photo Division/Video Division of Local Group and Visitor Group for the three 3 Event stages. An entrant will not be awarded more than one prize in each division.
b. Commendation prizes: Commendation prizes will also be awarded for Photo Division/Video Division of Local Group and Visitor Group in each stage (a total of 48 prizes for 16 prizes in each stage). Winners will be selected based on the relevance to the theme, assessment criteria and the number of “likes” of the entries on the social media platform. Each winning entry will be awarded an HKD100 electronic voucher and a family pass of LCSD museums. Each social media platform account will be awarded only once for each division. If an entry or an entry of similar content is uploaded to different social media platforms, it will only be awarded once.
8. Results will be announced 14 working days after the end of the Event on the following official social media platforms: “LCSD Plusss” Facebook and Instagram page, Xiaohongshu or Douyin account of the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau, HK01 Facebook and Instagram page and the HK01 Xiaohongshu account on travel and food. Winning entrants shall understand that the name submitted in the application form will be announced along with the Event results. The Organiser will notify winning entrants. Shall there be any disputes on the results, the decisions of the Organisers shall be final.
9. The Organiser will inform winning entrants of the prize collection arrangements by email. Winning entrants must follow the procedures specified by the Organiser when claiming the prizes (including the specified date, time and venue) and provide relevant personal information for verification of identity and eligibility. Failing to do so are deemed to have forfeited their rights and prizes will not be disbursed.
10. During the Event period, entrants must log in and fill in the relevant application form and submit their entries via the specified link. Entries cannot be amended after submission.
11. Entrants must declare that they are the originator of their entries (photos, essays and/or videos) and cannot use essays, photos or videos generated by ChatGPT or AI as their entries. If the Organiser finds out or it is reported by a third party that prior consent of the originator of an entry has not been obtained by the entrant, or any portion of an entry is generated by ChatGPT or AI, the relevant content will be removed immediately upon verification and the entrant will be disqualified from the Event and winning any prizes. The Organiser reserves the right to take legal action. Entrants shall understand that the decision of the Organiser is final.
12. If it is found or there is reasonable suspicion that there are any acts or deception cases that may cause damage to the process, interference to the Event or the operation of the website and violate the rules of the Event, the Organiser reserves the final right to disqualify any entrants. If there is any instances of disqualification, the relevant entrant will not be notified individually. Any deception cases will render the eligibility and/or prizes of entrants being disqualified.
13. The photos and videos submitted in this Event shall not contain or not probable in containing any content which may be in violation of the law, unethical, obscene, pornographic, seditious, violent, objectionable, libelous, discriminatory, offensive, or infringement of legal rights of the third party (including intellectual property rights). There shall also be no political or religious claims and any other content that is unsuitable and inappropriate to the Organiser. Entrants shall also follow strictly the regulations of LCSD venues. The Organiser reserves the right to refuse any photos submitted and is entitled to decide on the inappropriate content at its absolute discretion.
14. Any indirect, special or consequential damage, loss, cost, repayment or fee of any kind arisen from redeeming, exchanging and using the prizes, the Organiser shall not be liable under any circumstances.
15. If it is found that inappropriate behaviour or violation of integrity principles of entrants is involved in getting prizes/awards/winning places, including but not limited to participating in the Event using plug-ins or other unofficial means, using other third-party devices or techniques in getting prizes/winning places, violating or infringing on the rights of the Organiser, using or stealing personal information of a third party, the Organiser is entitled to immediately disqualify the entrants without giving any reasons.
16. In participating in the Event, entrants are deemed to agree to abide by the Rules and Regulations. The Organiser is entitled to disqualify any entrants and their prizes/winning places any time.
17. All information and photos of prizes/awards or their prices/values (if any) are for reference only. All prizes/awards/winning places are not transferrable, disbursable and cannot be exchanged for cash or put into any commercial use. If winning entrants fail to exchange/use the prizes before the deadline or cannot be contacted, they are deemed to forfeit their prizes and the prizes will be disqualified. The Organiser will not make further announcement and will not arrange for disbursement of prizes. The Organiser reserves the right to handle such prizes.
18. In the event that there is a shortage of the prizes/awards for the Event, the Organiser reserves the right to change or cancel the prizes/awards to be given.
19. In participating in the Event, entrants are deemed to agree with the collection of telephone number, email address, personal information and participation records submitted to the Organiser and the HK01 Company Limited. For the Personal Information Collection Statement of the HK01 Company Limited, please visit: https://www.hk01.com/Pages/PrivacyTerms. For the LCSD statement on purpose of collection of personal information, please visit: https://www.lcsd.gov.hk/en/aboutlcsd/services/supplier/person.html. The relevant information will be used on the Event only for the purposes of announcing the winning list, preparing the prize collection notifications, identity verification, prize collection arrangements and data analysis. Besides those designated persons, the Organiser and the HK01 Company Limited will keep the information strictly confidential.
20. Entrants participating in the Event are on a voluntary basis and are deemed to understand and accept that the Organiser and the HK01 Company Limited are not the sponsor/supplier of the prizes/awards. As such, any issues related to the prizes/awards (including but not limited to the quality, maintenance, supply, description, any false, misleading, ambiguous, omitted and unclear descriptions and unfair trade practices of employees, responsible persons or agents of the sponsor/supplier), the Organiser shall not be liable to any legal consequences and compensation. All prizes/awards cannot be exchanged or returned. The use of all prizes/awards are bound by the terms and conditions specified by the relevant sponsor/supplier (if applicable).
21. For the sake for fairness, all staff of the Organiser cannot participate in the Event.
22. Entrants shall understand and agree that all submitted entries (whole or part) can be used, uploaded, edited, translated, published, displayed, exhibited and/or reproduced by the Organiser without copyright fees freely, permanently, globally, irrevocably and fully sub-licensably. The Organiser is entitled to amend, modify or extract the entries submitted by entrants for the purposes of business and market promotion of any format without giving notice individually. Participation in the Event will be deemed to giving such consent.
23. In participating in the Event (including but not limited to electronic and paper-based formats), all entrants including but not limited to the texts, graphics, videos, photos, names, names of social media accounts and links to their works provided are deemed to agree that the Organiser or its authorised third party is entitled to use, upload, edit, translate, publish, display, exhibit and/or reproduced their works on worldwide media (online and offline) such as the Internet, electronic platforms and newspapers and magazines without copyright fees freely, permanently, globally, irrevocably and fully sub-licensably for the purposes of business and market promotion of the Organiser.
24. Entrants shall understand that any part of the entries submitted may be published, displayed, exhibited, reproduced at the websites, mobile apps and social media platforms of the HK01 Company Limited and/or transformed into other products for promoting and introducing the Event and for the purposes of business and market promotion of any format of the Organiser.
25. Entrants shall understand and agree that the Organiser, the authorised third party of the Organiser and the HK01 Company Limited in using, uploading, editing, translating, publishing, displaying, exhibiting and/or reproducing any part of the entries according to these Rules and Regulations, they can provide captions and sub-captions for the entries, make corresponding amendments from the perspectives of editors and/or extract the entries without notifying or getting the consent from the entrants.
26. If the entries submitted by entrants are in violation of these Rules and Regulations (including but not limited to infringing on the rights of third parties) and cause losses or claims to the Organiser and/or the HK01 Company Limited, the Organiser and/or the HK01 Company Limited reserve the right to take legal action.
27. For details on the use of the prizes/awards, please visit https://www.lcsd.gov.hk/en/aboutlcsd/services/supplier/person.html for the terms and conditions of the prizes/awards. The use of all prizes/awards is bound by the terms and conditions specified by the sponsor/supplier and is not related to the Organiser and/or the HK01 Company Limited. If there is any disagreement or dispute over the use of the prizes/awards, the decisions of the sponsor/supplier organisers shall be final. The Organiser will not provide any transportation, maintenance, repair on the prizes/awards or any services related to the use of the prizes/awards. The Organiser is entitled to change, adjust or cancel the prizes/awards without giving any notice.
28. If there is any disagreement or dispute over the Event, the decisions of the Organiser shall be final. The Organiser is entitled to suspend, change or terminate the Event and amend the relevant Rules and Regulations without giving any notice.
29. The Event is not sponsored, administered and approved by Facebook, Instagram, Xiaohongshu or Douyin, and has no connections with Facebook, Instagram, Xiaohongshu or Douyin. All information and content uploaded by entrants to Facebook, Instagram, Xiaohongshu or Douyin may be subject to the users’ terms and conditions. The Organiser and the HK01 Company Limited do not have the authority to and cannot monitor these platforms and are not deemed to be held responsible for the actions of Facebook, Instagram, Xiaohongshu or Douyin.
30. For enquires on the Event, please call 3582 8322.
31. Should there be any discrepancies between the English and Chinese versions, the Chinese version shall prevail.