1. Introduction

With the kick off of the dragon boat exhibition at the Hollywood Plaza, Diamond Hill, the next community outreach program of HKCDBA’s “Hong Kong Year of Dragon Boating” celebration series on “25 Years of Commitment; Empowered to Excel” Photo Contest is now OPEN FOR ENTRIES.

 

2. Aim

The Contest aims to feature impressive photographs of the dragon boat races organized by Hong Kong China Dragon Boat Association, interesting or touching scenes captured at the race venue with the view to promoting the sport of dragon boating. We await for the Catch the moment photography!

 

3. Date of the Event

February 25 to October 16, 2016

 

4. Category

Open Section and Student Section

 

5. Number of entries

Entrants may submit as many entries as they wish. 

 

6. Requirement & Format

Open Section – No age nor gender limitation.

Student Section – All participants must be under 18 years of age on June 1, 2016. 

 

All entries must be digital photos, each photo in JPEG with 800pixels, file size between 1 to 3MB.

 

7. Enrollment

Entrants may submit your work to the Secretariat by email to hkdbaphoto@gmail.com together with your name (must be the same as in your ID card/passport), contact number, category participating and the first 4 digit of your ID card or passport on or before 23 Oct. Late submissions will not be accepted.

 

All entries will be uploaded to HKCDBA’s facebook page once processed so that everyone can 

participate by voting for their most preferred photo.

 

8. 2016 Races organized by Hong Kong China Dragon Boat Association includes:

6th Indoor Dragon Boat Championships;

59th Festival of Sports – Dragon Boat Competition;

2nd Hong Kong Inter-University Dragon Boat Championships;

7th Hong Kong Inter-School Dragon Boat Championships;

40th Hong Kong International Dragon Boat Races;

18th Hong Kong Championships;

7th Hong Kong Long Distance Charity Dragon Boat Championships;

Note: Aerial photography and videography is not allowed in the above mentioned race venues.

 

9. Awards

- Professional judging panel will select the Champion, 1st runner-up and 2nd runner-up for each category

- Each winner in student section will be awarded a plague and a gift coupon at the amount of HK$1,000, HK$800 and $500 respectively.

- Each winner in open section will be awarded a plague and a gift coupon at the amount of HK$3,000, HK$2,000 and $1,000 respectively.

 

Most Liked Award for each category

- Each winner will be awarded a plague.

 

10. Judging Panel

The judging panel will comprise of Professionals and representatives of 25th Silver Jubilee Celebration Organizing Committee.

 

11. Date of Adjudication

Adjudication will be held in November 2016. The results will be announced on HKCDBA’s facebook page on November 30. Winners will be notified by phone for collection of the prizes.

 

12. Rules of Contest

1) All entries must be the original work taken at any of the 2016 dragon boat races organized by Hong Kong China Dragon Boat Association.

2) An entrant will not be awarded more than one prize among the first, second and third places in each category except the “Most Liked Award”. An entrant will not be awarded more than a total of two prizes in each category.

3) Entries will be kept and disposed of by the organizer and will not be returned and entrants agree to accept and abide by the provisions.

4) The personal data and information provided by entrants will be used for the purposes of enrollment, statistical use, correspondence and publicity only. If any entrant wishes to amend or retrieve the personal data and information submitted, please contact the Secretariat.

5) After entering this competition, you retain copyright and remain the owner of your images and may also continue to use them in any manner you choose. You agree that the images you submit may be used in any form of publications by the organizer.

6) All entries should be original, should not infringe other people’s rights (including but not limited to copyright) and should not have been publicized before; entries found to be infringing on copyright, whether rights are commercial or non-commercial, will be disqualified. The 

Organizer shall under no circumstances be liable for such infringement on copyright.

7) Applicants must ensure entries contain no pornography, violence, objectionable commercial or religious propaganda; they should also ensure that entries are not defamatory, indecent, offensive or discriminatory.

8) Entries should not display the name or other personal information of the Applicants; signatures, borders and watermarks in the form of text, symbols or pictures which contain personal information are also prohibited.

9) The Applicants shall further ensure that: (a) the content of the video clip(s) so submitted; (b) the manner in which the video is taken; and/or (c) the presentation and general tone of the video clip(s) do/does not (i) infringe or violate, or involving elements that infringe or violate 

applicable law and regulations, including but not limited to crimes, violence, obscenity, or indecency; (ii) infringe or violate any intellectual property rights, including but not limited to copyright, trademarks and/or trade secrets, held by any third party, regardless whether such 

rights are known to the Applicants; (iii) contain any confidential information of any third party; 

(iv) contain an individual or group in the general public, from which prior consent was not obtained prior to the video taking; and (v) contain personal data, as defined in the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (Cap. 486).

 

13. Enquiry

Hong Kong China Dragon Boat Association 

Tel: (852) 2504 8332   Email: hkdba@hkolympic.org

Fax: (852) 2577 1873  Website: www.hkcdba.org

 

14. The organizer reserves the right to amend the rules of the contest without prior notice.

 

15. In case of discrepancies between the English version and Chinese version, the Chinese version shall prevail.