(<\/strong>30\u00a0<\/strong>October 2019, Hong Kong)\u00a0<\/strong>Organised by\u00a0the Jockey Club SMART Family-Link Project<\/strong>, the first-ever\u00a0Electronic Message Design Competition<\/strong>\u00a0in Hong Kong, concluded successfully on 30th<\/sup>\u00a0September 2019 and the results of the\u00a0competition\u00a0were announced on the Project\u2019s Facebook page on 25th<\/sup>\u00a0October 2019. The winning entries are \u201cFamily! Where Life Begins\u201d from Open Group, \u201cDo you love us? (\u4f60\u611b\u6211\u5011\u55ce?)\u201d from Family Group, \u201cSharing Happiness (\u5206\u4eab\u5feb\u6a02)\u201d from Secondary School Group and \u201cMum, we love you!\u201d from Primary School Group. Participants showcased immense novelty through creating\u00a0e-Messages with pictures and simple texts, and expressed their heartfelt wishes to their beloved family members innovatively.<\/p>\n The\u00a0Jockey Club SMART Family-Link Project (\u201cThe Project\u201d)<\/strong>\u00a0was initiated by The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust in collaboration with The University of Hong Kong (School of Public Health and the Technology-Enriched Learning Initiative) and non-governmental organisations. The Project aims to make effective use of information and communications technology (ICT) and data analytics, and leverage cross-sectoral collaboration, to enhance the quality and efficiency of family services.<\/p>\n The\u00a0e-Message\u00a0competition\u00a0was divided into four groups, namely Primary School, Secondary School, Family and Open, welcoming entries with the key themes of \u201cSMART Communication\u201d, \u201cSharing Joy\u201d, \u201cShowing Appreciation\u201d and \u201cShowing Gratitude\u201d. Participants were not only encouraged to\u00a0design\u00a0their own\u00a0e-Messages for submission, but also for spreading love and happiness to their families or counterparts. The objectives of the\u00a0competition\u00a0were to promote the good use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) tools in enhancing interaction and connectedness with family members. At the same time, participants could seize the chance to embrace the moments of intimacy and laughter when creating\u00a0e-Messages together.<\/p>\n The\u00a0competition\u00a0was met with favourable responses, receiving participation from all walks of lives. The panel of judges, comprised of the representatives of the Project\u2019s professional advisory committee, was joined by\u00a0Professor Lam Tai-hing,\u00a0<\/strong>Sir Robert Kotewall Professor in Public Health, Chair Professor of Community Medicine of School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong (HKU) and Principal Investigator of the Jockey Club SMART Family-Link Project;\u00a0Professor Ricky Kwok<\/strong>, Associate Vice-President (Teaching & Learning) of Technology-Enriched Learning Initiative, Professor of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, HKU and Co-Investigator of the Jockey Club SMART Family-Link Project,\u00a0Ms. Imelda Chan<\/strong>, Head of Charities (Grant Making \u2013 Elderly & Family), The Hong Kong Jockey Club, and\u00a0Dr. Raine Ng<\/strong>, Deputy Programme Leader (BBA \u2013 Marketing) & Instructor of the Department of Marketing, City University of Hong Kong. A total of 16 winning entries were selected.\u00a0<\/strong>Through this\u00a0competition, the organising committee hopes that more people learn to communicate with their families on various instant messaging software and online platforms actively. Participants are encouraged to\u00a0design\u00a0different kinds of\u00a0e-Messages for sharing joy and strengthening family bonding. As SMART communications are prevalent in such a digital age, sending caring messages in graphical form to others, anytime and anywhere, could be another creative and effective means in fostering family well-being.<\/p>\n Impressed by the\u00a0e-Message\u00a0entries from the participants, the Project\u2019s Principal Investigator\u00a0Professor Lam Tai-hing<\/strong>, who is one of the judges of the event, reinforced the importance of using ICT tools in conveying love and care to our family members. \u201cThe love between family members has always been invaluable. Our Project Team hopes that all participants would ponder on the ways of communication with their families, and gain more confidence in expressing their thoughts by\u00a0designing electronic messages, hence promoting family well-being,\u201d said Lam. \u201cAfter the\u00a0competition, we believe that the general public could deliver their love smartly and digitally in their everyday life, which helps enhance family happiness and harmony.\u201d<\/p>\n Dr. Raine Ng<\/strong>\u00a0from the City University of Hong Kong, who is another member of the judging panel, also expressed with pleasure that \u201cthe entries in this\u00a0competition\u00a0are excellent and there has been a competitive selection process. The participants have made much effort in presenting the four key messages through their works.\u00a0By taking part in this\u00a0competition, I hope that members of the public will treasure their ties with family members, and will also put into real practice the mutual love and support as illustrated in the awarded (e-Message)\u00a0designs. It is essential to share joy more often, and work hand-in-hand towards a harmonious family environment.\u201d<\/p>\n The winning entries will be exhibited on the Project\u2019s \u201cFamily Portal\u201d webpage (https:\/\/jcsmartfamilylink.hk\/smart-appreciation-video-competition\/<\/a>) and related social media platform (https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jcsmartfamilylink\/<\/a>) for downloading freely \u2013 Members of the public are welcome to send out the awarded\u00a0e-Messages, in the hope that both information and affection could be shared as widely as possible.<\/p>\n The awarded entries of the e-Message design competition for champions to each group are as follows, while for other winning entries, please refer to our Facebook page:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n (https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jcsmartfamilylink\/<\/a>)<\/p>\n
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<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>Awarded works illustrate vigour of \u201cSMART Communications\u201de-Messages as a drive for family harmony and happiness (30\u00a0October 2019, Hong Kong)\u00a0Organised by\u00a0the Jockey Club SMART Family-Link Project, the first-ever\u00a0Electronic Message Design Competition\u00a0in Hong Kong, concluded successfully on 30th\u00a0September 2019 and the results of the\u00a0competition\u00a0were announced on the Project\u2019s Facebook page on 25th\u00a0October 2019. The winning entries are \u201cFamily! Where Life Begins\u201d from Open Group, \u201cDo you love us? (\u4f60\u611b\u6211\u5011\u55ce?)\u201d from Family Group, \u201cSharing Happiness (\u5206\u4eab\u5feb\u6a02)\u201d from Secondary School Group and \u201cMum, we love you!\u201d from Primary School Group. Participants showcased immense novelty through creating\u00a0e-Messages with pictures and simple texts, and expressed their heartfelt wishes to their beloved family members innovatively. The\u00a0Jockey Club SMART Family-Link Project (\u201cThe Project\u201d)\u00a0was initiated by The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust in collaboration with The University of Hong Kong (School of Public Health and the Technology-Enriched Learning Initiative) and non-governmental organisations. The Project aims to make effective use of information and communications technology (ICT) and data analytics, and leverage cross-sectoral collaboration, to enhance the quality and efficiency of family services. The\u00a0e-Message\u00a0competition\u00a0was divided into four groups, namely Primary School, Secondary School, Family and Open, welcoming entries with the key […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6648,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[65,244],"tags":[],"event_topic":[],"class_list":["post-6647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-media-coverage","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jcsmartfamilylink.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jcsmartfamilylink.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jcsmartfamilylink.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jcsmartfamilylink.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jcsmartfamilylink.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6647"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/jcsmartfamilylink.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14449,"href":"https:\/\/jcsmartfamilylink.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6647\/revisions\/14449"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jcsmartfamilylink.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jcsmartfamilylink.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jcsmartfamilylink.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jcsmartfamilylink.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6647"},{"taxonomy":"event_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jcsmartfamilylink.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_topic?post=6647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}