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Entrants may enter the competition either as individuals or groups, each with no more than 5 members and each member may join only one group.
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Any student involved in the creation, filming and production of a short video for the competition shall be either an Individual Entrant or a member of Group Entrant, yet the cast of the video are not subject to this restriction. Entrants are welcome to invite their family members to feature in the videos to better fit the theme of “Family Values: Our Cherished Legacy”. Extra points will be given under the scoring criterion of “Content and Relevancy” to videos featuring entrants’ family members.
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Entrants shall be students studying in primary or secondary schools in Hong Kong, and all members of a Group Entrant shall be students from the same school.
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There is no limit to the number of entrants from each school.
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Each Individual/Group Entrant shall designate a member as the lead entrant, whose parent/guardian shall be responsible for competition enrolment and serving as the contact person, such as receiving the entry confirmation email, e-certificate of enrolment and, if applicable, award notification.
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Entrants shall obtain consent from their parents/guardians to enter the competition. Parents/guardians of lead entrants shall submit enrolments and video entries through the Family Council's website.
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By submitting a video entry, an Individual Entrant or all members of a Group Entrant and its lead entrant’s parent/guardian agree to be bound by all the Terms and Conditions of the competition. The Organiser reserves the right to disqualify any entrant from entering the competition or winning a prize at any time if it is believed that any of the Terms and Conditions of the competition have been breached. There is no appeal mechanism for this competition.
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Each entrant may submit only one video entry. In case of duplicate submissions, only the first video received will be considered as a video entry.
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Once a video entry is submitted, it cannot be modified, replaced or returned.
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Video entries shall be submitted with a title of no more than 20 words. Entrants may also provide a video description of no more than 150 words.
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Video entries shall be produced within the competition period.
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Upon enrolment and video entry submission through the Family Council's website, parents/guardians of lead entrants will receive an automatic confirmation email. The Organiser will not make any separate notifications.
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Eligible entrants will be issued with an e-certificate of enrolment via the email accounts provided by parents/guardians of lead entrants within 6 months from the deadline of video entries collection.
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No enrolment and/or submission of video entries will be accepted beyond the deadline of video entries collection.
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Shortlisted and award-winning videos, together with the names, classes and school names of the entrants concerned, will be posted on the Family Council's website, Facebook page, Instagram account and/or YouTube channel for public viewing/voting and publicity purposes.
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Upon announcement of the list of awards for the competition, the Organiser will contact the award-winning entrants via their lead entrants’ parents/guardians or schools to arrange for prize collection.
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All personal information provided in the enrolment form and video entry submitted by an entrant shall be true, accurate and complete, or else the Organiser may disqualify the entrant from entering the competition.
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In the event that the parent/guardian of a lead entrant cannot be reached by both email and phone based on the submitted information, the Organiser shall not be liable for failing to deliver the e-certificate of enrolment, award certificate or prize.
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Video entries shall be original and shall not infringe upon the rights (including intellectual property rights, rights of confidentiality or rights of privacy) of any third parties. Any non-compliance will result in disqualification from entering the competition or winning a prize. In the event that a video entry contravenes any laws, all legal liabilities so incurred shall be borne by the entrant and the parent/guardian of the lead entrant, and the Organiser shall not be held liable. The entrants and parents/guardians of lead entrants concerned shall indemnify and keep indemnified the Organiser and its authorised users fully and effectively against any and all actions, losses, damages, claims, demands, expenses (including the fees and disbursements of lawyers, agents and expert witnesses) and any awards and legal costs which may be agreed to be paid in settlement of any proceedings and liabilities of any nature arising from or incurred by reason of such contravention.
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In their video entries, entrants and parents/guardians of lead entrants shall only use, edit or adapt materials from third parties with the prior consent of the third parties concerned. Such usage shall be acknowledged in the video entries in accordance with the relevant copyright laws. The Organiser shall not be responsible, whether directly or indirectly, for any liabilities arising whatsoever or howsoever from any contravention of any copyright laws. Entrants and parents/guardians of lead entrants shall agree and undertake to accept and be responsible for all such liabilities arising therefrom. For details of the Copyright Ordinance (Chapter 528 of the Laws of Hong Kong), please visit https://www.elegislation.gov.hk/. Entrants and parents/guardians of lead entrants shall also obtain permission from the third parties concerned to allow the Government to use, copy, edit and broadcast such third party materials. The Organiser reserves the right to request written proof of such legal authorisation if necessary.
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Entrants and parents/guardians of lead entrants shall acknowledge and agree that the copyrights and intellectual property rights of all video entries will be owned by the Organiser. The Organiser reserves the right to display, publish, promote or use for non-profit making purposes the video entries, screenshots, content and the names, classes and school names of entrants in any form of media, at any time and in any country/region. This includes but is not limited to uploading them to the Family Council’s website, Facebook page, Instagram account and YouTube Channel. The Organiser also reserves the right to edit, translate, adapt, use, copy and broadcast in whole or in part the videos without prior consent of or payment of any fees to the entrants and parents/guardians of lead entrants concerned.
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Video entries shall not contain any content that is obscene, violent, pornographic, defamatory, indecent, insulting or controversial and inappropriate.
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The Organiser reserves the right to reject video entries that are inappropriate, irrelevant to the theme, similar/duplicated in content or in incorrect format.
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Video entries shall not contain any commercial publicity or political elements.
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Video entries shall not have been publicised in any forms or through any channels, and shall not have been involved in any commercial use or participation in any other competitions.
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The decisions of the Adjudication Panel on the competition results are final. Entrants and parents/guardians of lead entrants shall not dispute the competition results.
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As regards public voting, the 3 videos receiving the highest number of votes will win the “Most Liked Awards”. If more than one video receives the same number of votes, the final result will be decided by the Adjudication Panel. The voting results will be based on the records of the Organiser's server system. If it is found that there are any instances of fraud, hacking, empty or fake accounts and other illegal acts that violate the competition rules or abnormal voting, the Organiser reserves the right to disqualify the entrants concerned and take other necessary actions without prior notice or reason.
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All vouchers cannot be exchanged for cash and are valid at specified merchants only, subject to their respective Terms and Conditions. The Organiser takes no responsibility for such Terms and Conditions, as well as the quality of the redeemed products, and will not compensate for any lost or stolen prize that is collected.
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Entrants and parents/guardians of lead entrants shall agree to abide by all arrangements made by the Organiser for the competition. The Organiser reserves the right of final decision, which includes the right to interpret, amend, cancel or suspend the Terms and Conditions, awards and other arrangements of the competition without prior notice.
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The English version of the Terms and Conditions is translated from the Chinese version. Should there be any discrepancies or inconsistencies between the two, the Chinese version shall prevail.
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The Organiser reserves the right of final decision in case of any dispute.