Rules & Regulations

Eligibility

Local undergraduates in Hong Kong in a team of 2 to 4 members

 

Paper competition requirements

  • Each team is required to submit the below on or before the deadline:
  1. the paper: no more than 5,000 words in English; and
  2. executive summary: no more than 100 words in English; and
  3. photo(s) of each of team member
  • Teams are required to:
  1. read and follow the HKCGI writing style guide; and
  2. state a bibliography at the bottom of the relevant page(s) and at the end of the paper, if made
  • Teams are NOT allowed to put any group member or university/institute name(s) etc. for identification purpose in all pages except the cover page of the paper
  • Team will be disqualified if:
  1. they provide with HKCGI any incorrect or false information; and/or
  2. their submitted paper has infringement of any copyright of any third party*

* Plagiarism is a serious academic offence and all papers suspected of the same shall be disqualified at the absolute discretion of the reviewers or judges.

 

Important notes

  • Topic and word count of the paper should be included in the cover page;
  • Footnote or bibliography will not be counted in the word count of paper; and
  • Your paper, executive summary and photos should be saved in separate files, setting the formats of the file names as follows:
  1. paper: CG Paper 2022_[team leader’s name];
  2. executive summary: Executive summary_[team leader’s name]; and
  3. Photo: photo_[Full name] (e.g photo_Chan Tai Man)

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Reviewers and judges

  • A team of 10 to 15 academics from local universities to review and select the six finalist teams
  • A three-member panel judges from corporate secretarial and governance professionals to determine the Best Paper Award, first and second runners-up of the Paper Competition
  • Another three-member panel judges from the profession to determine the Best Presentation Award
  • The audience on the presentation day to vote and determine the Audience’s Favourite Team Award

 

Photographs, video and sound records

This competition shall be photographed, filed video and/or sound recorded, and all images and sounds (include any identifiable images and sounds of participants) will be used by HKCGI

 

Publication

The Best Paper would be published in the HKCGI monthly journal, CGj. It together with the first and second runners-up papers would be published in the Booklet of the Competition, and other HKCGI publications and social media platforms