Rules & Regulations

Eligibility

Local undergraduates in Hong Kong in a team of two to four members.

 

Paper guideline and requirements

  • 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.
  • 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. 
  • Each team is required to submit the below on or before the deadline (Sunday 9 June 2024):
  1. the paper: no more than 5,000 words in English; 
  2. executive summary: no more than 100 words in English; and
  3. photo(s) of each team member
  • The paper, executive summary and photos should be saved in separate files with the following format:
  1. the paper: CG Paper 2024_[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)
  • 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.

 

Photographs, video and sound records

This Competition shall be photographed, filmed 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 shall be published in the HKCGI monthly journal, CGj, together with the first and second runners-up papers publish in the Booklet of the Competition, and other HKCGI publications and social media platforms.

 

Schedule and important dates

Enrolment deadline:Friday 3 May 2024 
Online registration: please click HERE
Paper submission deadline:Sunday 9 June 2024 
(submit the paper, executive summary and photos by email to student@hkcgi.org.hk)
Top six finalist announcement:Mid-End of July 2024
Presentation skill workshops:Saturday morning in August 2024 
(dates to be confirmed)
Presentation slides submission deadline: 
(for the six finalist teams)		Wednesday 28 August 2024 
(submit the PPT by email to student@hkcgi.org.hk)
Presentation Competition: 
(for the six finalist teams)		Saturday 7 September 2024