More about “Age-friendly”

According to the World Health Organization, age-friendly environment and services can bring inclusiveness and accessibility to people of all ages including elderly persons, which covers eight domains:

1. Entrants are required to submit their entries by email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. on or before 5 pm, 11 March 2019 (Monday) (all submissions are based on the time of IOA’s server, and late entries will not be accepted). The submission should include a photo with title, brief description and the information of shooting location, together with the entrant’s personal particulars (i.e. name, student ID, contact number and email). Please mark “Jockey Club Institute of Ageing Photo Competition” in the email subject. Photo entries should be submitted in JPEG format with a file size of at least 2MB. The organiser will send acknowledgement email to the entrants within 3 working days upon receipt of the submissions.
2. Each entrant is allowed to submit a maximum of three entries.
3. For personal particulars of the entrants and the description and file format of photo entries, if the organiser considers that the entrants are not eligible or the photo entries are incomplete, it has the right to request the entrants to provide supplementary information or disqualify the entrants from the competition.
4. Entrants should be the originators of their entries and have sole ownership of the copyright and interests in the intellectual property rights (including all licensed materials).
5. Entries should have never been entered in any other public competitions or used for exhibit, and have never received any awards or grants from other parties.
6. For all the winning entries (including the shortlisted entries), authorisation shall be conferred upon the organiser to use the photos without geographical, frequency and time restrictions and without compensation, and an undertaking not to exercise the personal right of copyright against the aforesaid bodies shall be made.
7. The organiser has the right of not presenting any awards if the entries received fail to meet the required standard. No explanation will be given in this regard.
8. The decisions of the judging panel on the competition results shall be final.
9. All winners must collect their prize within the redemption period stipulated by the organiser and present their student ID card for verification purpose. Winners failing to collect their prizes before the deadline shall be assumed to have forfeited their right to redeem the prizes.
10. The organiser, upon consulting the judging panel, has the right to disqualify the winner(s) who is/are found to have committed substantiated acts of fraud or dishonesty.
11. Entrants must abide by the laws of Hong Kong in the course of production.
12. Entrants shall take full liability if the entries are involved in any infringement or unlawful acts.
13. The organiser reserves the right to interpret and revise the regulations including the right to make final decisions on the results, awards and other arrangements without prior notice or any liabilities. In the event of any disputes arising from the competition, the organiser reserves the right to make final decisions.
14. Entrants should carefully read the competition details and regulations. By submitting their entries, the entrants agree to be bound by the above terms and regulations of the competition. Entrants will be disqualified from the competition for any violation of the regulations.