2015 World Environment Day “Clean Recycling for Green Hong Kong”

27 March 2015
Dear School Head,
2015 World Environment Day “Clean Recycling for Green Hong Kong”
Old Song New Lyrics Competition
We would like to invite the students of your school to participate in the captioned
Competition.
This competition is organised for all primary and secondary schools with the
theme “Clean Recycling for Green Hong Kong”, to promote to the public the messages
about clean recycling. Details are set out in the attached Information Sheet.
Winners of the Competition will be awarded certificates and attractive prizes and be
invited to attend the Publicity Event of the 2015 World Environment Day to be held in
June 2015.
I should be grateful if you would complete and return the Enrolment Form
(Appendix I) to the ECC Secretariat on or before 15 April 2015 (Wednesday).
Should you have any enquiries, please feel free to contact the ECC Secretariat at
2835 1738.
Yours faithfully,
(Ms Claire WONG)
Environmental Campaign Committee Secretariat
Environmental Campaign Committee Secretariat
環境運動委員會秘書處
5/F, Southorn Centre, 130 Hennessy Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong.
香港灣仔軒尼詩道 130 號修頓中心 5 樓
Website 網址：http://www.ecc.org.hk
電話：2519 9173
Tel: 2519 9173 Fax: 2827 8138
圖文傳真：2827 8138
E-mail 電郵：[email protected]
2015 World Environment Day “Clean Recycling for Green Hong Kong”
Old Song New Lyrics Competition
Information Sheet
1.
Overview
The World Environment Day (WED) was established by the United Nations (UN) in
1972 and was commemorated on 5 June every year to stimulate global awareness of the
environment and enhance attention to anticipate environmental problems.
To
commemorate 2015 WED, the Environmental Campaign Committee (ECC), the
Environmental Protection Department (EPD) and the Education Bureau (EDB) jointly
organise an Old Song New Lyrics Competition for all primary and secondary schools.
2.
Theme of the Competition
The theme of the 2015 WED is “Clean Recycling for Green Hong Kong”. It aims to
arouse public awareness of the importance of clean recycling and encourage proper use
of the recycling facilities.
To promote the theme, students are encouraged to create new lyrics for old songs, so as
to remind the public the importance of clean recycling. For information about clean
recycling, please refer to the “Waste Less” mobile application launched by EPD (QR
Code at the bottom of this page).
3.
Details of the Competition

Enrolment
Schools are required to complete and return the Enrolment Form (Appendix I) to
the ECC Secretariat on or before 15 April 2015 (Wednesday).

Format
The Contest is divided into Primary School Category and Secondary School
Category. All primary and secondary schools are eligible to join the competition.
Parents are welcome to join their kids to create the new lyrics for the Primary
School Category.
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Participants have to fill in new lyrics (Chinese or English) in one of the following
designated songs –
Category
Primary School Category
1.
2.
3.
Secondary School Category 1.
2.
3.
Submission of entries
Participating schools are required to submit the lyrics and the demo of the song in
CD-Rom together with the Entry Submission Form (Appendix II) to the ECC
Secretariat on or before 7 May 2015 (Thursday) to compete for the awards. Each
school is limited to submit two entries only.
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4.
Designated song
Yankee Doodle (洋基歌)
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (一閃一閃小星星)
Skip to My Lou
Happy Harvest (在森林和原野)
I Love the Mountains
Whatever Will be, Will be
Adjudication
The Adjudicating Panel, including representatives of the ECC, EPD and EDB, will select
Champion, 1st Runner-up and 2nd Runner-up of each category in accordance with the
following assessment criteria:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Selection Criteria
Relevance to Theme
Lyrics
Promote Clean Recycling Messages Effectively
Creativity and Singing Skills
Weighting
30 %
30 %
20 %
20 %
Awards
The awards comprise Champion, 1st Runner-up and 2nd Runner-up for each category
with details as follows –
Rank
Champion
1st Runner-up
2nd Runner-up
Awards
Certificate, i-pad Mini and book coupons of HK$3,000
Certificate and book coupons of HK$2,000
Certificate and book coupons of HK$1,000
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6.
Award Presentation
Winners would be invited to attend the Publicity Event of World Environment Day 2015
to be held on 5 June 2015 to receive the prizes. Winning entries will probably be
produced as promotional materials for clean recycling.
7.
Terms and Conditions

Submission of Entry
All entries should be submitted via schools.
entries.
Each school is limited to submit two

Originality
The submission should be original and has never been submitted to other
competitions.

Personal Information
Personal information collected is confidential and restricted for this competition
only.

Disqualification
The organisers reserve the right to disqualify any participant in connection with the
breach of the rules or any other reasons deemed to be appropriate.

Declaration of the Rights
 The organisers reserve the rights to amend and interpret the rules of
competition and all issues related to the competition.
 The organisers are granted the rights to use and amend the entries
unconditionally and use them to produce any item without compensation to
the entrants concerned.
 The organisers are granted the rights to publish or exhibit the entries in any
other form of media platforms, and to duplicate or display the entries for
promotional purposes.

Copyright
 The submission of an entry shall be deemed as the granting of consent to the
unconditional transfer of all copyright to the organisers.
 All participants must be the sole and exclusive owner of the copyright in the
Entry. Entries should not infringe any rights of any third party.
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8.
Schedule of Competition
Date
15 April 2015
7 May 2015
Mid May 2015
5 June 2015
Descriptions
Deadline of enrolment
Submission of entries to ECC
Secretariat
Adjudication
Award Presentation
Submission of Required Documents
Enrolment Form (Appendix I)
Entry Submission Form (Appendix II),
the lyrics and CD-Rom
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All submissions should be sent to the ECC Secretariat at the following address:
Environmental Campaign Committee Secretariat
5/F, Southorn Centre,
130 Hennessy Road,
Wan Chai, Hong Kong
(Attn: Assistant Secretary (Community Relations)2)
(Fax no.: 2827 8138)
9.
Enquiry
For enquiries, please contact the ECC Secretariat at:
Tel No.: 2835 1738
Fax No: 2827 8138
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Appendix I
Environmental Campaign Committee
5/F, Southorn Centre, 130 Hennessy Road,
Wan Chai, Hong Kong
(Fax No.:2827 8138)
(Attn: Assistant Secretary (Community Relations)2)
2015 World Environment Day “Clean Recycling for Green Hong Kong”
Old Song New Lyrics Competition
Enrolment Form
(Please return by fax to the ECC Secretariat on or before 15 April 2015 (Wednesday))
Our School will participate in the “Old Song New Lyrics Competition” and agrees to all terms and
conditions as set out in the Information Sheet.
Signature of School Head
:
Name of School
(in English)
:
(in Chinese)
:
 Primary School
 Secondary School
Type of School
Name of Teacher-in-charge
:
Tel. No.
:
Fax No.
:
Email Address
:
Date
:
School Stamp
Appendix II
Environmental Campaign Committee
5/F, Southorn Centre, 130 Hennessy Road,
Wan Chai, Hong Kong
(Fax No.:2827 8138)
(Attn: Assistant Secretary (Community Relations)2)
2015 World Environment Day “Clean Recycling for Green Hong Kong”
Old Song New Lyrics Competition
Entry Submission Form
(Please complete this form and submit together with the entries to the ECC Secretariat
on or before 7 May 2015 (Thursday))
The entries of the following students are selected for the Competition.
Entry 1
Name of Student
Class Attending
Name of Entry
Entry 2
Name of Student
Class Attending
Name of Entry
Signature of School Head
:
Name of School Head
:
Name of Teacher-in-charge
:
Name of School
:
Tel. No.
:
Email Address of
Teacher-in-charge
:
Date
:
Fax No.
: