8 October 2020
HSUHK’s School of Communication (SCOM) and the Lions Clubs International District 303 (Hong Kong & Macao, China) co-organised the kick-off ceremony for the first Lions Clubs’ Video Competition of Eyesight on 8 October 2020 on HSUHK’s campus. With ‘eye care’ as the theme, the competition aims at promoting eye care through innovative videos and raising public awareness of eye health, while unleashing students’ creativity and enhancing their interests in creation. It also targets to promote students’ team spirit, self-presentation skills and problem-solving skills.
At the ceremony, President Simon S M Ho said in his speech that HSUHK has been striving to promote cooperations with different organisations and communities, in the hope of advancing staff and students’ engagement with and caring for society as responsible citizens. Professor Scarlet Tso, Associate Vice-President (Communications and Public Affairs) and Dean of the SCOM, hoped that participants would produce ingenious videos with diverse formats to give the public a better understanding of various ophthalmic knowledge. And Mr Patrick Chan, Region I Chairperson of LCI District 303, wished to promote the importance of eye health through this competition.
The competition will award Gold, Silver, Bronze and Merit awards for each of thethree divisions, namely the Open Division, the Tertiary Institution Division and the Secondary School Division. All Hong Kong residents and students are welcome to join. The deadline for the application is 15 February 2021.
