HKSEC 2012 Semi Final Booklet

I S T M E S I S AL N I F

Semi Final Presentation Day Rundown Time

Item

09:00am – 09:05am

Semi Final Opening Remarks SEMI FINAL PRESENTATIONS

09:10am – 09:45am 09:45am – 10:20am 10:20am – 10:55am

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

maGAPzine

TRAnSH

Eldpathy

Hairy Tale

Tutor for good

eclo

Dhobi

Inno-Chemos (International) Technology

Mobile Farming

文宣學社

i.Love 留守兒童守護天使計劃

Alchemist

10:55am – 11:10am 11:10am – 11:45am 11:45am – 12:20pm 12:20pm – 12:55pm

Break 豐剩衛食兵團

Lensational

Oases

Sunshine

Xingergy Environmental and Energy Technologies

善融行動

Regeneración (再生子)

Seeds for Change

Happy Action

Harmonia

Teach it forward

Biomass Briquettes

12:55pm – 1:25pm

Judges Discussion

1:25pm – 1:30pm

Announcement of 4 Finalist Teams & 4 First Runners-up Teams

1:30pm – 1:45pm

Feedback for 4 First Runners-up Teams

1:45pm – 2:35pm

Lunch Break

2:35pm – 3:50pm

Feedbacks for 4 Finalist Teams + remaining teams 4 FIRST RUNNER-UP TEAMS PRESENTATION

2:35pm – 3:10pm

Presentation of 1st team

3:10pm – 3:45pm

Presentation of 2nd team

3:50pm – 4:25pm

Presentation of 3rd team

4:25pm – 5:00pm

Presentation of 4th team

5:00pm – 5:30pm

Judges Discussion

5:30pm – 5:40pm

Announcement of Results and Lots Drawing for Grand Final Presentations Sequence

TABLE OF CONTENTS GROUP

NAME

PAGE

A1

maGAPzine

1

A2

Tutor for good

2

A3

Mobile Farming

3

A4

豐剩衛食兵團

4

A5

Xingergy Environmental and Energy Technologies

5

A6

Happy Action

6

B1

TRAnSH

7

B2

eclo

8

B3

文宣學社

9

B4

Lensational

10

B5

善融行動

11

B6

Harmonia

12

C1

Eldpathy

13

C2

Dhobi

14

C3

i.Love 留守兒童守護天使計劃

15

C4

Oases

16

C5

Regeneración (再生子)

17

C6

Teach it forward

18

D1

Hairy Tale

19

D2

Inno-Chemos (International) Technology

20

D3

Alchemist

21

D4

Sunshine

22

D5

Seeds for Change

23

D6

Biomass Briquettes

24

maGAPzine Question : What are the differences between old and young people?

Answer : The differences are that old people have wisdom and maturity.

The proportion of retirees in Hong Kong will increase in the coming years. However, it is commonly perceived that the retired population no longer adds value to society. We often forget that they are experienced and insightful.

Therefore, to rectify the misconception and enhance inter-generational communication, maGAPzine would like to introduce a platform for the elderly to exchange their insights and values with the next generation.

Our core product is a mini magazine called maGAPzine. It provides perspectives on social issues from different generations. Each installment will discuss current affairs and provide viewpoints on social issues and topics of public interest. Both young and old people can write articles and their opinions will be compared side-by-side.

Another key service we intend to provide is the “Work-GAP-out” programme. Retired people might have traditional skills, crafts or knowledge that can be passed on to the younger generation. These special techniques and knowledge will be packaged as workshops and sold to schools or tourists. Packages can be tailor-made, but the initial package will be about Hong Kong culture.

Our ultimate goal is to increase the social exposure of retirees and the value they can add back to society. Rather than continue to isolate, we want to bridge the generation GAP that divides us. We believe that bringing society closer together will be good for all of us. 組長 Team Leader 李家利 LEE Ka Lee

HKUST

組員 Team Member 陳晋登 CHAN Jin Deng Keith

HKUST

鄭彥彤 CHENG Yin Tung Cecilia

HKUST

李悅忻 LI Yuet Yan

HKUST

曾晴

TSANG Ching

HKUST

院校顧問 Faculty Advisor

1

www.magapzine.hk

劉啟漢教授 Prof. Alexis LAU

HKUST

Tutor for good 貧窮，並不是個人無能之必然結果，只是一種社會的不幸，而我們相信「關懷」和「教育」就 是消除這種不幸的良方。 Tutor for good 主要以中介人身分，為基層中、小學生提供補習班及興趣班。透過網站和社交網絡 作平台，招聘補習導師及義務講師，讓基層學生能以低於巿面的補習價錢得到更多學習機會， 藉此提升基層學生教育水平，減輕家庭的經濟負擔。 Tutor for good 要求使用服務的高、中收入家庭和導師支付額外費用，作資源重新分配，好讓基 層學生受惠。我們亦會邀請使用中介服務的高、中收入家庭與基層家庭會面，一同參與體驗活 動，使兩個南轅北轍的社會階層人士互相了解。 Tutor for good 不但能為基層學生在解決學習問題上提供一個新的渠道，而且能讓他們得到更多平 等學習機會，增強競爭力，遠離貧窮。

組長 Team Leader 梁允灝 LEUNG Wan Ho

CUHK

組員 Team Member 周淑敏 CHOW Shuk Man

CUHK

何振匡 HO Chun Hong Jason

CUHK

劉卓妍 LAU Cheuk Yin

CUHK

余嘉曦 YU Ka Hei

CUHK

院校顧問 Faculty Advisor 魏華星先生 Mr. NGAI Wah Sing

CUHK

www.tutorforgood.hk

2

Mobile Farming 每天只需要花半小時，便能在屋苑範圍內參與耕作、栽種食物，你 有興趣嗎?

Mobile Farming 就是一個以約三個半月為期，於公共屋邨內，借助流 動耕作設施，簡化耕種的流程，讓小朋友到長者也可參與的耕種活 動。這項屋邨流動食物種植計劃，除了能重新使用公共空間，亦能 讓不同年齡人士認識耕種食物的知識，增進親子及鄰里關係。而三 個半月的耕種活動完結之後，Mobile Farming 便會移至到另一個屋邨 繼續進行。 Mobile Farming 希望能夠通過流動耕種，讓更多在石屎森林長大的都 巿人也可以在住宅附近接觸種植。從體驗食物的生長過程，增添對 食物的尊重，領略食物跟季節 (大自然) 的關係，推動更多有關本土 農業的發展，把耕種帶進市區。

組長 Team Leader 翁浩恩 YUNG Ho Yan

PolyU

組員 Team Member 秦劍橋 CHUN Kim Kiu

PolyU

鍾智恆 CHUNG Chi Hang

PolyU

羅瑞琪 LAW Sui Ki

PolyU

李文晉 LEE Man Chun

PolyU

院校顧問 Faculty Advisor

3

www.mobilefarming2013.hk

陳啟晶先生 Mr. Patrick CHAN

PolyU

豐剩衛食兵團 你知道嗎？每天，超市、食肆、街市把許多完好無缺的食物丟棄， 而同時，有許多人三餐不得溫飽。 你知道嗎？每天，一車車蔬菜、食物、廚餘從全港十八區運到即將 飽滿的堆填區，浪費資源，影響生態。 保衛食物，要由減少浪費食物開始。你知道嗎？ 豐剩衛食兵團，是一班相信「垃圾，只是錯配的資源」的大學生， 來自於2012年6月成立的「豐剩」組織。他們不甘超巿每天丟棄尚 未過期的食物到垃圾房，決意要保衛食物之餘，透過教育，改變大 眾對食物的態度。 豐剩衛食兵團是「豐剩」計劃之一，認為單靠回收食物不足以解決 食物浪費問題，故希望從消費者入手，以公民教育形式與學校或不 同團體合作，舉辦與剩食相關的活動和工作坊，培養學生和青少年 珍惜食物的良好習慣，謹記「豐衣足食」的祝福。

組長 Team Leader 呂皓筠 LUI Ho Kwan

CUHK

組員 Team Member 呂惠芳 LUI Wai Fong

HKU SPACE

鄧敏琳 TANG Man Lam

CUHK

黃嘉祺 WONG Ka Ki

CUHK

黃文萱 WONG Man Huen

CUHK

院校顧問 Faculty Advisor 朱順慈教授 Prof. Donna CHU

CUHK

www.theleftovers.hk

4

Xingergy Environmental and Energy Technologies The basics of survival – food, water, and shelter, are no longer enough for modern society. Innumerous innovations now provide the average family with a life unimaginable to previous generations. Except one basic need – waste management. Landfills, man’s only solution to waste for thousands of years, are no longer viable. Air, soil, and water pollution from landfills is killing thousands, while ruining crops and waterways. Burning waste produces even more pollution. Meanwhile, limited natural resources are being consumed by an increasingly resource hungry and growing population. The world, led by China, discards over 200 million tons of waste every year and is now facing an unprecedented waste crisis.

Xingergy Environmental and Energy Technologies is bridging the gap between waste and resources, reforming waste into usable resources, without polluting. Imagine a city with no landfills and clean renewable energy. To accomplish this, Xingergy is developing microwave plasma gasification – a process whereby chemical bonds in waste are broken apart using very high heat plasma, reforming waste from many complex compounds into a few useful, simple compounds and elements. The process: • Reforms organic material into an energy rich gas.

• Reforms inorganic material into a vitrified non-leaching slag, a commercially useful product.

• Recovers metals.

• Remediates hazardous materials such as coal fly ash, asbestos, radioactive, and nuclear waste.

A refinery can be small, specializing in previously unrecyclable waste. Or very large, processing several thousand tons of municipal solid waste daily while providing over 4MW of baseline power per 100 tons. Visit us at xingergy.hk

組長 Team Leader 黃子文 WONG Chi Man Alex

CUHK

組員 Team Member 劉文

LIU Wen

Seth Allen KNUTSTON

CUHK CUHK

院校顧問 Faculty Advisor 任揚教授 Prof. YAM Yeung

5

www.xingergy.hk

CUHK

Happy Action 快樂行動 (Happy Action) 是一間提供雙向快樂服務的社會企業。 為公司客戶提供每星期一次的上門極速休閒派對 (Happy 15mins)，快樂行動會派出以不同的主題 服飾表演者上門為員工製造快樂氣氛，及準備特式小食，讓員工每周能好像置身於另一地方， 得到適度的放鬆和歡樂。而與此同時，亦能為待業青年、新移民家庭婦女、南亞裔家庭婦女、 表現藝術工作者等，提供工作機會，發揮所長。 另一方面，快樂行動亦能關顧到低收入家庭兒童，以及南亞裔兒童。透過與設計師定期舉辦不 同的免費工作坊，增加學習機會，促進文化交融，為他們帶給快樂。 快樂行動相信創造快樂的過程，除了可謀生，也是一種能確立個人跟社會關係的途徑。 快樂行動由兩位充滿夢想，對人生抱有期望的女生所創立，透過創意及行動，把快樂帶到世界 每個角落。

組長 Team Leader 馮敬亭 FUNG King Ting

PolyU

組員 Team Member 江凱兒 KONG Hoi Yi

PolyU

院校顧問 Faculty Advisor 陳啟晶先生 Mr. Patrick CHAN

PolyU

www.happyaction.hk

6

TRAnSH Lets go TRAnSH some trash!

Instead of going to landfills, incinerators and recycling centres, where else could our garbage go? Could the million tonnes of garbage be processed in a more environmental – friendly or even profitable way?

How not to handle garbage – the HK way Hong Kong’s efforts in the disposal of garbage are expensive and far from effective. Hectares of garbage degrade your living environment, while combustion of disposal results in harmful pollutants. Even though garbage recycling is encouraged, it’s too expensive to sort.

Plasma Gasification: Garbage in Energy out – the TRAnSH way Plasma gasification technology is an innovative solution to solving the problems of our mountains of garbage. Amazingly, during the process of decomposition of garbage, we can generate electricity and valuable by-products like vitrified glass, metal, hydrochloric acid and distilled water.

The process involves three working stages: i) Garbage shredded into scraps ii) Scraps disintegrated in a container with great heat iii) Syngas and other by-products produced Choose TRAnSH to clean up your future Our proposal has gained actual support from a number of local housing estates. Also, Hong Kong urgently needs the right solution. TRAnSH offers an easy solution for a tough problem.

組長 Team Leader 吳鉅廷 NG Kui Ting

HKU

組員 Team Member 張靄莉 CHEUNG Oi Nei Olivia

HKU

蕭蔚琳 SIU Wai Lam

HKU

孫志龍 SUEN Chi Lung

HKU

徐愛莉 TSUI Oi Lee

HKU

院校顧問 Faculty Advisor

7

www.transh.hk

毛春琳博士 Dr. MAO Chunlin

HKU

eclo eclo aims to explore the eco-friendly market of used clothes and build an environmentally friendly society by changing the public’s perception of reusing second-hand clothes and simplifying the skills involved in recycling.

Our Main Business Cloth Jamming / DIY Workshop

Educational Business

Target

All

School students and families

Objective

Similar to art jamming – we provide a social environment for people to make new products by using cloth from recycled clothes.

We will conduct eclo DIY workshops, ECO seminars etc.

Competitive Advantage We believe that eclo’s advantages are that our business will be competitive in the artistic market and the eco-friendly market of used clothes – many consumers prefer eco-friendly products. Also, our products will be of lower cost, since raw materials are donated. In the eco-friendly market, we innovatively apply concepts of reuse and recycling for popular activities. eclo jamming is also accessible by and suitable for virtually everybody even if they have no environmental concepts or interests. 組長 Team Leader 陳碧琪 CHAN Pik Kei

HKU

組員 Team Member 周卓穎 CHOW Cheuk Wing

HKU

沈慧盈 SHUM Wai Ying

CUHK

胡耀尹 WU Yiu Wan

HKU

Perception Changing We believe that free-style Cloth Jamming will get the public thinking about the reusability of second-hand clothes, which in turn, will change the consumption patterns by altering people’s perceptions of second-hand clothes and products. Our educational programmes at school will promote concepts of reuse and recycling to the younger generation through extra-curricular activities, e.g. workshops and seminars.

院校顧問 Faculty Advisor 楊立偉教授 Prof. Ben YOUNG

HKU

www.eclo.hk

8

文宣學社 文宣學社，源於孔子的名號 ──「大成至聖文宣先師」，以取 孔子「有教無類」的精神。 香港人熱心公益，前往遠在天邊的山區，義教兒童的例子屢見 不鮮。可是近在眼前的香港，家境富裕的學生可依賴補習，獲 得佳績；反觀家境清貧的學生，補習的費用對他們來說，卻是 難以負擔。作為在教育制度中受益的學生，我們自覺有義務作 出回饋，因此創立文宣學社。 我們只是一群普通的學生，來自本港不同大學，因價值自覺而 凝聚起來。文宣學社並不牟取任何利潤，暫時以非股本有限 公司註冊，營運已經一年有餘。現時主要業務是向清貧的小學 生提供義務補習，並曾得到多方的資助，已開辦逾二十個補習 班。

組長 Team Leader 吳偉新 NG Wai San

CUHK

組員 Team Member 鄭雋謙 CHENG Chun Him

HSMC

熊梓竣 HUNG Tsz Chun

CityU

鄧恬訢 TANG Tim Yan Aronza

HKU

黃琬蕎 WONG Yuen Kiu Yuki

PolyU

院校顧問 Faculty Advisor

9

www.mansyun.hk

吳啟超教授 Prof. NG Kai Chiu

CUHK

Lensational Lensational A dual solution to bringing the world closer The Power of a Camera Lens

Small Museum – Big Impact

“Women hold up half the sky.”

Our world has become increasingly interconnected.

Despite this, women in developing countries face serious gender discrimination, resulting to a multitude of problems such as economic dependency or even mental disorder.

Lensational’s photo-education program aims to empower women in Indonesia – both economically and emotionally through the power of a camera lens.

組長 Team Leader 謝珮琪 TSE Pui Kei

CUHK

組員 Team Member 趙舜茹 CHIU Shun Yu

CUHK

院校顧問 Faculty Advisor 王譽龍教授 Prof. Denis WANG

CUHK

We envisage all women, rich and poor alike, around the world being equipped with a camera and professional photography techniques to express their hopes and dreams. This would be the first step to empower more women.

However, Hong Kong society generally shows a low awareness of world issues, particularly among secondary school and university students.

Lensational has adopted the smallmuseum model to spread the message of women empowerment.

The museum will exhibit real stories of Indonesian women – captured through photography.

The plight of Indonesian women will be the core themes in the museum. We aim to engage and educate our audience via photographs and an audio tour.

One Goal Our ultimate goal is to source photographs from aspiring female photographers in developing countries for our museum. All proceeds from admission fees and product sales will be returned to women in the developing world for their economic empowerment.

www.lensational.hk

10

善融行動 善融行動是一間以推動本地慈善事業為目標的社會企業。透過建立「消費 慈善戶口」，融合消費者、合作商戶和慈善機構的慈善力量。「讓慈善活 動成為生活的一部分」，便是善融行動的宗旨。 善融行動的會員於任何一間合作商戶消費時，商戶會自動將某百分比的利 潤撥入顧客 (會員) 的「消費慈善戶口」，由會員自行選擇將戶口內的結餘 捐贈至任何一間指定的慈善機構。 而另外，會員亦會每月收到報告，得知從「消費慈善戶口」捐出的善款用 途，以及相關慈善機構的運作，藉此提升善款運用的透明度，以及增加受 惠群眾，系統化現時慈善捐款的模式，以達致以下三個目標 (3C)： 一、 熱忱 (Commitment)：以「實踐教育」推廣慈善理念，讓市民真正了解慈 善的意義，獻身慈善活動； 二、 便利 (Convenient)：提供更便利的渠道，讓市民易於參與慈善活動； 三、 溝通 (Communication)：為本地慈善機構建立一網上的宣傳及溝通的平 台，形成一股推動慈善發展的新力量。 善融行動的願景是讓慈善活動成為市民的生活習慣。我們深信，當本地慈 善活動普及化、日常化，慈善的成效方能最大化，從而減少各方社會問 題，締造善美和共融的社會。

組長 Team Leader 麥志豪 MAK Chi Ho

CUHK

組員 Team Member 鄭俊明 CHENG Chun Ming

HKUST

黎昌民 LAI Cheong Man

PolyU

梁港生 LEUNG Kong Sang

CityU

黃萬亨 WONG Man Hang

HKUST

院校顧問 Faculty Advisor

11

www.charilife.hk

梁漢榮先生 Mr. LEUNG Hon Wing

CityU

Harmonia Tons of food waste is produced and sent into landfills every day. However, if leftover food were valuable, would you throw it away?

Believe it or not, Harmonia are hungry for your leftover food, because we can put it to other commercial and environmental uses.

Your food waste can become compost for plants, fruit trees and vegetables. To further “upcycle” food waste, we will use these naturally fertilized plants to produce 100% natural skincare products – products where we see high demand.

Our commercial partner, Daily Daisy, possesses the expertise in making the products while we have talents in design, sales, marketing and education. And so together we make a versatile team to serve the environment and our customers.

With food and environmental scares abounding, consumers are more health-conscious than ever.

The ever-growing trend is to buy natural products and that will be our target.

We will promote our products as being natural, functional and harmless to the environment. We also believe that our products will be a welcome alternative to other harsh petrochemical-based products on offer. People will be more than happy to see themselves with natural, healthy and beautiful skin – and so would we.

組長 Team Leader 郭綺琦 GUO Qi Qi

CUHK

Harmonia would love to see more harmony between the environment and humans. We hope that everyone can be Harmonia.

組員 Team Member 蔡子健 CHOI Chi Kin Ken

CUHK

劉潔恩 LAU Kit Yan Tiffany

PolyU

譚錫清 TAM Sek Ching

HSMC

王子

WANG Zi

Our scope is wider than just food waste reduction. We also promote the concept of sustainability.

That’s because our handmade products will reduce Hong Kong’s carbon footprint and help to diversify the Hong Kong economy.

CUHK

院校顧問 Faculty Advisor 余濟美教授 Prof. YU Chai Mei

CUHK

www.harmonia.hk

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Eldpathy We are passionate about improving the lives of the elderly. And we would like you to be involved too.

Eldpathy aims to promote “Empathy for the Elderly” by encouraging participation in philanthropy toward the elderly. Due to the aging population, Hong Kong will soon become an Aging Society and so this will bring serious economic, medical and social challenges.

To heighten the understanding of the issues related to the elderly and to inspire more people to engage in projects related to the elderly, we offer our Elderly Simulation Program.

Eldpathy participants will learn through our 3E process: Experience, Empathize and Excited. The Eldpathy program enables participants to experience the life of an elderly person in their 70s by wearing a specially designed suit. Participants will then undertake Elderly Challenges – a series of fun tasks to experience real scenarios and hardships faced by the elderly. Additionally, we will employ underprivileged elders to share their experience and interact with the participants. The participants will build empathy through the elderly challenges and the cross-generation dialogue. Lastly, we will provide a platform for participants to channel their empathy by joining various elderly voluntary services.

We will target students and corporations who are interested in volunteering or expanding into elderly care and will be supported through revenue from program fees.

We also have a diverse advisory board of directors including professionals from the academic, social welfare and business fields. We are well positioned to tackle the aging problem in Hong Kong.

組長 Team Leader 陳浩民 CHAN Ho Man

HKUST

組員 Team Member 江穎敏 KONG Wing Man

HKUST

曾家鑫 TSANG Ka Hing

HKUST

院校顧問 Faculty Advisor 林冠峰博士 Dr. LAM Koon Fung

13

www.eldpathy.hk

HKUST

Dhobi Over 5 billion people have to hand wash their clothes. An average village spends about 15 years of man-hours on this highly repetitive arduous task. That’s 15 years of lost productivity, opportunity and thus, development. How many of the remaining 2 billion of us understand the effort it takes to hand wash our laundry?

In a TED lecture, Hans Rosling claimed, "The washing machine is the single most important invention of the modern age." And so we asking, "Why can't the whole world have washing machines?”

We’ve spent months in conceptualizing and fine-tuning a system that could change the standard of living of a considerable part of the human population while remaining profitable, sustainable and environmentally-friendly.

We introduce Dhobi – a modular system that will provide access to clean, safe and hygienic laundry washing facilities to millions of people in developing countries. Using cheap, yet reliable components we are able to provide this machine at low cost so that the services it provides are affordable even for the most underdeveloped sections of our population.

This translates into greater opportunities for local communities to substitute the hard, time consuming and unproductive labor of washing clothes with meaningful tasks such as education, childcare and additional income from work. At the same time our system will improve hygiene standards and preserve fresh water from both wastage and contamination. 組長 Team Leader Ashwin GOYAL

HKU

組員 Team Member 陳梓豪 CHAN Tsz Ho Derek

HKU

Paul SCHMITZBERGER

HKU

唐浩僖 TONG HO Hei Alex

HKU

黃子華 WONG Tsz Wa Sam

HKU

The ease of transporting Dhobi without disassembly allows it to be setup with minimal oversight. A system that will enable 5 billion people to work, learn and spend time on things that truly matter. In addition, with the increase in productivity and hygiene, the system has palpable scope for long-term returns. It’s easy to ignore something as basic as washing clothes when it’s automated. But how many of us can go a week, let alone a lifetime, without a washing machine?

Help us change lives, one cycle at a time.

院校顧問 Faculty Advisor Dr. XU Pai

HKU

www.dhobi.hk

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i.Love 留守兒童守護天使計劃 「i.Love 留守兒童守護天使計劃」旨在針對內地僻遠地區「留 守兒童」生命安全、心理健康及知識水平發展的問題，提供一 站式的電訊服務計劃，希望為孩子與父母建立低成本、高效益 的溝通橋樑，保障兒童生命安全，培育有知識水平及身心健康 的未來主人翁。 此計劃以人為本，配合資源整合及環保的理念。i.Love 團隊與 電訊服務供應商和慈善團體合作，建立「留守兒童」數據庫， 並送出滯銷或回收的流動電話予「留守兒童」家庭，為他們提 供一站式平價電訊服務計劃，服務範圍包括流動電話設備、流 動通訊、電子學習及全球定位服務。 iLove 團隊務求建立一個具親子溝通、GPS定位及電子教育服務 的平台，讓「留守兒童」生命得到保障，縱使與父母分隔兩 地，孩子們亦可以得到關懷及提升學習能力的機會。

組長 Team Leader 吳承禧 WU Cheng Xi

OpenU

組員 Team Member 梁家駒 LEUNG Ka Kui

OpenU

李兆堅 LI Siu Kin

OpenU

李熠軒 LI Yi Xuan

OpenU

張謀隆 ZHANG Mou Long

OpenU

院校顧問 Faculty Advisor

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www.lset.hk

麥婉君女士 Ms. Amy MAK

OpenU

Oases Service Oases provides city residents self-claimed farming service with smartphone apps for round-the-clock surveillance and entertainment. Self-claimed farmland will be located in high foot-traffic business area in metropolitan market and surrounding communities. The advantage of our product consists of two parts: considerate farming services and innovative mobile application.

• The automatic irrigation system and convenient farmland location will save time and money, while also providing a promising harvest. For customers, they taste the success of farming without the inconvenience.

• The mobile app will provide real time experiences of watering and planting. Customers are also provided with professional planting tips and a social platform to enhance their fun farming experience. This also differentiates our services and products from other competitors.

Mission

黄庭堅 HUANG George

CUHK

李梓明 LEE Tsz Ming

CUHK

Oases aims to re-establish the broken primitive connection between people and nature. Through being able to sow and plant in person we have redesigned the experience of farming for modern citizens, and brought everybody a chance to own their own piece of land, to really "touch" and to care for their own crops. Due to the popularity of mobile technology, Oases has incorporated farming into our urban lifestyles, but without burdens. We have endeavoured to direct their leisure time spending on smart phone apps to a real taste of farming. Involving them in a conversation with nature and reminding them of our precious nature. We look for the first step by those who have stayed away from nature in this modern age.

CUHK

www.oases.hk

組長 Team Leader 林世宇 LIN Shiyu

CUHK

組員 Team Member 蔡海暉 CAI Haihui 丁晨

DING Chen

CUHK CUHK

院校顧問 Faculty Advisor 左治強先生 Mr. George JOR

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Regeneración（再生子） Regeneración (再生子) 的商業理念是把瓦通紙 (又稱紙皮)、報紙等廢物回收和處理，再製成美觀實 用、環保衛生的傢具。除了對香港的環境有所承擔，再生子更會聘用更生人士等弱勢社群製作 傢具，在生產過程中製造促進社會共融發展。 Regeneración 的願景： 令回收再造的概念融合成香港的潮流文化，改變香港人對廢物的觀念，促使環保產品在香港普 及化，並將再生子發展成一個值得信賴的社會企業及屬於香港人的品牌。 Regeneración 的使命： 把回收到的物料，進行仔細嚴謹的處理後，再加上別出心裁的設計，製成供追求個性化及高生 活質素的人士所使用的傢具產品。除此之外，我們亦會為更生人士等弱勢社群提供培訓和就業 機會，營造和諧社會。 Regeneración 的承諾： 無限創意，親手製造，為您提供最美觀實用、環保衛生的創新傢具。

組長 Team Leader 陳美恩 CHAN May Yan

OpenU

組員 Team Member 江永龍 KWONG Wing Lung

OpenU

梁景峰 LEUNG King Fung Vincent OpenU 吳欣玲 NG Yan Ling 潘廸

POON Tik Oscar

OpenU PolyU

院校顧問 Faculty Advisor

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www.regeneracion.hk

麥婉君女士 Ms. Amy MAK

OpenU

Teach it forward Our concept is borrowed from the movie called ‘Pay it forward’, which is about a young boy spreading a simple idea across the entire American nation. He feels that when someone helps you, you must help a few more people, and then the cycle can go on.

Our idea is to ‘Teach it forward’ (TIForward). This will be one of the first ‘international’ tuition centers to be a social enterprise. It will help prepare students to grasp the opportunity they deserve i.e. to get a place at their dream university and to get scholarship offers. We ourselves will provide the ‘Teach it forward’ scholarship.

TIForward aims to succeed by firstly providing needy students with the necessary tuition. This will equip them to be more eligible for scholarships from overseas universities. Secondly, TIForward will also help prepare children in ASEAN countries to be more ‘globalized’ and open to international perspectives from different students from different countries. We can achieve this by teaching through video-conferencing.

With our slogan of 'From seniors to juniors', we hope that knowledge and experience will be passed on to the next generation. As seniors, we hope to inspire young minds to think big and think about others. And we hope that they will live up to this idea and ... teach it forward.

組長 Team Leader Nitcharee NITNAVAKORN

HKUST

組員 Team Member Paolo AQUINO

HKUST

CHONG Hoong Liang Justin

HKUST

Monica DELUCIA

HKUST

Gabriella VALENCIA

HKUST

院校顧問 Faculty Advisor 崔志英教授 Prof. TSUI Chi Ying

HKUST

www.teachitforward.hk

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Hairy Tale Let’s face it. Hair is a nuisance. You have to brush and wash it. It falls in your food or soup. You pay hundreds of dollars cutting and dyeing it. But what practical uses does it have?

We've combed through scientific experiments and research conducted by NASA. The bald fact is that hair has a multitude of uses and we’d like to highlight two major ways we can help society. For example, did you know that your hair can reduce the harmful environmental impacts of oil spill disasters? Hair can also contribute to organic farming as a natural fertilizer and herbicide.

Can hair really do so much?

With the introduction of Hairy Tale, the answer is… YES! These aren’t just hairbrained ideas, we’re for real. So out of these little-known facts, grew a number of hair-raising possibilities to dye for.

Hairy Tale is a social enterprise to explore the ultimate functions of hair (and their extensions) and its opportunities to grow as a business. We collect unwanted human hair that has been carefully selected from local salons. We then process them to make the hair pads, and market them to local/ China organic farms as well as to NGOs as an oil absorbent for harbor and oil spill cleaning. At the same time, we wish to provide employment opportunities to unskilled workers to alleviate the poverty problem in Hong Kong. 組長 Team Leader 馬仲怡 MA Chung Yee

HKU

組員 Team Member 張俊祺 CHEUNG Chun Ki

CUHK

林方達 LAM Fong Tat James

CUHK

蔡芷熒 TSOI Chi Ying Kate

CUHK

邱卓婷 YAU Cheuk Ting

CUHK

院校顧問 Faculty Advisor

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www.hairytale.hk

賴漢榮先生 Mr. John LAI

CUHK

Inno-Chemos (International) Technology In recent years, disasters related to contaminated products have perpetuated fear among the masses. Two of the most notable cases were the lead-tainted toy scandal in 2007, and the milk powder scandal in 2008. Both incidents took place in China where Quality Control testing is widely neglected. Although quality control has been strengthened, no one can guarantee that the products we use are completely free from danger. Unfortunately, the nature of these disasters is inevitably recurrent due to mass production of goods – and so we can only wait for the next tragedy to unfold.

Knowing this, the Inno-Chemos team proposes a range of solutions to meet the challenge. We propose the use of chemo-sensors in consumer product testing. Why? Simply because of three main reasons: it provides a cost-efficient, timesaving, and accurate method that can be easily disseminated. However, this is just the beginning. The Inno-Chemos team is working hard to make this social venture idea become a reality. Above all, we wish to make this society a safer place to live in.

Our objective is to design user-friendly testing devices, which anyone can use easily at any given time, and be assured of a reliable and accurate result with whichever product they use. Another bold initiative will be to also produce a lab-on-a-chip to be used by low-cost manufacturers for testing. 組長 Team Leader 紀建德 TIGOUMO Ngoudjou Ralph Aurel

CityU

We aim to be a social enterprise that people can trust. We aim to promote Quality Control to help make your life safer.

組員 Team Member MOON Ha Kyung

CityU

TIGOUMO Kanou Natacha Olive

HKUST

院校顧問 Faculty Advisor 張震豪博士 Dr. Terence CHEUNG

CityU

www.innochemos.hk

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Alchemist “ TURN NEGLECT INTO SHINE” – Alchemist motto Alchemist is a design based social enterprise. We take daily trash and “Upcycle” it into elegant goods. But how do we intend to do this?

We use the bases of aluminum soda cans. Then, we process and modify the cans to transform and incorporate this ordinary waste material into watch designs and lighting products – all through the seamless integration of function and the material itself.

However, through our work, we perform greater alchemy within people.

We are concerned about our workers. We aim to help people who have been neglected and to give them self-respect. We have partnered with local sheltered workshops - St James’ Settlement and the Christian Family Service Centre (CFSC). Their involvement will add credibility and recognition among people with disabilities. In addition, we have forged a relationship with an eminent watch manufacturer – Avvan Alliance Limited. Under their guidance in the manufacturing process, we have also designed special tools to allow people with disability to work in a safe environment.

CAN is the signature product line from Alchemist which includes the CAN-lighting and CAN-Time series. We have applied our signature use of discarded Aluminum soda cans to the CAN series.

An added advantage is that we own the design registration for using soda can bases and the innovative application of the bases into our designs. We are the first and sole producer to apply discarded soda can bases in timepiece designs.

組長 Team Leader 凌靜然 LING Ching Yin

PolyU

組員 Team Member 何俊健 HO Chun Kin Kenneth

PolyU

蕭天心 SIU Tien Sum

PolyU

院校顧問 Faculty Advisor Mr. Rémi LECLERC

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www.alchemistcreations.hk

PolyU

Sunshine The Sunshine Project aims to introduce a new social ecosystem that alleviates the long existing challenges faced by intellectually disabled athletes (IDAs) by engaging their neglected talents into the labour-deprived organic farming industry of Hong Kong, within which both parties co-create sustainable opportunities for each other.

Being athletes, IDAs have proven themselves to have physical strength, consistency, focused mind, perseverance and a love for the outdoors. These fundamental qualities match closely with the qualities needed to work on a farm. By tuning the IDAs' existing talents to farm tasks, they are likely to contribute more to the farm than ordinary workers – boosting productivity and market competitiveness.

We provide not only immediate results, but also a long-term solution to the core stakeholders mentioned and their related stakeholders, such as the IDAs’ caregivers, produce consumers and government bodies. With our strategic collaboration with young retirees and school network, we will maximize the social impact through more engagement and education.

組長 Team Leader 呂嘉誠 LUI Ka Shing David

CUHK

組員 Team Member 陳利

CHAN Li

CUHK

周禮信 CHOW Lai Shun Nelson

CUHK

姚慧儀 YIU Wai Yee Catherine

CUHK

余仲虹 YU Chung Hung

CUHK

Our team’s core competencies in SME operations, process control, logistics, marketing and finances are backed by supportive resources in the welfare and the farming sectors. The business model with the financial forecast we are proposing is innovative, immediately actionable, profitable and sustainable.

We have a vision of IDAs being proud of what they do is benefiting society and with the Sunshine Project, we can get there.

EMAIL info@sunshine-projects.hk FACEBOOK PAGE https://www.facebook.com/TheSunshineProjects

院校顧問 Faculty Advisor 陳志輝教授 Prof. Andrew CHAN

CUHK

www.sunshine-projects.hk

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Seeds for Change Hong Kong’s neediest groups rely heavily on the work of nonprofits or NGOs. However, we might not appreciate just how underfunded they are to help the poor, the sick and those most at risk. It is also easy to overlook the fact that nonprofits and NGOs depend on volunteers to manage and support their operations and events – and essentially help those who are least able to help themselves.

So who are these volunteers? Where do they come from? Firstly, they are and have always been one of the most important resources of NGOs. Secondly, volunteers are often the key for successful events and programmes. Yet due to a lack of resources for publicity and promotion, the recruiting and retention of volunteers is a constant challenge for nonprofits. Therefore, we see a key need for an integrated platform to recruit and engage volunteers.

This situation is ripe for change. “Seeds for Change” aims to help recruit and engage volunteers through an online web platform to engage the community. Our application allows nonprofits to post their events and communicate with volunteers through the platform itself. More importantly, “Seeds for Change” also utilizes a smartphone application for registered volunteers of the nonprofits to use. This allows nonprofits to effectively reach out and engage youth volunteers.

We sincerely hope to enhance the capabilities of the 3rd Sector (nonprofits and Social Enterprises) in volunteer management to promote and grow the voluntarism scene in Hong Kong.

組長 Team Leader 陳浩揚 CHAN Alexander Ho-Young

HKU

組員 Team Member

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www.seedsforchange.hk

鄭筠怡 CHENG Kwan Yee Queenie

HKU

張朗峰 CHEUNG Long Fung

HKU

黃澤鐮 WONG Chak Lim

HKU

黃淑怡 WONG Shuk Yi

HKU

院校顧問 Faculty Advisor 譚偉略博士 Dr. Vincent W.L. TAM

HKU

Biomass Briquettes Considering the fact that we are disposing tons of waste every day, why don’t we turn it into something useful?

In the third world, they commonly use biomass briquettes as fuel. It’s easy to see the reason. The briquettes conserve material and generate easy energy. They are simply blocks of fuel made of dried biomass – dried organic products, mainly wood and grain.

We want to introduce the biomass briquettes to Hong Kong. It’s easy to see how we can convert urban waste like waste paper, sawdust and breadcrumbs as our raw material.

Working with an extremely low cost base, we can transform waste into a flexible and useful fuel with multiple uses e.g. barbecues and even electricity generation.

The major aim of producing the biomass briquettes is environment protection, although it would also be easily commercially viable. We reduce the volume of solid waste and turn it into a clean and effective energy. We save trees by providing substitution for charcoal.

We make use of worthless waste and raise awareness among the public. This can all be achieved by the natural way – biomass briquettes.

組長 Team Leader 詹家進 CHIM Ka Chun

HKUST

組員 Team Member 趙佑霖 CHIU Yau Lam

HKUST

林雋軒 LAM Chun Hin

HKUST

蘇培燊 SO Pui San

HKUST

院校顧問 Faculty Advisor 岑松德教授 Prof. SHUM Chung Dak HKUST

www.biomassbriquettebbq.hk

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