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Hosted by The Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors (HKIS), ‘’Create Your District” Competition 2025 aims to encourage students to explore the history, cultural traditions, and city development of the Kowloon City district and demonstrate their creativity by designing an ideal community for it. Fabulous prizes will be awarded to the winners.

Established in 1984, The Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors (HKIS) is the only surveying professional body incorporated by ordinance in Hong Kong. As of 23 May 2025, the number of members reached over 11,000, including over 8,000 corporate members. HKIS work includes setting professional services and performance standards, establishing codes of ethics, determining requirements for admission as professional surveyors, and encouraging members to upgrade skills through continuing professional development. HKIS has an important consultative role in government policy making relating to the built environment and development cycle, which includes land planning and development, building design, construction, building usage and operation, etc.

Competition Objectives

1. Encourage students to explore the rich history, cultural traditions, and urban development of Kowloon City District.
2. Encourage students to demonstrate their creativity by designing an ideal community.
3. Educate the younger generation about the importance of sustainable development in Hong Kong.
4. Enhance the younger generation’s understanding of the role of surveyors in city development.

Competition Requirements

To better prepare students for the competition, all contestants are required to attend the workshop and guided tour in Kowloon City District in July 2025 to familiarize themselves with the district, including its location characteristics, economic position, site conditions and the relationship with its surrounding area. After the workshop, contestants are required to illustrate a designated area of Kowloon City District, and to project the district in an ideal state from surveyors’ point of view.

Contestants are required to attend Story Map Training Workshop which will be held after the workshop and guided tour. Story Map is a software that can present immersive stories by combining text, interactive maps and the multimedia contents. All contestants are required to submit a story map for presentation with 3D model or micro film, to illustrate contestants’ ideal Kowloon City District.

^* More details of the scope of competition will be announced in the “Create Your District” Competition 2025 Competition Workshop & Guided Tour.

Eligibility

• All students from secondary schools (F.3 – F.5) in the academic year 2025/26
• Entries are welcomed via school application only
• Numbers of entries from participating schools are not restricted
• Participants must form a team of 2-4 people to compete
• Participants can only join either 3D Model Category or Micro Film Category
• No fee shall be charged for entering the competition

Entry Format

All contestants are required to submit the following materials by Before 23:59, 7 September 2025 to the online system.

(1)ArcGIS StoryMaps^*: Candidate have to submit a self-explained project presentation by using ArcGIS StoryMaps to describe how your ideal community and express the work of surveyors through design concepts, and present the following works on ArcGIS StoryMaps according to their respective competition groups:

Story Map

A Story Map is a form of narrative that integrates text, interactive maps, and a range of multimedia content.

View more details about Story Map:

Story Map Video IntroductionMore examples of Story MapIntroduction to Story MapTutorial for creating a Story Map

(2)Project Report (No more than 500 Chinese characters or English words): To illustrate how the competition entry creates an ideal community for the To Kwa Wan, depicts the ideal living environment within the area, and expresses the work of surveyors through design concepts

^*Please click here for more information, functions and capabilities of ArcGIS StoryMaps. Hands-on workshop will soon be provided to the candidates. Please stay tuned for the announcement.

Remarks:

• Contestants are required to submit a Story Map and a project report of their work for presentation purposes.
• Contestants can only join either 3D Model Category or Micro Film Category
• The competition entries must be submitted to the online system by Before 23:59, 7 September 2025

Judging Criteria

• To understand different aspects in developing a community
• Ability to demonstrate the elements of surveyors’ scope of work^*
• Effectiveness of presentation
• Creativity and innovation

^*Details to be introduced in the Competition Workshop

Awards

All winning teams will be awarded with prizes in the Award Ceremony.

3D Model Category

Champion:	Trophy + Certificate + HK$6,000 Cash Coupon
1st Runner-up:	Trophy + Certificate + HK$4,000 Cash Coupon
2nd Runner-up:	Trophy + Certificate + HK$2,000 Cash Coupon
Best Story Map Award:	Trophy + Certificate + HK$1,000 Cash Coupon
Merit Award	Certificate + HK$500 Cash Coupon

Micro Film Category

Champion:	Trophy + Certificate + HK$6,000 Cash Coupon
1st Runner-up:	Trophy + Certificate + HK$4,000 Cash Coupon
2nd Runner-up:	Trophy + Certificate + HK$2,000 Cash Coupon
Best Story Map Award:	Trophy + Certificate + HK$1,000 Cash Coupon
Merit Award	Certificate + HK$500 Cash Coupon

Other Prizes

Urban Renewal Authority Community & Sustainable Development Award	Trophy + Certificate + HK$1,500 Cash Coupon
Best Creativity Award	Trophy + Certificate + HK$800 Cash Coupon
Best School Participation Award	Trophy

• Winning entries will be displayed on the official website.
• A Certificate of Participation will be granted to all candidates who completed the competition in recognition of their participation.

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