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CommunityQuest Results Announced
The results of the CommunityQuest, the VTC Community Engagement Reward Scheme for AY2024/25 are finally out! Over the past six months, 16 finalist teams collaborated with community partners to gradually implement proposals aimed at addressing community issues. Their efforts included developing prototypes and organising workshops across various districts.
During the final presentation held on 30 June 2025, the teams showcased their full efforts, demonstrating the community value brought by their proposals to impress the judging panel. Members of judging panel highly praised the students for their innovative thinking, the high level of product completion and the extended impact of the workshops, all of which effectively addressed key community challenges.
The list of winners is as follows:
Award | Project Name | Disciplines or Members Institutions | Community Partners |
| Community Engagement Gold Award | “Choi Hung” Dreams, Memory Streams |
Languages Discipline | Yang Memorial Methodist Social Service |
| Community Engagement Silver Award | Dim Sum Battle Board Game | Childcare, Elderly and Community Services Discipline | The Neighbourhood Advice-Action Council |
| Community Engagement Bronze Award |
| Hong Kong Institute of Information Technology (HKIIT) | New Life Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association |
| Most Creative Award | Space-time Prism —Augmented Reality Experience of Old Hong Kong | Hong Kong Institute of Information Technology (HKIIT) | Tramplus |
| Most Valuable Extension Award | Nutritional Cooking Workshop for Elderly to Prevent Osteoporosis | Health and Life Sciences Discipline | Caring Engaging Smart, Housing Society（Kwun Lung Lau） |
| Merit Award | Small potato Big dream — Culinary Skills Workshop for SEN Students | Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong (THEi) | Heep Hong Society |
| Smart Planting for Elderly Care | Health and Life Sciences Discipline Student Development Discipline | The Hong Kong Chinese Christian Churches Union Kwong Yum Care Home (Integrated Aged Care Services) | |
| The 6th 1-min Public Speaking Contest (2025) | Business Discipline Student Development Discipline | Family Value Foundation of Hong Kong Limited | |
Puzzle of Light - Jewelry Art Piece Making with People in Recovery | Design Discipline | Baptist Oi Kwan Social Service | |
Collaboration on Design Project of SKH Youth Centre | Engineering Discipline | Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui | |
| AI Korfball Coaching Platform | Hotel, Service and Tourism Studies Discipline Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong (THEi) | Hong Kong China Korfball Association | |
| WishU Fame&Fortune —Short Video Promoting Financial Concepts for Youth | Hong Kong Institute of Information Technology (HKIIT) Student Development Discipline | St. James' Settlement | |
Gemini powered Global Sign Language Translator | Hong Kong Institute of Information Technology (HKIIT) | SLCO Community Resources | |
Parent-child Hairstyling Workshop | Youth College | Hong Kong Family Welfare Society | |
Eco-Friendly Creative Market Workshop Campaign | Youth College | T Cube Culture and Education Limited / League of Ordinary Gent | |
3D Printing Express | Youth College | Hong Kong Lutheran Social Service Transitional Housing Projects (CONCORDIA Tsat Sing Kong, CONCORDIA Sheung Yue River) |
The CommunityQuest Award Ceremony will be held in October 2025. Detailed information will be announced in due course. You are warmly invited to join us in celebrating the students who have made valuable contributions to the community through their VPET skills.
[Photo 1] Students from the Engineering Discipline and Childcare, Elderly and Community Services Disciplinepreserved the appearance and community spirit of Choi Hung Estate by using Building Information Modeling (BIM) technology. They also interviewed elderly residents of Choi Hung Estate. The project received high praise from the judging panel and successfully won the Gold Award.
[Photo 2] The Silver Award-winning project, "Dim Sum Battle” Board Game helps elderly train their cognitive functions and social skills by engaging activities involving bill calculations and dim sum knowledge.
[Photo 3] The Most Valuable Extension Award was won by the “Nutritional Cooking Workshop for Elderly" which teaches elderly individuals how to prevent osteoporosis.
[Photo 4] The five adjudicators (from left) included Mr. Joseph SIU Chun-ho, Senior Project Officer of VTC Innovation & Technology Co-creation Centre (ITCC); Mr. Edmond YIU, Deputy Executive Director (Culture, Sports & Arts Division) of the Hong Kong Playground Association; Ms. Ruby YONG, Program Director of the D.H. Chen Foundation; Ms. Vicky CHAU Shuk-lan, Chief Community Engagement Manager of VTC Community Engagement Unit and Mr. Kelvin TO King-ting, Senior Project Officer of the VTC Smart City Innovation Centre and STEAM Education Centre.
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