Competition Details

Design theme

Manhole covers featuring the characteristics of 18 Districts in Hong Kong

Each entry can only feature the characteristics of one district as the design concept

Purpose

To enhance citizens’ understanding to the work of the DSD
To encourage citizens to participate in the design of manhole cover for jointly beautifying the city
To enrich tourism elements, and make Hong Kong a more fun and colourful city

Eligibility Requirement

Hong Kong residents

Rules and Eligibility

All entries must conform to the theme of the competition, and all entries must be original. Art pieces generated by artificial intelligence will not be accepted.
The entries must be designed according to the specifications provided by the organiser, including the basic appearance, dimensions, structure, anti-skid performance and location of key holes. An introduction to the design concept should be provided either in Chinese or English in no more than 250 words. Participants are required to indicate the district to which the design theme belongs in their introduction.
The actual size of the manhole cover is 675 mm x 675 mm.
Each participant can submit one entry only.
The submission of the entry must be in jpg or pdf format, the resolution should be at least 300dpi while the file size should not be larger than 5M.
In order to ensure the fairness of the competition, no personal name (including English or Pinyin abbreviation) or any personal information such as logos and graphics related to the author's identity may appear on the entries and the layout.
Decisions of the judges are final. The participants are not allowed to object and the competition does not have an appeal mechanism.
All employees of the Organiser involved in the organisation of the Competition, all members of the judging panel as well as their immediate relatives are not eligible to participate in the Competition. If any participant suspects any potential conflict of interest, he or she shall enquire the representative of the Organiser prior to entry submission. The Organiser reserves the right to declare any participant ineligible.

Copyright

Participants are required to comply with the relevant copyright laws. If the participants infringe the copyright or other related crimes, including but not limited to submitting borrowed, reproduced, copied and counterfeit entries, the entries will be disqualified. Participants should be responsible for their own legal responsibility, and any legal disputes are irrelevant to the organiser.
The organiser may copy, use, modify, display, publish and distribute the submitted entries, or distribute the entries to any media for publicity or education purpose without any remuneration or notice.
The organiser owns the intellectual property rights of the submitted entries, which can be put into production and distributed, displayed or published on any occasion for (but not limited to) the promotion of the DSD activities.
After submitting the application, participants agree to all the above terms and conditions.

Personal information collection statement

The personal information is provided by the participants on a voluntary basis. The information will only be used for participating in relevant activities held by the Drainage Services Department. The information will only be provided to the persons handling the applications and used for purposes of review, contact, and other related purposes. If the participants have any inquiries or would like to change the submitted personal information, please contact our staff via email ([email protected]). If the participants fail to provide sufficient, accurate and clear information, we may not be able to process the application.

Reference website

Standard Drawing of Manhole Cover