(Hong Kong, 1 February 2007) To celebrate its 10th Anniversary this year, Octopus
has organised an Octopus Card Design Competition open from
2 February to 16 March 2007. The competition encourages Hong
Kong people to use their creativity to portray the theme
Octopus is Everywhere in Hong Kong. The winning design will
be used on the Octopus 10th Anniversary commemorative edition
card and on other commemorative items.
Since its launch in September 1997, Octopus has been continually expanding its
applications, extending from transport into the retail sector.
Octopus is the leading contactless smartcard payment system
with the highest penetration rate in the world, with more
than 430 merchants providing Octopus payment service and
average daily transactions exceeding 10 million. As the first
event in Octopus’ 10th Anniversary celebrations, this competition
aims at encouraging Hong Kong people to use their imagination
and creativity to present their everyday experience that
Octopus is Everywhere in Hong Kong.
Prizes of HK$8,000, HK$5,000 and HK$3,000 will be awarded
to the winner and 1st and 2nd runners-up respectively,
with an additional number of prizes for the finalists.
Competition results will be announced in June. For full
details, competition rules and an entry form, please visit
the Octopus website at www.octopus.com.hk.
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