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Work and Travel USA Program Cool Idea Awards 2008

The Cool Idea Awards (CIA) is a competition to determine local university students’ abilities to strategize and conduct planning. Those contestants who excel will be sponsored to join the Work and Travel USA program (WATUSA).
Contest Entry Form

Competition Entry Requirement

  • You must be between 18 and 30 years old;
  • You must be registered as a full-time student at a local post-secondary institution, enrolled in a program with minimum length of 2 years.
  • You must be able to function in an English-speaking work environment;
  • You must not have participated in Work and Travel USA Program previously; and
  • You must submit a full application to Work and Travel USA Program 2008 on or before 2 October 2007.

Competition Details

The competition will be divided into three rounds and will run from September to October 2007.

ROUND ONE - Point and…Shoot! » ROUND TWO - Please, have a seat! » ROUND THREE - On your marks…

ROUND 1

Theme East Meets West
How to enter Contestants must shoot a picture that best fits the theme to deliver their messages, view and insight with a caption of no more than 100 words.
The Idea To find out contestants’ perception of the meaning and value of multi-cultural society, and to explore their creativity in everyday life.
Procedures
  1. Complete the Application Form online
  2. Download the Contest Entry Form in Intrinsic’s website
  3. Submit the Contest Entry Form with your picture attached by post

Assessment Contestants are assessed on their creativity and originality.
Deadline 2 October 2007 (Tuesday) – with reference to the postmark date.
Result Result will be announced by 8 October. Selected contestants will receive an invitation to Round 2 by email.

ROUND 2

The Idea To ensure contestants’ basic understanding, suitability of the overseas experience and their proper motivation, contestants will be invited to an INTERVIEW.
Assessment Contestants are assessed on their abilities to demonstrate the below essential elements.
  1. Interpersonal Skills
  2. Communication Skills
  3. Understanding of the Work and Travel USA Program
  4. Personal characteristics regarding responsibility, maturity, flexibility, independence, adaptability, confidence, etc.

Date 13 October 2007 (Saturday) – venue & time will be notified to contestants by email
Result Result will be announced by 17 October. 30 contestants will receive an invitation to Round 3 by email.

ROUND 3

The Idea In the form of Orienteering, this is to determine contestants’ abilities to strategize and conduct contingency planning, as well as to test their physical fitness since they might have the chance to face the challenging working environment in the US.
Assessment Contestants who complete the highest number of checkpoints in the shortest period of time will be the winners.
Date 20 October 2007 (Saturday) – venue & time will be announced to contestants by emaill

Awards

Prizes worth of HKD89,000 in total will be awarded to winners. One Platinum Award winner will receive a full sponsorship worth of HKD22,000 to participate Work and Travel USA Program 2008. Two Gold Award winners will each receive sponsorship of HKD11,000 each to join the Program and each of the four Silver Award winners will receive HKD5,500 worth of sponsorship. The rest of the contestants qualified into the final round will each receive HKD1,000 worth of sponsorship as the Bronze Award.

Values of Sponsorship
Platinum AwardHKD22,000 x 1
Gold AwardHKD11,000 x 2
Silver AwardHKD5,500 x 4
Bronze AwardHKD1,000 x 23
TotalHKD89,000
Here's your chance to win a FREE trip to USA.
Remarks
1. All sponsorships will be given upon participant’s completion of the Work and Travel USA Program 2008, and submission of a monthly journal while on the Program.
2. The winners are responsible for their passports, visa application expenses and other personal expenditure while they are in the US.
3. In the event that the winner(s) cannot participate in the Work and Travel USA Program due to any reason(s) (including travel documents problems); or the program is cancelled or delayed due to any unpredictable reason(s), the sponsorship of the program is non-transferable and cannot be converted or exchanged into cash.

Certificates

1. Certificate of Excellence
Winners of the Platinum, Gold and Silver Awards will be presented with a Certificate of Excellence as an acknowledgement of their outstanding performance.

2. Certificate of Merit
Each Bronze Award winner will a Certificate of Merit for their participation in the competition.

Rules & Regulations

  • All entries into Round 1 competition must be an original creation of the contestant in its entirety and do not contain any unauthorized use of third party copyright material or intellectual property. Any Contestant who found to commit acts of plagiarism in their work will be disqualified.
  • All entries for Round 1 competition must be submitted by 6pm, 2 October 2007 (Tuesday). Late entries will not be accepted. Submission by mail will be counted by the postmark date.
  • All prize money will be given after participant’s completion of the Work and Travel USA Program 2008.
  • Winners are also required to submit a monthly journal while on the Program.
  • All information including personal data of the contestants will be used strictly for purposes relating to the competition.
  • The information may also be used for publishing the event.
  • All works submitted to Intrinsic will not be returned to contestants.
  • Contestants must adhere to the rules and regulations set out for this competition. Contestants failing to abide by the rules and regulations will be subject to disqualification.
  • Any contestant who causes unnecessary disturbance in a competition venue, and ignores warning may be disqualified.
  • In any case of dispute, the decision of Intrinsic shall be final.
  • Intrinsic has the final rights in the interpretation and amendment of the rules and regulations.
  • Intrinsic reserves the right to alter or modify the rules or schedule of the event if necessary or expedient.
  • The decision of the judging panel on all results shall be final and conclusive. No appeals will be entertained.
  • Intrinsic will not be responsible for any accidents, injuries, damage or loss of personal property which might occur during participation in or attendance at this competition or any other related activities.
  • Sponsorship cannot be used in conjunction with other promotional offers, discount or coupon.

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