Let's move on to implement the ideas!
Winners Final Pitching HighlightsThe SI CEO Competition for Tertiary Students held the final pitching and award presentation ceremony on 22 April. The five finalists presented their business plans and the best three were selected by the judges right on the spot. The three winning teams were awarded a start-up fund of HK$150,000, HK$100,000, and HK$50,000 respectively, with each also winning a social innovation trip to UK or Singapore to visit social innovation projects. The teams will also receive corporation internship offers, CEO guidance and professional advisory services for idea implementation in the coming future.
Award |
Winning Team / Institution |
Champion | ElderTreks |
1st Runner-up | QiDai |
2nd Runner-up | House Doctor |
Finalist Award | Habhub, Value Chain Hostel |
Most Liked Award (Public Voting) | QiDai |
Most Liked Award (Live Voting) | ElderTreks |
Nomination Award | City University of Hong Kong (Nominated team: ElderTreks) |
Most Social Innovative Award | ElderTreks |
Social Media Award | House Doctor |
Best Social Inclusion Idea Award | Chefunity |
Social Inclusion Idea Distinction Award | ElderTreks, QiDai |
Best Technology Application Award | Habhub |
Technology Application Distinction Award | Sharice, Elderfeast |
Most Valuable Presenter Award | Michelle KWOK Yi-Ling (ElderTreks) |
Business idea: to offer local tours that hire elderly as guides and use mobile app to let participants explore genuine community culture in different dimensions.
Team members: Valent CHEUNG Chiu-Ying, Francis SZE Chek-Fai, Michelle KWOK Yi-Ling & Leon LEE Ho-Wai (CityU)
Business idea: to empower the grassroots female "young-old" through recruiting them to provide household cleaning services to their elderly neighbors.
Team members: WONG Chun-Wai (CityU), CHAN Man-Hoi & WONG Hiu-Lam(PolyU)
Business idea: to connect patients and doctors with a mobile application by which the patients can seek preliminary medical advice.
Team member: Christopher CHEUNG Sze-Wan (HKU)
Business idea: to utilise technology to build a system catering to elderly patients' emotion and physical health and in support of their rehabilitation at home.
Team members: Rachel CHENG Yuet-Yee (HKUST) & Rocco CHENG Lok -Sun (HKAPA)
Business idea: to facilitate social integration of the homeless people through provision of job opportunities and on-job training in a hostel.
Team members: CHAN Ka-Lok, CHANG Yau-Shing, YOU Long-Fung and PANG Chi-Shing (HSMC)
Business idea: to match people who can cook healthy home-style food with those have demands for the service through an online platform, which also aim to facilitate community building and share economy.
Team members: Caesar CHAN Ching-Sze (HKU), YUE Yat-Chung(PolyU)
Business idea: encouraging elderly to expand their social network and connect to community by making new friends with the newly developed mobile app, and the senior users can enjoy their social activities by using its recipe sharing function and dining coupon offers.
Team members: TSANG Yip-Ho, LEE Shan-Shan, AU Shek-Fung, CHAN Ching-Yi (CUHK)
Business idea: to connect meal offeror and offeree with mobile app that the underprivileged offerees can enjoy a nutritious meal prepared by offerors at low price.
Team members: CHAN Wai-Ting, TONG Ho-Fai, CHAN Choi-Sin (CityU)