For Immediate Release
Six teams of university students beat 12 other teams in the final of the 2021 HKGCC Business Case Competition on 15 and 16 June to win cash prizes of HK$30,000 each, internship opportunities, and a one-year HKGCC student membership.
More than 450 students from various universities in Hong Kong formed around 200 teams to participate in the competition themed “Defining the New Normal.” Each of the competition’s six sponsors -- Citibank, DHL, Great Eagle Group, NWS Holdings, PwC and Sino Group – set a specific business case for the students to come up with possible solutions. Topics ranged from zero-carbon operations to harnessing emerging technologies to help SMEs.
“It has been fantastic to see the hard work of the students come to fruition in the final stage of the Business Case Competition,” said HKGCC CEO George Leung. “I have been particularly impressed by the students’ understanding of the issues facing businesses today, as well as the innovative solutions that they have come up with. I’m sure they all have a bright future ahead of them.”
Each winning team of individual company challenges received a cash prize of HK$30,000, and the chance to have an internship at the company, while the first and second runners up received HK$20,000 and HK$10,000 respectively. Following are the results of the competition:
Citibank
Enhancing ESG Performance for SMEs
Champion: Accelerator (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, City University of Hong Kong, The University of Hong Kong)
1st Runner-up: BELKK (The University of Hong Kong)
2nd Runner-up: Flower Flag (The University of Hong Kong, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
DHL
Mission 2050: Zero Emission Target – A green Leap into the Sustainable Logistics Era
Champion: Hygge (City University of Hong Kong, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
1st Runner-up: Beyond me (Hong Kong Metropolitan University)
2nd Runner-up: MODE (The University of Hong Kong)
Great Eagle Group
Rethinking the Hotel Industry – 2025 and Beyond
Champion: BELKK (The University of Hong Kong)
1st Runner-up: BDG (The University of Hong Kong)
2nd Runner-up: Eternals (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
NWS Holdings Limited
How to Leverage the Business and Financial Strengths of NWS to Bring Social Benefits Under the New Normal
Champion: Day Day Live (The University of Hong Kong)
1st Runner-up: Hygge (City University of Hong Kong,
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
2nd Runner-up: Alchemy (The University of Hong Kong, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
PricewaterhouseCoopers
New Technologies are Disrupting Business as Usual
Champion: Sicuro (The University of Hong Kong)
1st Runner-up: Enertime (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, The University of Hong Kong)
2nd Runner-up: Chrysanthemum Throne (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
Sino Group
Wellness of Daily Living
Champion: The Developer (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Shue Yan University, The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong)
1st Runner-up: Greenery (The University of Hong Kong, City University of Hong Kong)
2nd Runner-up: WTW (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
Photo captions:
Photo 1: HKGCC CEO George Leung chats with students at the competition.
Photo 2: Students faced a tough round of questions from the judging panel.
Media inquiries: Please contact Ms Kari Yu at 2823-1266 / [email protected]