'Fundamentals Against Crime Tactics' (FACT) Poster Design Competition on 2 Feb 2013

Objective
To allow primary school youths, based on their understanding of crime prevention, work in a small group to design their own unique and creative posters.

Date/ Venue
Date: 2 February 2013, Saturday
Time: 8am to 11am
Location: Blk 564 Ang Mo Kio Street 54, Hard court

Eligibility

The competition is open ONLY to Primary 3 to 5 students, enrolled as of 1^st January 2013, in Primary schools located within the jurisdiction of Ang Mo Kio Police Division.

Each school shall submit ONLY one entry. All entries are to be submitted in group of not more than three students. Entries must consist of original ideas produced wholly by the respective participant(s). Entries which are deemed by the judges to be direct adaptations or plagiarisms of existing materials will be disqualified.

Theme

The crime prevention design theme can be revolving around robbery, housebreaking, snatch theft, outrage of modesty, motor vehicles theft, scam, bully, cybercrime, thefts, rioting or gangs, etc.

Entry Rule

• All submitted entries must be designed vertically in A3 size (length of 42cm/420mm by width of 29.7cm/297mm).
•  The poster design must be relate to the theme of the competition. All entries must be accompanied with a crime prevention tagline or slogan (e.g. low crime doesn’t mean no crime).
•  All entries can be designed in any form of hand drawing, colouring, computer graphic, graphic software or any other kind of design methods.
• All entries shall be completed before the competition date and must be brought to the event for judging.
•  A parents/guardians’ consent form will be given to the all participating schools. Students representing the school for the competition event will need to obtain consent from their parents/guardians.
• All participating students shall wear their respective school uniform and be accompanied by a school teacher representative on the event competition date.

Evaluation Criteria

·      The judges will select 10 winners based on highest score using the following criteria:

          Originality: 25

          Innovative: 25

          Creativity: 25

          Effectiveness of conveying crime prevention message: 25

          (eg: Is the crime prevention message clear and concise?)

               Total    : 100

·      All decisions and scores made by the panel judges are final.

Prizes

The ten winners will walk away with the following prizes.

1) Champion                   - $300 Popular Bookstore vouchers + Trophy

2) 1^st Runner up              - $250 Popular Bookstore vouchers + Trophy

3) 2^nd Runner up              - $200 Popular Bookstore vouchers + Trophy

4) Two merit awards         - $100 Popular Bookstore vouchers each

5) Five consolation awards - $50 Popular Bookstore voucher each

 

Copyright and Intellectual Property Issues

·      All submitted entries shall become the property of Ang Mo Kio Police Division and may be used for the purpose of running crime prevention campaigns. The top-winner poster will be showcased in the crime prevention display panel in each of the 9 NPCs in Ang Mo Kio Police Division.

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All submitted entries may be used for the purpose of marketing and promotions by Ang Mo Kio Police Division with or without relation to its products and services as well as events organised or sponsored by them, including but not limited to the competition. Ang Mo Kio Police Division may, in their absolute discretion and in such manner as they deem fit, use the entries or parts of the entries for the said purposes without any reference to or acknowledgement of the participants.