Following the "Senior Police Call (SPC) Chinese Naming and Logo Design Competition" award presentation ceremony held at Police Sports and Recreation Club on June 14, the SPC now has an official Chinese name and logo.

Aiming at promoting the SPC programme to the public, the competition received 11,200 and 2,900 entries for Chinese naming and logo design respectively.

Speaking at the ceremony, Deputy Commissioner (Operations) Tang Kam-moon pointed out that since the launch of the SPC in December last year, activities for the elderly were strengthened in different Police Districts. He added that the SPC would serve as an effective platform for further enhancing the communication between the Police and the elderly. And various activities would be organised to make elders more conscious of crime prevention and road safety as well as for them to realise their own potentials.

Other officiating guests at the ceremony included Deputy Commissioner (Management) Ma Wai-luk, Director of Management Services Tang How-kong, Director of Operations Wong Chi-hung, as well as three members of the adjudication panel, Chairman of the Road Safety Campaign Committee, Dr Eric Cheng Kam-chung, Director of the Sau Po Centre on Ageing of University of Hong Kong, Dr Terry Lum Yat-sang, and Chief Officer (Elderly Service) of the Hong Kong Council of Social Service, Ms Grace Chan Man-yee.

Besides picking entries for merits awards, the adjudication panel also selected three best Chinese names and logo designs for voting for the champions at presentation ceremony. Subsequently, the champions of the Chinese naming and logo design are Li Cheuk-man and Yip Kim-ying respectively, each receiving a trophy, a certificate and a $3,000 book coupon.

Award winners' comments

Elated with her award, Form 4 student Cheuk-man has high regards for elders for the contributions they made to society. Believing happiness is conducive to health, she hopes elders would have a lot of happiness while taking part in SPC activities.

Ms Yip feels it is an honour for her to pull off a prize in her first attempt at a design competition. Speaking of her design concept, she said she fused the Chinese character of "elder" with the SPC short forms, and found the effect satisfactory.  About the use of colours, she said green represented the vitality and "ever green" of elders, red symbolised elders' enthusiasm and blue represented the police. The whole logo indicated that the police invited the energetic and enthusiastic elders to help with the fight against crimes, she added.

The oldest merit award winner is 95-year-old Mrs Chun Lok Wai-kwan. Coming across a publicity leaflet in a home for the elderly, she and her friends decided to join the competition. Attributing her success to teamwork, Mrs Chun hoped elders would help police fight crimes, and pledged to actively take part in SPC activities.

The youngest merit winner is nine-year-old Leung Pok-ming. His school introduced the SPC programme and he got a lot of help from his private tutor for Chinese naming. He said he was interested in joining the Junior Police Call.