1. Background

The Social Welfare Department (SWD) and rehabilitation organisations has been providing rehabilitation services for persons with disabilities to help them develop their potentials for moving towards self-reliance and integration into the community. To enhance the work opportunities for persons with disabilities, an alliance of subvented vocational rehabilitation units and social enterprises funded by the “Enhancing Employment of People with Disabilities through Small Enterprise” Project is formed. The alliance includes sheltered workshops, supported employment units, integrated vocational rehabilitation services centresand integrated vocational training centres which draws a pool of manpower of over 13,000 persons with disabilities providing various types of services and products.

Over the years, the Marketing Consultancy Office (Rehabilitation)(MCO(R))of SWD has organised various promotional activities and competitions to arouse public awareness of the work abilities of the persons with disabilities so as to enhance more work opportunities. In 2015,MCO(R)will launch the“Let Them Shine Partner”Program torecognise the remarkable contribution of company or individual in supporting employment opportunitiesfor persons with disabilities and facilitating their integration into the community.

  1. Objective and Theme

The program is to show appreciation of the contribution and support of company or individual for assisting the open employment of persons with disabilities to foster social inclusion.

  1. Nominator Eligibility

i.Charitable Non-Governmental Organisations under Inland Revenue Ordinance (Cap. 112) Section 88.

ii.Social Enterprises funded by Government, for example “Enhancing Employment of People with Disabilities through Small Enterprise” Project funded by Social Welfare Department, “Enhancing Self-Reliance Through District Partnership Programme” under the Home Affairs Department, etc.

  1. Nominated Company/NomineeEligibility

i.Company or individual must be nominated by an eligible organisation.

ii.Nominated company/nominee shall have contribution in assisting employment of persons with disabilities. For example, employing persons with disabilities, offering training opportunities for preparing open employment of persons with disabilities, assisting persons with disabilities in open employment including skills transfer, assisting the operation of Social Enterprises by volunteers, and any other contribution.

  1. Rules and Regulations

i.Nominators shall submit their applications by using the prescribed nomination forms.

ii.Each nomination shall fill in ONE separate nomination form.

iii.The MCO(R) of SWD (“Organiser”) will take charge of all administration matters of the scheme.

iv.The Organiser reserves the right to use the nominators and nominated company or nominees information for future promotion.

v.The final decision on the results of the nomination and all rights rest with the Organisers. The nominators, nominated company/nominees shall raise no objection.

  1. Nomination Forms and Details

Nomination forms and further details can be obtained through the following channels from March 16, 2015 onwards:

(a)Marketing Consultancy Office (Rehabilitation):

Room 2314, 23/F, Southorn Centre, 130 Hennessy Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong

(b)Download from the Organiser’s website

  1. Submission of Nomination Forms
  2. Nominators shall submit an article with not more than 500 words in English or Traditional Chinese Character (including punctuation marks).
  3. Nominators shall submit the nomination form and articleat the same time.Please prepare2 sets of material as stated below and insert them into a sealedenvelope. Please specify “Let Them Shine Partner”Nomination on the envelope.

(a) 1 set of compact disc (CD): Nomination formand article should be stored in CD.

(b) 1 set of hard copy: Nomination formand article must be printed on A4 size white paper.

  1. Nominators shall submit all documents through one of the following methods on or beforeMay 15, 2015 at 5:00 p.m.

(a)In Person or By Post:Marketing Consultancy Office (Rehabilitation):

Room 2314, 23/F, Southorn Centre, 130 Hennessy Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong

(The postmark date will be regarded as the date of submission.)

  1. Late submission will not be considered.
  2. Submission by fax or email will not be accepted.
  3. Nominators and nominated company/nominees shall provide email addresses to facilitate notification of results.
  4. In case of discrepancy between the English and Chinese versions, the Chinese version shall prevail.
  1. Interview

The Organiser will conduct interview with nominated company/nominees in June-July 2015. Details of the interview will be announced later.

  1. Result Announcement

Winners and nominatorswill be notified individually by email. The award list will be posted on theOrganiser’s website or related promotional channel after the award ceremony. Details will be announced later.

  1. Enquiries

Please contact the Organiser via email (/) or contact 2835 2709/ 2835 2706.

  1. Personal Data

The Organiser will keep the personal data of each nominator and participant confidential. The nominators, nominated company/nominees shall give consent that the Organiser has the right to disclose the personal data provided in the nomination forms and other enclosures to relevant parties,organisations and officials or persons related to the Organiser for the purposes of making assessment, advertising and promotion.

  1. Other Matters

The nominators, nominated company/nominees shall, under all circumstances, ensure that they will not violate the Intellectual Property (MiscellaneousAmendment) Ordinance 2001 or related regulations for collecting, accessing, possessing, processing, displaying or storing copyrightmaterial contained in the submitted entries. Should the Organiser violate any relevant intellectual property legislations due tonon-compliance with the rules and regulations by nominators and participants, the Organiser shall bear no liability. The nominators, nominated company/nomineesconcerned may be held liable for any claims or compensation and shall indemnify the Organiser in full against any loss resulting from such infringement.


Part I : Particulars of Nominator * Please delete as appropriate
Name of Nominating Organisation(English) (Chinese, if any)
Address of Nominating Organisation (English) (Chinese, if any)
Name of Contact Person (Ms/Mr./other title*) / Position
Tel.& Mobile No. / Fax & Email Address
Part II : Particulars ofNominated Company/Nominee * Please delete as appropriate/ #if applicable
Name of Company/Person*(Ms/Mr./other title*)(English) (Chinese,ifany)
(The Name of Companymust besame as Business Registration Certificate & Name of Person must be as same as HKID Card)
Address
Name of Contact Person (Ms./Mr./other title*)(English) / (Chinese, if any)
Position / Tel.& Mobile No.
Fax & Email Address / Nature of Business #
Number of Staff# ( ) Disabled Employees ( ) Able Employees / Website #
Part III : Article for “Let Them Shine Partner”Nomination
Please specify the reason for nomination. For example, employing persons with disabilities, offering training opportunitiesfor preparing the open employment of persons with disabilities, assisting persons with disabilities in open employment including skills transfer, assisting the operation of Social Enterprises by volunteers, and other contribution, etc. The article shall not be more than 500 words in English or Traditional Chinese Character (includingpunctuation marks).Please continue on a separate sheet of paper in case of insufficient space.
(Please key in the information.)

Part IV : Declaration

1)The Nominator, Nominated Company/Nominee have fully read the Nomination Guide and completely understand the rules and regulations and requirement of the nomination.

2)The Nominator, Nominated Company/Nominee hereby declare and warrant that all particulars given in this nomination form and other enclosures are true to the best of my /our knowledge.

3)The Nominator, Nominated Company/Nomineeconsent that the Organiser shall bear no liability for displaying or assessing the entry, and undertake to accept any loss and liability arising from any legal action against my /our entry.

4)The Nominator, Nominated Company/Nominee are willing to surrender the copyright of the nomination information for promotion use by the Organiser.

5)The Nominator, Nominated Company/Nominee consent that the Organiser shall take charge of all administration matters of the nomination.

6)The awarded Nominator, Nominated Company/Nomineeshall attend the award ceremony and related promotion activities.

□The Nominator hereby declare and warrant that Nominated Company/Nominee had agreed to be nominated as “Let Them Shine Partner”.

(Please put a tick in the appropriate)

Signature & Chop of Nominator:

Name:

Position:

Name of Nominator:

Date:

Personal Data Collection Statement

The personal data provided in the nomination form will only be used for processing the nomination and for matters relating to the promotion and publicity of “Let Them Shine Partner”Nomination. According to the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance, nominators, nominated company/nominee have the right to request access to or correction of personal data. Nominators,nominated company/nominee who wish to request access to or correction of personal data may write to the Marketing Controller of the Marketing Consultancy Office (Rehabilitation) of the Social Welfare Department, whose address isRoom 2314, 23/F, Southorn Centre, 130 Hennessy Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong.

Notes：

  1. Nominators shall submit the nomination form on or before May 15, 2015, 5:00 p.m. in person or by post (please refer to the point 7 in page 2).

Please specify “Let Them Shine Partner” Nomination on the envelope.

(a) In Personor By Post :Marketing Consultancy Office (Rehabilitation):

Room 2314, 23/F, Southorn Centre, 130 Hennessy Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong

(b) Submission of nomination form by fax or email will not be accepted.

2.If the nomination form is submitted by post, the postmark date will be regarded as the date of submission.Late submission will not be considered.

3.The nominated company/nominee must be endorsed by an eligible organisation. Nominators shall complete one application form for each nominated company/nominee with official chop affixed. Self-Nominations will not be accepted.

4.Nominator, nominated company/nomineeshall provide email addresses to facilitate notification of results.

5.In case of discrepancy between the English and Chinese versions, the Chinese version shall prevail.

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