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HKU wins the most Triple Gold Awards in the “Web Accessibility Recognition Scheme 18/19”

26 Jun 2018

 

The University’s main website hku.hk and other HKU websites have won “Triple Gold Awards” again in the “Web Accessibility Recognition Scheme 18/19”. The award presentation ceremony was held today (June 26).

This round of the Scheme was organised by the Hong Kong Internet Registration Corporation Limited and co-organised by the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer, with the Equal Opportunities Commission as independent advisor.

HKU won a total of 10 “Triple Gold Awards” in the scheme this year. As in previous years, HKU once again received the highest number of awards out of some 100 organizations in the scheme.

The HKU award winning websites and apps:
- The University of Hong Kong https://www.hku.hk/
- U-Vision https://uvision.hku.hk/
- HKU Libraries https://lib.hku.hk/
- HKU Communications and Public Affairs Office https://www.cpao.hku.hk/
- HKU Excellence Awards Presentation Ceremony https://www4.hku.hk/award/ceremony/
- HKU Congregation https://www4.hku.hk/congreg/
- HKU Calendar https://www4.hku.hk/pubunit/calendar/
- HKU Degree Regulations and Course Descriptions https://www4.hku.hk/pubunit/drcd/
- HKU News Apps
iOS platform https://itunes.apple.com/hk/app/hku-news/id581455414

HKU Director of Communications Ms Katherine Ma said: “The University has always encouraged its faculties and departments to make their websites and apps barrier-free, so that they can be readily accessible to the widest possible audience. HKU will continue to work to develop more barrier-free websites and apps for sharing our information with the public.”

The Web Accessibility Recognition Scheme has been held since 2013 to show appreciation to enterprises and organisations for making their websites and apps accessible.

To achieve the “Gold Award” level in the scheme, the platforms have to meet all judging criteria (24 for websites, 18 for apps) listed under the Gold Category for incorporating basic and key web/mobile application accessibility features. These criteria include providing a text re-sizing function, captions for videos, high colour contrast of texts, clear heading and informative links, well-structured contents and the option of performing all interactions through a keyboard interface.

“Triple Gold awards” are granted to websites/apps that have won “Gold Awards” for at least three consecutive years.

The results of Gold, Silver and Friendly Website/Mobile App Awards will be announced later in November 2018.

For details about the scheme, please refer to this website: https://www.web-accessibility.hk/en/

For media enquiries, please contact:
Ms Trinni Choy, Assistant Director (Media) tel: 2859 2606/ email: pychoy@hku.hk;
Ms Melanie Wan, Senior Manager (Media) tel: 2859 2600/ email: melwkwan@hku.hk;
Ms Rashida Suffiad, Senior Manager (Media) tel: 2857 8555/ email: rsuffiad@hku.hk;
Communications and Public Affairs Office, HKU.