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Apple Inc. co-organised the “2018 China Collegiate Computing Contest – 3rd Mobile Application Innovation Contest” with Zhejiang University in September. The event attracted over 820 teams from colleges and universities in the Mainland, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau, with 591 submissions received. Two teams from the Faculty of Engineering, University of Hong Kong (HKU) have won top prizes at the contest. BEng (Computer Engineering) students Lam Wun Yin Will, Kwok Ching Fung Daniel and Teoh Jian Ning Alex won a First Class Award with their motion activated iOS app “Air Guitar”. BEng (Computer Engineering) students Wong Chi Ping Desmond and Wong Kwong Yat Felix and BEng (Computer Science) student Yeung Tsz Lok Enoch won a Second Class Award with their design Luminosite”. They are the first two teams from Hong Kong to win prizes at the competition.

Members of the two winning teams will meet the media to introduce their innovative apps. Details are as follows:

Date: October 19, 2018 (Friday)
Time: 11:00am
Venue: Conference Room, Room 515, 5/F, Haking Wong Building, HKU, Pokfulam, HK
(MTR HKU Station Exit A2)

Speakers
Air Guitar Team (Lam Wun Yin Will, Kwok Ching Fung Daniel and Teoh Jian Ning Alex)
Luminosite Team (Wong Chi Ping Desmond and Wong Kwong Yat Felix and Yeung Tsz Lok Enoch)

Media enquiry
Ms Celia Lee, Faculty of Engineering, HKU (Tel: 3917 8519; Email: celia.lee@hku.hk) or
Miss Bonnie Tsang, Faculty of Engineering, HKU (Tel: 3917 1924; Email: bonniepy@hku.hk)