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The University of Hong Kong (HKU) has won the most Triple Gold Awards again with 10 websites being granted the honour in the Web Accessibility Recognition Scheme 2018/19. Triple Gold awards are given to websites/apps that have won Gold Awards for at least three consecutive years. HKU has received the most Triple Gold Awards out of some 150 organisations participating in the event this year. The University has also won the most Triple Gold Awards since the Scheme started in 2013.

An award presentation ceremony was held today (January 16). HKU has another four websites winning a Gold Award.  

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.

The HKU award winning websites and apps:

Gold Awards
- HKU Development & Alumni Affairs Office–Alumni http://www.alumni.hku.hk
- HKU First and Foremost https://www.cpao.hku.hk/firstandforemost/
- HKU Honorary University Fellowships https://www4.hku.hk/honfellows/
- HKU QuickStats https://www.cpao.hku.hk/qstats/

Triple Gold Awards
- 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: “I am glad to learn HKU has won the most Triple Gold Awards again. This shows the University’s commitment to developing barrier-free websites and apps and we are sure this good practice will continue.”

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.

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

For media enquiries, please contact:
Communications and Public Affairs Office, HKU
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;