BBPOS WISE Friends Competition Awards Ceremony
BBPOS Limited hosted the WISE Friends Competition, and the awards presentation ceremony was at Holiday Inn Golden Miles Hong Kong on 17 December, 2015… Read More
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BBPOS Limited hosted the WISE Friends Competition, and the awards presentation ceremony was at Holiday Inn Golden Miles Hong Kong on 17 December, 2015… Read More
BBPOS Limited hosted the WISE Friends Competition, and the
awards presentation ceremony was at Holiday Inn Golden Miles Hong Kong on 17
December, 2015.
The competition recruited participates from local universities
to create an app for merchant that would serve as a payment application on the
BBPOS WisePOS mPOS device.
The award presentation ceremony took place with the presence
of BBPOS Limited managements included Mr. Alex Choi, President and CEO, Mr.
Ben Lo, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer and Mr. Damien Chow, Senior
Software Manager. The ceremony began with a welcome speech by Mr. Alex Choi.
“We are here today among friends, some new and some old to celebrate
innovation. Thank you for participating in this competition and encourage you
to continue to innovate, to think out of the box, and be out of the ordinary”,
he said.
During the award presentation ceremony, 5 prizes were
presented, including grand prize, second prize, third prize and two merit
prizes, where Dr. Terence Cheung, Assistant Professor and Miss Tania Lau,
Instructor I, Department of Information Systems, College of Business - City
University of Hong Kong presented the merit prizes as Guests of Honour.
The competition aims to foster local creative culture bringing
innovative ideas to the payment industry, cultivating the creativity of
students and designers, as well as giving them a chance to understand more
about the payment industry.
For more information, please contact marketing@bbpos.com.
| # | Prize | Team | Name | School |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grand Prize | HK$100,000 | Le Camion Gourmand | HKUST |
| 2 | Second Prize | HK$50,000 | Fixmart | HKUST, CUHK, HKU and CB - CityU |
| 3 | Third Prize | HK$30,000 | POSfinder | CB - CityU |
| 3 | Merit Prize | HK$10,000 | CLABS | CB - CityU |
| 3 | Merit Prize | HK$10,000 | Smartpay | CB - CityU |
The Opening Ceremony began with a welcome speech by Mr. Alex Choi, President
and Chief Executive Officer of BBPOS Limited
From Left to right: Mr.
Damien Chow (Senior Software Manager, BBPOS Limited), Mr. Ben Lo (Chairman,
Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, BBPOS Limited), Mr. Alex Choi
(President and Chief Executive Officer, BBPOS Limited), Dr. Terence Cheung
(Assistant Professor, Department of Information Systems, College of Business -
City University of Hong Kong), Miss Tania Lau (Instructor I, Department of
Information Systems, College of Business – City University of Hong Kong)
Merit Prize: Smart Pay
Angel Yeung, Henry Wan, Roy Suen and Grace Ma (CB – CityU)
Merit Prize: CLABS
Lyle Li, Cherrie Ng, Chan Chun Yuen, Silver Pang and Brian Wong (CB – CityU)
Third Prize: POSFinder
Nora Gan, Mirana Yang and Lesley Ji (CB - CityU)
Second Prize: Fixmart
Stephanie Hung (CB - CityU), Flora Law (HKU), Yody Chiu (CUHK) and Kelvin Chik
(HKUST)
Grand Prize: Le Camion
Gourmand
David Ren (HKUST)
Champion Presentation
Presentation of Certificate
of Appreciation to Guests of Honour
About WISE Friends Competition
WISE Friends Competition aims to provide an opportunity to university students
to showcase their ability and develop their potential in innovation,
technology and design through the promotion of WisePOS platform not just only
a payment device. The ultimate goal of the competition is to enhance awareness
how creative education and creative industries can cross over with our daily
life in 21 century.