Creative tech meets national security: Hong Kong youth drive interactive awareness in police competition

AI-generated game cards, immersive VR investigation, and live-action interactive role-playing—these themes are not the latest video game releases, but rather creative works made by Hong Kong students utilizing their passion to promote the concept of national security. 

A group of students and uniform groups have combined unlimited creativity with new technology to transform the serious concept of national security into interesting, highly relatable, and interactive experiences. 

They stood out in the NStudio Marketing Proposal Competition, organized by the National Security Department of the Police Force. 

The winning teams hope to use approaches that closely align with the tastes of young people, making it easier for the new generation to understand the concept of the Holistic Approach to National Security.

The NStudio Marketing Proposal Competition, hosted by the National Security Department of the Police Force, was divided into four categories: Primary School, Junior Secondary, Senior Secondary, and Youth Uniform Groups, attracting active participation from many schools. 

The award ceremony was held recently to commend the students for promoting the Holistic Approach to National Security to every corner of the community in lively, interesting, and highly creative ways. 

Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung, Acting Commissioner of Police Andrew Kan Kai-yan, and several high-ranking police officials personally officiated the grand and solemn event.

National security is closely related to citizens' lives

In his speech, Tang used an everyday analogy, comparing national security to sunlight and air—something that is closely intertwined with the daily lives of the general public. 

He was delighted to see young people proactively using relatable and interesting methods to bring the Holistic Approach to National Security into the community, praising them by saying, "This creativity and sense of responsibility are exactly the style and demeanor that Hong Kong's new generation should possess." 

He did not forget to encourage the students to keep this unyielding flame alive and to inject more inspiration and strength into the promotion of national security with their youth and creativity.

This year's winning entries each possessed unique characteristics, fully demonstrating the students' boundless creativity. 

Among them, the primary school division champion and winner of the "NStory: Know More About National Security" short video competition—the Primary Six team from Yaumati Catholic Primary School (Hoi Wang Road)—combined Hong Kong's familiar cat culture with popular game card elements to create the "National Security Cat Blind Box." 

The boxes contain regular and hidden editions, enhancing classmates' interest in national security. 

They also thanked the organizers for providing diverse learning opportunities, including workshops and presentation training, which allowed them to enrich themselves while competing.

VR LARP promotes non-traditional national security

The senior secondary division first runner-up and winner of the "Best National Security Proposal Presentation Award"—a Secondary Four team from CUHKFAA Thomas Cheung Secondary School—aligned closely with the tastes of young people by using a VR investigation experience paired with a  ive action role-playing (LARP) murder mystery game format as their promotional medium. 

They noticed that their peers love playing these games at youth centers or schools, and also enjoy party games and immersive VR (Virtual Reality) games. 

Therefore, they combined these two elements to promote non-traditional areas of national security, such as cybersecurity, data security, and social security. They expressed great joy at winning the award.

The champion of the Youth Uniform Groups division and winner of the "Most Creative Award"—12-year-old Lau, a member of the Tsuen Wan District Junior Police Call—performed with confidence despite her young age. 

She used role-playing as "The Little Grape" reporter and added a Chinese rap performance to increase the appeal of her presentation. 

After winning, she expressed great joy and honor, pointing out that she had trained hard for the performance and competition for a long time, and her efforts finally paid off.

Through her work, she hopes to promote the "All-City National Security Little Guardians Cybersecurity Action Day" to encourage citizens across the city to take self-recorded videos to promote cybersecurity.

Andrew Kan: Three "hand-in-hands" to encourage students

In his speech, Acting Commissioner of Police Andrew Kan Kai-yan used three "Hand-in-Hand" concepts to encourage the younger generation. 

The first is "Hand in Hand Participation." He believes that the competition is not an end but a witness to sowing seeds. 

As long as young people are willing to take the first step to understand national security, rankings are merely encouragement, while attitude is the true nourishment.

The second is "Hand in Hand Guidance." Kan revealed that the competition began in December last year, during which several star mentors were invited to host different workshops covering marketing, short video production, and public speaking skills, hoping that students would gain valuable skills while participating. 

He emphasized that this competition does not expect students to become experts overnight, but rather to spark their interest and open a window for them to understand national security.

Lastly, he concluded with "Hand in Hand Forward," pointing out that today's award ceremony is not the finish line. Some of the winning proposals will be officially implemented and turned into actual products with the assistance of the National Security Department. 

These are expected to enter schools and communities, inspiring and influencing more people to participate.

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