The Competition was divided into three groups, namely Student, Open and Enterprise. It drew more than 200 entries from students and individuals in the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Short-listed entries were carefully examined by the Panel of Judges, which comprised 11 professionals from industry and academia. There are all together 8 entries being selecting for Gold, Silver and Merit Awards from the Student and Open Groups. Among them, the Gold Awardee of the Open Group has also won the Diamond Award. As for the Enterprise Group, 8 entries were selected by judges as the Best Toys.

Gold Award

Entry: Brush Hour
Entrant: Lam Yuen-yan (HK)

Comments by the Judging Panel:
An innovative exploration to encourage oral hygiene of children. Lovely cartoon characters, supported by simple electronic technology, have been created to achieve such goal. Good handling of visual elements.

Silver Award

Entry: Little Sportsman
Entrant: Zhong Chen (the Chinese mainland)

Comments by the Judging Panel:
A design with good motivation: mobilising children to have more physical exercise rather than merely focusing on computer games at home.

Merit Award

Entry: DIY Zipper Dolls
Entrant: Wong Siu-long (HK)

Comments by the Judging Panel:
A creative use of zipper and relevant materials for children to build their own toys and artefacts. The design encourages creativity and provides children with sense of achievement and satisfaction.

Merit Award

Entry: Musical Gloves
Entrant: Xiao Ying-ying (the Chinese mainland)

Comments by the Judging Panel:
The design of the musical hand gloves encourages exercise of hands and fingers of children, and hence the relevant co-ordination. As a play device it also stimulates group dynamics. The device is suitable to be played both alone and in-group.

Diamond Award - a grand award to the best entry from Student & Open Groups


Gold Award

Entry: Be2U
Entrant: Hui Wang-yip (HK)

Comments by the Judging Panel:
The design of the children's furniture is nicely handled to allow maximum play value. The modular system gives great play flexibility, thus stimulates creativity. The sturdy assembly construction has been made easy for children of the age group. It will enhance confidence in playing, thereby contributing to healthy child development. The product form, colour combinations and design details of the whole system have been carefully considered.

Silver Award

Entry: Learning Chinese Character Game
Entrant: RAPRODS Design Team (HK)

Comments by the Judging Panel:
An innovative toy system to allow basic learning of Chinese characters with fun for children. Design and safety factors have been effectively combined.

Silver Award

Entry: Maze Bar
Entrant: Chan Hok-yin (HK)

Comments by the Judging Panel:
An interesting, simple and yet challenging mind-game design which yields great fun. Suitable for both children and grown-ups. Inexpensive production. Well-considered hand ergonomics.

Merit Award

Entry: Globe Explorer
Entrant: Ng Sui-wang (HK)

Comments by the Judging Panel:
An educational toy arousing intellectual curiosity to expand the knowledge of children. Interesting exploration of signal scanning and detecting technology in a learning-aid design.

Entry: Electronic Activity Walker
Entrant: Unimax Toys Ltd.
Comments by the Judging Panel:
A very carefully thought-through design for the age group. There are good considerations of the play value and safety factors in contributing to the child development. The design details are well deliberated to balance the construction of the whole system.

Entry: IR-V - The 1st Wireless Internet Responsive Robot
Entrant: IR-VONLINE.COM LIMITED
Comments by the Judging Panel:
A very timely and innovative application of IT technology in a toy as such. The design treatment of the robot is cute and yet nostalgic. It takes into consideration of the feelings of both children and adults.


Entry: I. Q. Fantasy Magic Puzzle
Entrant: Jeruel Industrial Company Ltd.
Comments by the Judging Panel:
It is a simple design and yet it allows a large variety of ways of playing. The materials and manufacturing costs are kept to the minimum.

Entry: Light'N Sound Space Station
Entrant: Unimax Toys Ltd.
Comments by the Judging Panel:
A toy design of good play value, which allows explorations and experiencing. Toddlers will have fun in responding to the visual and audible signals.

Entry: Radio Teddy
Entrant: Well Creation Ltd.
Comments by the Judging Panel:
Radio is not necessarily to appear in a box-like structure. A radio-teddy adds fun to children enjoyment. Good colour combinations and material selection with comfortable tactile feeling.

Entry: Snow Skate Bike
Entrant: Goldgem Dragon Ltd.
Comments by the Judging Panel:
The foldable design allows portability. The good craftsmanship adds value to the sports device.

Entry: Tonka Truck My Counting Truck
Entrant: Hasbro Far East Ltd.
Comments by the Judging Panel:
Interesting application of "bar-code scanning" technique in the constructional toy system maximises the play and educational value.

Entry: TWOSMART TM LAPTOP
Entrant: Vtech Electronics Ltd.
Comments by the Judging Panel:
An electronic play device with notable educational value. Good product form for children and with nice design details. The genuine quality of workmanship is highly appreciated by the panel of judges.