The 3rd National e-card Competition 2006 is now on! Organised by River Valley Primary School and Crescent Girls’ School, with the support of Adobe, The Singapore Tourism Board, ITX Solutions Pte Ltd and ASKnLearn Pte Ltd, this competition aims to promote Singapore as a unique tourist destination.

Open to all primary and secondary school students in Singapore, the competition invites students to form teams of two to four persons to create their own static or 20-second animated e-card using Adobe’s Macromedia Flash animation software. Entries can be in any of the four official languages, and should depict Singapore as a dynamic and vibrant city, rich in contrast and colour, with a harmonious blend of culture, arts, and architecture. Students are encouraged to design e-cards that portray Singapore as a city worth visiting.

There will be workshops which participants can choose to attend to learn 2-D animation skills using the latest Adobe software. These workshops will provide participants with the technology to produce the e-cards for this competition.

Prizes will be awarded to the top three entries, and there will be merit prizes and prizes for best Chinese, Malay, and Tamil entries. The finals and award presentation will be held on Friday, 25 August 2006 at the Singapore Tourism Board auditorium. The winners of the e-cards competition will be taken on an all expenses paid cultural exchange programme to a country outside of Singapore with the responsibility to act as tourism ambassadors for Singapore.
Registration is now open at www.e-card.sg. The deadline for registration is 15 May 2006 and the closing date for entries is 16 June 2006.