HONG KONG, Feb. 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- To inspire students in Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area (GBA), unleash their creativity, and engage with the evolving landscape of new media, the Department of Marketing and International Business at Lingnan University organised The City Through My Lens: A Social Media Campaign - Video Competition 2025. Students were invited to form teams and create short promotional social media videos capturing the highlights of their cities. The competition provided a platform for GBA secondary school students to express their creativity and broaden their horizons, while also strengthening the connection between the University and the younger generation. This is the first time the competition has included schools across the GBA, and there were 18 entrants. The championship was awarded to Malvern College Hong Kong, the first runner-up was St. Paul's Convent School, and the other runners-up were the HKSYC&IA Chan Nam Chong Memorial College, Sha Tin College, St. Paul's Secondary School and Yew Chung International School.
The awards ceremony was held on 7 February, and Prof Patrick Poon Shing-chung, Associate Dean (Undergraduate Studies and AACSB) of Faculty of Business of Lingnan University, congratulated all the winning teams in his welcoming speech, saying "The videos submitted by the students convey the creativity and inventive spirit of the new generation. Many of them incorporate technology and AI elements, and use the latest tools to raise production quality, reflecting the students' abilities in research and practice. This aligns with Lingnan University's philosophy of holistic education, emphasising interdisciplinary practice, and combining technology and innovation with a humanistic perspective. The University is dedicated to cultivating students' natural aptitude to meet the demands of the future, and the work submitted indicates that they already have the potential for interdisciplinary modernisation."
All the teams were asked to produce a video of no more than three minutes based on an original story, presenting the city from their perspective. If AI tools were used, students were required to specify which, and how they were used. The judging panel of professors from the Department of Marketing and International Business assessed the entries on their relevance to theme, creativity, and technical execution.
The judging panel praised the 18 videos for their artistic imagination and depth. Various filming techniques including aerial shots were used, and good editing enhanced the overall quality, demonstrating the technological and original talents of the younger generation in the digital age.
After several rounds of viewing and marking, the video from Malvern College Hong Kong emerged as the best, and won a prize of HK$5,000. The video shows the wonderful journey of a girl exploring Hong Kong's multiculturalism in her dreams: visiting various districts, including bustling Hong Kong Island, the Chinese-inspired Lingnan Garden in Lai Chi Kok, the arts and culture hub in West Kowloon, and the diverse district of Mong Kok. The video captures Hong Kong's unique characteristics, featuring the city's charm and blending Eastern and Western cultures seamlessly.
Delighted, the winning team said "We are grateful to the staff at Lingnan University for their guidance throughout the competition. We faced challenges both large and small, from capturing Hong Kong authentically to managing heavy video files, but our perseverance and teamwork helped to create a video that showcases the city through our unique lens."
Prof Peng Ling, Head of the Department of Marketing and International Business, said "The Lingnan Faculty of Business hopes that this competition will demonstrate the University's teaching characteristics in the integration of the arts and sciences, nurturing students with literacy knowledge, practical competence, and the ability to think critically. We believe that the creativity, communication skills, and spirit of teamwork demonstrated by students in this competition will lay a valuable foundation for their future studies and careers."
To instruct students in filming and editing techniques, the Department of Marketing and International Business organised a pre-competition "Workshop for Secondary School Students: AI-powered Video Editing (for Beginners)". Led by Prof Qi Suntong, Assistant Professor of the Department of Marketing and International Business, the workshop coached students in the newest AI tools for image, video, voice-over, and music creation, as well as in practical scriptwriting, storyboard design, and film production with cinematic qualities. Students learnt how to use the tools to enhance their storytelling, and also displayed their work and held discussions during the workshop, which inspired them, and encouraged them to use technology skilfully and correctly in both the competition and their future studies.
For award details, please visit: https://www.ln.edu.hk/mkt/lumsm-2025/award-winners.
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Lingnan University hosts "The City Through My Lens: A Social Media Campaign - Video Competition" with an AI training workshop for 18 secondary school teams from Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area
"Forging Forward Together" — Strategy combines on-demand staffing, AI-powered workforce technology, humanoid robots, Robotics-as-a-Service and smart facility management across hospitality, healthcare, logistics, retail and property operations
SINGAPORE, Sept. 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- YYForce Inc. (NASDAQ: YFOR) ("YYForce" or the "Company"), an AI-enabled workforce management platform and integrated facility management (IFM) provider operating across Asia and beyond, today announced its YYForce 2030 Vision, a long-term strategy to build an integrated workforce ecosystem connecting human workers, artificial intelligence ("AI"), humanoid robots and specialized service robotics.
Guided by its motto, "Forging Forward Together," YYForce envisions a future in which people and intelligent machines work alongside one another — combining human judgment, adaptability and service capabilities with the efficiency, scalability and automation potential of AI and robotics.
Under the strategy, YYForce intends to evolve from primarily providing workforce and facility services toward becoming a Future Workforce Solutions Provider, using technology to coordinate human and robotic resources across labor-intensive industries.
The Company's vision brings together three core capabilities: on-demand human staffing through YY Circle and Yolara AI; humanoid and specialized service robotics offered through leasing and Robotics-as-a-Service ("RaaS") models; and smart facility management through 24iFM, IoT devices, sensors, smart cameras and automation technologies.
YYForce believes these capabilities could ultimately enable hotels, healthcare facilities, warehouses, logistics operators, retailers, property owners and other service operators to access and manage human workers and robotic resources through an increasingly integrated technology ecosystem.
Human + AI + Robotics: The YYForce Future Workforce
YYForce believes the next generation of workforce solutions will move beyond traditional manpower deployment.
Instead, businesses will increasingly determine whether each operational task should be performed by a human worker, assisted by AI, supported by robotics, or completed through an automated system.
YYForce's 2030 strategy is designed around coordinating these resources within a unified operating ecosystem.
The Company refers to this model as Future Workforce Solutions.
Rather than seeking to replace people, YYForce intends to use AI and robotics to augment human capabilities, particularly in environments involving repetitive, physically demanding, standardized or continuously monitored tasks.
Human workers can therefore remain focused on activities requiring judgment, communication, problem-solving, adaptability and customer interaction.
This philosophy is reflected in YYForce's motto:
Forging Forward Together — Humans. AI. Robotics.
Layer One: On-Demand Human Workforce
YYForce's existing workforce technology provides the human workforce foundation for its 2030 strategy.
Through YY Circle and Yolara AI, the Company is developing technology designed to connect businesses with flexible and on-demand workforce resources while improving workforce matching, deployment and management.
This capability is intended to support industries characterized by fluctuating workforce requirements, distributed operations and significant frontline labor needs, including hospitality and hotels, healthcare and hospitals, warehousing and logistics, retail, commercial and residential properties, facility management and other service-intensive industries.
The long-term objective is to enable businesses to access workforce capacity more dynamically according to operational demand.
Layer Two: Humanoid Robots and Robotics-as-a-Service
YYForce intends to progressively explore the integration of humanoid robots and specialized service robotics into its workforce ecosystem.
Potential robotic applications could include cleaning, internal delivery, material movement, inspection, monitoring, logistics support and other repetitive or standardized operational activities.
Rather than requiring customers to purchase robotic equipment outright, YYForce's strategy includes evaluating leasing and Robotics-as-a-Service models.
Under this approach, service operators could potentially deploy robotics according to operational requirements while YYForce and its ecosystem partners provide deployment, integration and related services.
This model could create recurring revenue opportunities for YYForce while lowering the initial capital requirements for customers seeking to adopt automation.
Layer Three: 24iFM — Connecting People, Robotics and Physical Facilities
YYForce's integrated facility management strategy represents the third component of the ecosystem.
Through 24iFM, combined with IoT devices, sensors, smart cameras, robotics and automation technologies, YYForce aims to create an increasingly connected environment where property owners and facility operators can manage physical assets, service requests and operational resources through centralized systems.
The Company envisions a future where a facility operations team can oversee multiple ground activities from a centralized control room.
Data generated by connected buildings could help operations teams identify requirements in real time. Depending on the task, the system could then facilitate the deployment of an available human worker, specialized robot, humanoid robot or automated workflow.
For example, sensors could identify a facility requirement; 24iFM could surface the event to the operations team; the appropriate human or robotic resource could be assigned; and task completion could subsequently be monitored through the same operating environment.
This represents YYForce's longer-term transition from conventional facility management toward technology-enabled, data-driven facility orchestration.
One Ecosystem Across Multiple Industries
The YYForce 2030 Vision is designed to be applicable across multiple service-intensive industries.
In a hotel, human hospitality personnel could work alongside cleaning, delivery and service robots.
In a hospital or healthcare facility, human personnel could be supported by robots performing appropriate logistics, transportation or facility-related tasks.
In a warehouse, flexible human workers could operate alongside autonomous and robotic material-handling systems.
In retail, frontline employees could be supported by robotics and automated operational systems.
Across commercial and residential properties, facility operators could use 24iFM to coordinate people, equipment, service requests, IoT devices and robotic resources from a centralized operating environment.
From Workforce Provider to Workforce Orchestrator
The YYForce 2030 Vision represents a longer-term evolution of the Company's business model:
Human Workforce
YY Circle + Yolara AI
Artificial Intelligence
Workforce matching + operational intelligence + automation
Robotic Workforce
Humanoid robots + specialized service robotics + Robotics-as-a-Service
Smart Facilities
24iFM + IoT + sensors + smart cameras + automation
Together, these components are intended to create a connected ecosystem capable of coordinating people, machines and physical environments.
"The workforce of 2030 will not simply be human or robotic. We believe it will be human, AI and robotics working together," said Mike Fu, Chief Executive Officer of YYForce. "Our vision is for YYForce to become the technology and operating layer that connects these resources and enables businesses to deploy the right resource for the right task at the right time."
"Forging Forward Together represents what we believe the future of work should look like — people and technology advancing together. Our goal is not simply to introduce more automation, but to create an ecosystem where human talent, AI and robotics complement one another to deliver better operational outcomes."
Building Toward 2030
YYForce expects to pursue its 2030 strategy progressively through a combination of technology development, commercial partnerships, robotics collaborations, pilot programs and potential strategic investments.
The Company intends to evaluate opportunities based on customer requirements, technological maturity, economics and commercial scalability.
YYForce believes its existing presence across workforce solutions and integrated facility management provides a foundation from which the Company can progressively connect human workforce deployment, AI, robotics and smart facility infrastructure.
The long-term objective is to build an ecosystem where customers do not simply procure manpower, software or robots independently.
Instead, they can access a Future Workforce Solution designed around the operational outcome they need.
Investor Presentation
Additional information regarding the YYForce 2030 Vision, including the Company's strategic roadmap and operating framework, is available in the YYForce 2030 Investor Strategy Presentation on the Company's Investor Relations website at Investor Strategy Deck.
YYForce 2030
Human + AI + Robotics. One Workforce Ecosystem.
Forging Forward Together.
About YYForce Inc.
YYForce Inc. (Nasdaq: YFOR) is an AI-enabled workforce management platform and IFM provider, headquartered in Singapore and operating across Asia and beyond. The Company's intelligent workforce solutions platform, YY Circle, helps clients across hospitality, food and beverage, retail, and other service sectors predict, plan, and optimize workforce deployment. In YYForce's IFM business, its 24IFM software platform and comprehensive IFM subsidiary portfolio support clients across hospitality, transportation, banking, retail, and mixed-use facilities.
As both business lines scale, the Company is systematically embedding AI and automation capabilities – progressing from intelligent decision support toward increasingly autonomous workforce management – to improve service quality, reduce deployment costs, and drive long-term margin expansion. Listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market, YYForce is committed to infrastructure innovation, measurable client outcomes, and long-term value creation.
Forward-Looking Statements
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Investor Contact
Jason Zhi Yong Phua, Chief Financial Officer
YYForce Inc.
enquiries@yyforce.ai
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Piacente Financial Communications
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YYForce Unveils 2030 Vision to Build an Integrated Human, AI and Robotics Workforce Ecosystem
