ICAC’s community relations head recounts iconic figures for promoting integrity
2018-7-19
The mastermind behind ICAC’s signature Gee-Dor-Dor cartoon characters today (July 19) shared with an audience at the Hong Kong Book Fair how the Commission’s iconic figures for promoting integrity had evolved from story characters played by enthusiastic volunteers in the early days into contemporary creations that appealed to today’s youngsters on multi-media platforms.
Speaking at the “Storytelling by Celebrities” session at the 2018 Hong Kong Book Fair, ICAC’s Director of Community Relations Mr Raymond Ng Kwok-ming recalled that the concept of spreading the anti-graft message and integrity through an iconic figure was conceived as early as the 1980’s.
“We created some story characters to foster in young people positive values of fairness and probity. One was called Lady Lotus who always helped others with an honest and caring heart. These symbolic characters were played by enthusiastic voluntary helpers in dramas staged at ICAC’s district events at that time,” Mr Ng said.
Since then, figures epitomising integrity and other positive values embraced by the ICAC had evolved with the times, with Gee-Dor-Dor, a cartoon flying rabbit and its pals, making their debut around the millennium and capturing the hearts of many young children.
“The Gee-Dor-Dor family was a hit and remains a favourite with small kids. ICAC’s core values of honesty, fairness, being responsible and having the right attitude towards money are featured in short stories which children will find totally relatable to their daily lives,” said Mr Ng.
For older children, a character named iSir, taking after the upright and virtuous image of an ICAC senior investigator, is used in recent years to introduce some interesting facts about the ICAC in its “All for Integrity” Facebook fanpage.
“To keep up with the latest trend, a villain sloth Greedy Kin has been launched on ICAC’s Instagram and related social media accounts. The adorable sloth figure, known for its minor character flaws such as greediness and laziness, is used to promote ICAC messages in a humorous way to remind youngsters to reject these negative examples,” Mr Ng noted.
The latest addition to the graft buster’s iconic figures is a cartoon character INgel (Integrity + Angel) specially designed by an artist of the Arts with the Disabled Association Hong Kong.
At today’s storytelling session, artiste Mr Evergreen Mak Cheung-ching, who made recurrent appearances at the “ICAC Investigators” TV drama series and other ICAC training videos, joined Mr Ng on stage and shared some candid parenting tips.
Mr Mak also told the children audience a story on fairness using a set of newly produced Gee-Dor-Dor story cards and performed an integrity-themed musical exercise with them.
This year marks the fifth time for the ICAC to participate in the Hong Kong Book Fair. The ICAC booth, themed “Fighting Corruption with Every Generation”, features an “Integrity Castle” and the Commission’s newly launched VR (virtual reality) and AR (augmented reality) interactive games.
Special activities for children, including selfie with Gee-Dor-Dor, tongue-twister games and Gee-Dor-Dor origami workshops, are staged every afternoon at the ICAC booth inside the Children’s Paradise Section in Hall 3B – C12 & C14 of the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai.
Members of the public may visit the ICAC’s dedicated webpage (www.icac.org.hk/icac/hkbookfair) (in Chinese only) for details of its programme at the Hong Kong Book Fair, and redeem the Gee-Dor-Dor story cards by downloading an electronic voucher from its website.
Speaking at the “Storytelling by Celebrities” session at the 2018 Hong Kong Book Fair, ICAC’s Director of Community Relations Mr Raymond Ng Kwok-ming recalled that the concept of spreading the anti-graft message and integrity through an iconic figure was conceived as early as the 1980’s.
“We created some story characters to foster in young people positive values of fairness and probity. One was called Lady Lotus who always helped others with an honest and caring heart. These symbolic characters were played by enthusiastic voluntary helpers in dramas staged at ICAC’s district events at that time,” Mr Ng said.
Since then, figures epitomising integrity and other positive values embraced by the ICAC had evolved with the times, with Gee-Dor-Dor, a cartoon flying rabbit and its pals, making their debut around the millennium and capturing the hearts of many young children.
“The Gee-Dor-Dor family was a hit and remains a favourite with small kids. ICAC’s core values of honesty, fairness, being responsible and having the right attitude towards money are featured in short stories which children will find totally relatable to their daily lives,” said Mr Ng.
For older children, a character named iSir, taking after the upright and virtuous image of an ICAC senior investigator, is used in recent years to introduce some interesting facts about the ICAC in its “All for Integrity” Facebook fanpage.
“To keep up with the latest trend, a villain sloth Greedy Kin has been launched on ICAC’s Instagram and related social media accounts. The adorable sloth figure, known for its minor character flaws such as greediness and laziness, is used to promote ICAC messages in a humorous way to remind youngsters to reject these negative examples,” Mr Ng noted.
The latest addition to the graft buster’s iconic figures is a cartoon character INgel (Integrity + Angel) specially designed by an artist of the Arts with the Disabled Association Hong Kong.
At today’s storytelling session, artiste Mr Evergreen Mak Cheung-ching, who made recurrent appearances at the “ICAC Investigators” TV drama series and other ICAC training videos, joined Mr Ng on stage and shared some candid parenting tips.
Mr Mak also told the children audience a story on fairness using a set of newly produced Gee-Dor-Dor story cards and performed an integrity-themed musical exercise with them.
This year marks the fifth time for the ICAC to participate in the Hong Kong Book Fair. The ICAC booth, themed “Fighting Corruption with Every Generation”, features an “Integrity Castle” and the Commission’s newly launched VR (virtual reality) and AR (augmented reality) interactive games.
Special activities for children, including selfie with Gee-Dor-Dor, tongue-twister games and Gee-Dor-Dor origami workshops, are staged every afternoon at the ICAC booth inside the Children’s Paradise Section in Hall 3B – C12 & C14 of the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai.
Members of the public may visit the ICAC’s dedicated webpage (www.icac.org.hk/icac/hkbookfair) (in Chinese only) for details of its programme at the Hong Kong Book Fair, and redeem the Gee-Dor-Dor story cards by downloading an electronic voucher from its website.
ICAC’s Director of Community Relations Raymond Ng (second from left), artiste Evergreen Mak (third from left) and two Assistant Directors Ho Wai-chi (left) and Valentina Chan (right) visit ICAC’s booth at the Hong Kong Book Fair.
ICAC’s Director of Community Relations Raymond Ng (back row, second from left) and artiste Evergreen Mak (back row, third from left) posed with kindergarten pupils and Gee-Dor-Dor characters.
ICAC’s Director of Community Relations Raymond Ng (centre) and artiste Evergreen Mak (right) recount iconic figures for promoting integrity at the Storytelling by Celebrities Session.
Artiste Evergreen Mak tells the children audience a story on fairness using a set of newly produced Gee-Dor-Dor story cards.