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To enter the contest, the participants must outline the reasons why they should win the trip into space.
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A photo and additional information may be requested.
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Entries must be submitted online between March 7th - 25th, 2012 via www.metroinspace.com/hk.
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Visitors to the website www.metroinspace.com will vote for applicants using the VOTE button. More votes can be attracted by sharing or “liking” the application on Facebook and other social media.
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The entries that receive the most votes in each Metro country will be judged by a local jury, which will select one local winner. Each Metro country will send one local winner to the global final.
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The global finalists will be judged by the Global Jury. This is a professional jury consisting of Maggie Samways (Global Editor-in-Chief, Metro International) and Representatives from SXC.
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The winning criteria are (1) genuine interest and enthusiasm for going into space; (2) interesting personality; and (3) physical and psychological fitness.
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The local winner will be notified by e-mail on April 27th, 2012
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The local finalists will be announced April 12th in the Metro Space Edition.
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The winner will be notified by e-mail on April 27th, 2012.
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Metro reserves the right to disqualify the winner in the event that he/she doesn’t respond to e-mail notification within 48 hours, or he/she doesn’t sign a legal release and/or a confidentiality agreement.
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Entrants must be 18 years or older at the time of the space trip (probably early 2014).
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The competition is open to anyone other than employees, agents, contractors and consultants, or their families, of Metro International and its affiliates.
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Winners may be requested to take part in promotional activity. Metro reserves the right to publish the names of the global/local winner(s) and their photos, as well as other relevant information.
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Metro reserves the right to modify at any time the conditions of the present enclosed competition, including cancellation before the closing date, provided that there was a valid reason to do so, and promises to communicate with sufficient notice the new basis or conditions, or the definitive cancellation. Metro is not responsible for the possible technical, telephonic or computer failures that may occur during the course of the competition or any another attributable circumstance that could affect the development of and participation in the present promotion.
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Metro’s responsibility is limited insofar as it is the media co-organiser of the competition. Metro will not be held responsible for problems in delivering the prize that are caused by our partners or by events outside of Metro’s control.
