The Hong Kong Prize is designed to encourage local science and technology researchers to explore, persevere and innovate with the ultimate aim of boosting Hong Kong’s status as an international research hub. The Prize focuses on five fields of scientific research: Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, Life and Health, New Materials and New Energy, Advanced Manufacturing and FinTech. Each year, experts from Hong Kong and overseas are invited to select outstanding scientists who have made remarkable contributions in the field of scientific research and have transformed their achievements into real-world applications. The winners will be awarded a cash prize and a trophy. The award ceremony will be held every year, with representatives of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Central Government agencies in Hong Kong and the sponsoring enterprise invited as officiating guests.
The 2019 Hong Kong Prize will be awarded on 30 November and will be presented at a ceremony at the Asia Society in London. The winning submissions will be chosen by a panel of judges, who will be looking for ideas that will shape Hong Kong’s role as a global development centre. The prizes are backed by the Hong Kong Alliance of Technology and Innovation, a non-profit organisation whose mission is to attract top global science talent, nurture forward-thinking scientists, and build Hong Kong into an international innovation and technology hub.
A prestigious US journalism award has caused a furore in China, after Reuters won the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography this year for its coverage of the Hong Kong riots. The prize was slammed by Chinese netizens, who took to Sina Weibo to express their anger at the award. The hashtag #PulitzerPrize2020 received more than 11.7 million likes as of Wednesday, with most commentators pointing out that if the same photos were taken in the US, the rioters would have probably been shot.
The South China Morning Post has picked up awards in 11 categories at the Newspaper Society of Hong Kong’s News Awards 2024. Senior reporter Edith Lin and news editor Jeffie Lam won the Best Scoop prize for their reporting on unauthorised structures being added to luxury property developments, while colleague Kahon Chan was also recognised in the Spotlight category for her report on a Dubai prince’s decision to shelve plans to open an office in Hong Kong.
Prof Fan Zhiyong, a professor of electronic and computer engineering at City University of Hong Kong, has been named an Xplorer Prize 2022 (Ke Xue Tan Suo Jiang) winner in the field of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies. The award, which is supported by Tencent Foundation, will enable him to continue his work on a broad range of fundamental and frontier research in areas such as mathematics and chemical biology. Prof Fan, who was born and raised in Hong Kong, is one of only two Hongkongers to win the prize this year. He will receive RMB 3 million over a period of five years, which is among the highest in talent funding programs for young scholars in Mainland China.