At the Hong Kong News Awards 2024 hosted by Newspaper Society of Hong Kong, The South China Morning Post took home 12 awards – including best scoop – including best news story prize awarded to Jeffie Lam and Edith Lin from City desk for uncovering unauthorised structures on luxury properties.

Prof Cecilia Chu was awarded the 2024 International Planning History Society Book Prize for her monograph Building Colonial Hong Kong: Speculative Development and Segregation in the City. This prestigious prize recognizes major works that advance our understanding of planning history, while acknowledging Prof Cecilia Chu’s outstanding contribution in urban history.

Submissions that win are judged according to criteria including relevance of theme, systematic use of collected materials, objectivity in analysis, citation of bibliography and footnotes and overall quality assessment. The winning team will be invited to present its ideas directly with key stakeholders within the development sector as well as receiving an award of HK$5000.

At Wong Shiu Chi Secondary School, five teams received merit awards; these included “Hong Kong Pig Farming Industry during 1967 Riots”, which won first prize. Tak Oi Secondary School claimed second prize with “The Canton-Hong Kong Strike”, while Carmel Pak U received third place for Frontier Restricted Area and its Relation to China/Hong Kong Relations.

This year marks a first: the BOCHK Science and Technology Innovation Prize has been extended across all of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area to encourage scientific researchers from both Mainland China and Hong Kong/Macau special administrative regions to participate. Furthermore, this Prize seeks to foster an environment which values scientific research.

Prizes range from HK$50,000 to HK$110,000 and winning entries will be featured on the HKTDC website. Finalists will be recognized during Hong Kong Economic Summit in March; while winners will be honored at an awards ceremony later in 2019.

The contest is open to HK residents aged 18-30 with an interest in Hong Kong development, who wish to submit an entry. Participants need to produce a short video explaining their proposal and why it contributes to Hong Kong’s further progress. Entries should not exceed 500 words and may include illustrations, charts and diagrams as support. Submitters can submit entries until 1 November 2017. For more details click here.