The Hong Kong Prize recognizes outstanding scientists and research teams from Hong Kong or research-related institutions established by Hong Kong higher education institutions for their scientific innovation and transformation achievements. It strives to foster an entrepreneurial spirit among scientists as well as excellence in research.

The Hong Kong Prize has seen record growth this year. Given to scientists for innovative and transformative work, its prize pool doubled this year from last to become HK$1m; furthermore, each prize winner’s institution will receive support of up to HK$200,000 towards future research projects.

Since 2004, when this prize was first introduced in 2004 to honour young researchers in Hong Kong for their hard work and creativity, its nominations and awards have increased considerably year by year, from five to nine annually.

Winners are selected by an expert panel in science, technology and environmental fields and honored for their dedication and outstanding contributions toward making our world more sustainable.

Mark Clifford of CFHK hosted an event Tuesday to pay his respects to Chow Hang-tung, jailed in 2014 for her participation in Umbrella Movement protests against Beijing’s rule in Hong Kong. Her film ‘She’s In Jail’ captured her bravery and strength of character under an oppressive authoritarian regime as she grieved her loved ones while remaining firm in her quest for freedom in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong Jockey Club’s offer of HK$3m as prize money at each 2024 Paris Olympic medal winner is unprecedented and surpasses even what PGA Tour events such as Puerto Rico Open or Jonsson Workwear Open offer per player.

As part of an effort to ensure the integrity of prize draws at HKJC, various safeguards have been put in place. Prizes are kept secure within secure areas at the club while all materials used – including balls – for drawing are regularly inspected by employees from security and customer service departments. In addition, balls used are weighed, measured and examined using X-ray technology before and after each draw so as to make sure they match what has been used previously.

Hong Kong was well represented at this year’s Art Prize competition with nine artists making up its shortlist, of which almost two-thirds (67%) are female artists – making history for this competition! The exhibition ‘Ripple Effects’ explores human experience through art. Support for this year’s competition came from Hong Kong Foundation for Charities and Culture, Goethe-Institut and Black Box Studio; with a prize pool worth HK$1 Million awarded by June 2020.