The HK Prize – Celebrating Young Talent in Asia
The Hong Kong Prize aims to identify young talent in terms of academic achievement, extracurricular participation, and community service. Rewarding these efforts with scholarships, monetary awards and international study opportunities.
Young people benefit from an environment which encourages exploration and fosters an engaging sense of challenge, helping them form positive attitudes toward lifelong learning and self-improvement.
The award’s symbol, displayed both on its logo and trophies bestowed to winners, features two precious elements – a pearl and jade amulet – meant to inspire young people from both Chinese and Western backgrounds in their studies and careers. This design, which has happy associations in both contexts, should act as a source of motivation and help motivate young people towards excellence in both learning and professional pursuits.
Each year, the Hong Kong Prize is presented in three categories – arts and cultural, science and technology, and news media – with each finalist receiving a cash prize, certificate, and trophy.
China Daily Hong Kong recently awarded two young reporters, each serving only one-and-a-half years at China Daily Hong Kong, with prizes in each category of reporting: best young reporter (Xi Tianqi), second runner-up in Best Young Reporter category; James Cook was honored as first runner-up in Best Headline with his innovative title In the Green Fast Lane which explored Hong Kong’s efforts to fast-track adoption of public and private electric vehicles;
Films were among the biggest winners this year, with Emperor Motion Pictures’ The Goldfinger taking home four awards overall – including top honors in cinematography and art direction – while Broad Daylight, an investigative reporting drama centered around reporters uncovering cases of abuse in care homes, received three acting awards. Furthermore, The HK Prize gave its inaugural Lifetime Achievement award to Cantopop star Michael Hui – known for appearing in over 50 films such as The Private Eyes and Security Unlimited and helping shape Hong Kong’s comedy scene through his iconic performances on classics such as The Private Eyes and Security Unlimited
The Hong Kong Prize, an annual scholarship competition hosted by ACFE Hong Kong Chapter and presented by their philanthropic arm ACFE Hong Kong Chapter is recognised as one of the premier Asia-Pacific high school competitions due to its substantial scholarship awards and educational value.
BOCHK awarded five recipients with its Science and Technology Innovation Prize (STIP) in 2023 across five different fields: artificial intelligence/robotics/life/health sciences; new materials/energy; advanced manufacturing/FinTech. Each was rewarded with cash prize, certificate and an engraved trophy.
The Hong Kong Prize celebrates scientific and technological innovations with significant social or economic impacts, selected on independent evaluation criteria. It aims to encourage scientific advancement while inspiring Hong Kong’s younger generation towards sustainable development. Its judging panel comprises experts from academia and industry; their decisions are based on factors including technical merits, impact/transformation/application as well as practicality/applicability.