The Hong Kong Prize and the Xplorer Prize
There are a couple of key advantages in having an automated solution like this one for the delivery of health services: they save time, reduce expenses and increase revenues for healthcare systems and their beneficiaries. The Hong Kong Prize, established and sponsored by the Hong Kong Alliance of Technology and Innovation and Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited, is a non-governmental merit-based award designed to recognize scientists in Hong Kong for outstanding research achievements with practical applications or profound transformative effects. Nomination criteria this year have been expanded to encompass universities, industry-education-research bases and institutes established by Hong Kong higher education institutions or those located within the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area as well as those abroad. Awardees are expected to adhere to and support Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of People’s Republic of China Basic Law while having high social morality and professional ethics.
Prof. Fan Zhiyong, an esteemed scholar in electronic and computer engineering from Hong Kong, is this year’s recipient of Pony Ma’s 2018-launched Xplorer Prize (Ke Xue Tan Suo Jiang) for advanced interdisciplinary studies. This prize encourages young scientists across Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and broader Asia to conduct independent research in unexplored fields of basic sciences or frontier technologies; winners receive grants totaling RMB 3 Million over five years to support their scientific endeavours.
One winner was a demographer who has made invaluable contributions to our understanding of global population trends, particularly related to migration. As a leading expert on cross-border population flows he published influential papers. Furthermore, he provided advice and assistance in the form of policies promoting internationalisation of Hong Kong while advocating for a more diverse economy.
Last year during Hong Kong’s pro-Beijing protests, many mainland Chinese were exposed to extreme violence and felt fear for their safety, leading many Hongkongers to believe they were being targeted because of their political views, with Hong Kong increasingly hostile toward them.
Academics and activists from Hong Kong have nominated several individuals for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts in protecting human rights, standing up for democracy, and finding peaceful solutions to conflicts worldwide. Jimmy Lai, Chow Hang-tung, Lee Cheuk-yan, Gwyneth Ho and Joshua Wong have been active campaigners for democracy. On Friday the winners of the Nobel Peace Prize will be revealed; each recipient will also receive a commemorative medal to commemorate their achievement. For more information about the Hongkong Prize, visit their website. You can also learn about other Hong Kong awards and honors by reading our article on that subject – we hope that it proves to be useful! If you have any queries or comments, feel free to get in touch – we would love to hear from you! Additionally, check out other articles we’ve written for Hong Kong News as well.