The Hong Kong Arts Development Awards (HKADA) celebrates the remarkable works of veteran and up-and-coming arts practitioners, honours individuals and organisations that have contributed significantly to the development of local arts, and encourages active community support for arts development. The awards scheme offers a wide variety of categories to recognise the achievements of arts practitioners, as well as patrons who have supported various arts activities in the territory.
The winners of hk prize were announced at a gala dinner on May 17. Pakistani artist Sameen Agha won the $30,000 Grand Prize for her sculpture A Home is a Terrible Place to Love. Her work uses red marble to depict a crumbling house. Other award winners included Hong Kong-based photographer Michelle Fung and Filipino artist Demet, who won the Vogue Women’s Art Prize and the Public Vote, respectively.
The winner of the HK Prize will be rewarded with an engraved gold medal and a cash prize of HK$25,000. Interested scholars are invited to submit their published full article and a separate blinded abstract of not more than 500 words. Upon submission, each abstract will be reviewed by a team of scholars before being selected for the shortlist.
Domestic horse racing prize money will rise by eight percent next season, with increases across every class of competition from the Griffins to Class 1. In addition, the Club has lifted Group Two and Three contests in a bid to boost the overall quality of the field and maintain our status as a world-leading horse racing destination.
Prof. Cecilia L. Chu’s scholarly work, Building Colonial Hong Kong: Speculative Development and Segregation in the City, has been awarded the 2024 International Planning History Society Book Prize, a global recognition for major scholarly works that have advanced the study of planning history. The book is also the recipient of the prestigious UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Prize and the Asia Pacific Studies Association’s Outstanding Research Publication Award.
BOCHK SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION PRIZE is operated by a Board and consists of a Review Committee, a Compliance Oversight Team, and a Secretariat. The Board is responsible for reviewing and interpreting the Charter; suggesting important scientific research fields to be considered for THE PRIZE; determining the review procedures and evaluation criteria; selecting candidates; ensuring that THE PRIZE reviews are performed professionally, objectively and independently; holding awards ceremonies, interdisciplinary academic activities and science popularization activities. The Review Committee and Compliance Oversight Team are composed of experts in relevant areas, and the Secretariat is operated by the Beijing-Hong Kong Academic Exchange Centre. The Board, Review Committee and Compliance Oversight Team should support the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China, and hold high social morality and professional ethics. In addition, they should be willing to donate their time and expertise for THE PRIZE. The Secretariat is a not-for-profit organization. Its operation is based on the spirit of volunteerism and public service.