The Best Prizes in Hong Kong
HKJC Lotteries Limited, a subsidiary of The Hong Kong Jockey Club, oversees The Mark Six Lottery as an immensely popular 6-out-of-49 lottery game held three times each week and broadcast live on TV. Each draw begins with a predetermined prize pool amount set before any draws take place – however it’s possible to win more than just that top prize of up to HK$38 Million for first place with subsequent cash prizes of 18 Million for second and 14 Million for third respectively; plus special events like Chinese New Year or Mid Autumn Festival which may generate additional prize pools boosted during special events boosting prize pools even further!
The Chairman’s Sprint Prize is a Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race held annually in Hong Kong over 1200 metres at Sha Tin Racecourse. Formerly known as Hong Kong Sprint Championship before it changed into Chairman’s Sprint Prize in 2016, this event now forms part of Global Sprint Challenge since 2016.
Since 2013, the Spirit of Hong Kong Awards have recognized Hong Kong’s unsung heroes through honoring their genuine spirit of charity, civic awareness and goodwill. These awards honor inspiring stories such as personal challenges faced, community contribution made, acts of self-sacrifice made, innovations for good resulting in cultural preservation efforts as well as entrepreneurial tenacity demonstrated through entrepreneurial success.
Artworks by Sameen Agha and Demet were winners in multiple categories. Agha earned the $30,000 Grand Prize with her sculpture A Home is a Terrible Place to Love made of red marble. Additionally, Agha took home this year’s Vogue Hong Kong Women’s Art Prize with Red Bean Stalk as her mixed media piece; Demet won public voting with PPE (Paint Palette Emulation).
Alongside top-level prizes, there will also be other categories in this competition, including Life Science Prize Laureate Deng Hongkui; Physical Science Prize Laureates Zhang Tao and Li Yadong; Mathematics and Computer Science Prize Laureate Sun Binyong. Each Laureate will receive a medal, an engraved gold badge and up to HK$100,000.
The LIV Golf Hong Kong Open is one of the richest tournaments in Asia. This year’s winner can expect to take home an astounding $4m paycheck, far exceeding any payout they could expect at other PGA or DP World Tour tournaments such as Puerto Rico Open or Jonsson Workwear Open. In fact, this year’s prize pool even exceeds that offered in 2023’s inaugural LIV GOlf Hong Kong Open edition!