The winners of this year’s Hong Kong Prize have been revealed, with Carmel Pak U Secondary School taking home top honours with their research on “Hong Kong’s Pig Farming Industry During the 1967 Riots”. Wong Shiu Chi Secondary School came in second, winning by studying Hong Kong’s frontier restricted area development; criteria used for judging included relevance of theme, systematic use of collected materials, objectiveness/depth of analysis and proper citation of references.
This year’s Best Film in Chinese award went to horror drama The Greatest Fear (), an exploration of Hong Kongers’ fear of migrants and refugees. Director Andrew Lau drew inspiration for the film from both his own experiences as well as those of people he knows; according to him, this depicts our collective fear that strangers might take advantage of us by being too friendly; his aim was to instil fearful feeling among viewers by creating suspenseful scenes with disorienting imagery in an audience-friendly manner.
A Placebo or Just a Painkiller was this year’s winner for Best Short Film in English, an informative video that explored the effects of COVID-19 pandemic on Hong Kong tourism. Another shortlisted entry included a documentary made by Tsinghua University students depicting its changing landscape.
Finishers who complete the 25th Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon within 3 hours for men or 3 hours 30 minutes for women will be eligible to claim an incentive award up to HK$10,000, marking its highest prize money ever offered in its history.
Hong Kong will play host to the 2024 World Cup fencing competitions in November 2019, featuring four events for local fencers to compete in. According to Asian Fencing Federation (AFF), they have revealed that Hong Kong Stadium will serve as their venue of choice.
The BOCHK Science and Technology Innovation Prize aims to draw top international scientists to Hong Kong, foster forward-looking scientists, and make this city into an international innovation and technology hub. It is sponsored by Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited.
On November 19th, the 25th Hong Kong Prize finalists will be revealed and each of their lucky draws winners will be awarded one day tickets valid for admission into Disneyland Park (the “Ticket Prize”). This Lucky Draw is run in accordance with Hong Kong Special Administrative Region laws. Please be aware that these Ticket Prizes cannot be transferred, substituted or redeemed for cash and may not be combined with any other promotional offers or discounts; additionally the organisers reserve the right to modify these terms without prior notice; for more details visit the HK Prize website while the Hong Kong Lottery Company may have its own Terms & Conditions in terms pertaining to any such events or discounts that might apply in terms of its Terms & Conditions applicable on any given date (for more details please refer to Hong Kong Lottery Company Terms & Conditions applicable when entering).