HK Prize is an award given out by individuals or groups for their efforts in furthering Hong Kong’s development around the world. Part of Hong Kong’s Official Development Assistance program, this prize carries a reward worth HK$10,000 to its winner and was established in 1996 by friends and students of late University of Hong Kong professor Dr. John D. Young who died tragically early.
The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation annually presents this prize, consisting of both a trophy and cash award, to individuals whose work strengthens American exceptionalism, limited government, free markets and civil society principles. Additionally, organizations who work towards these values may also receive this honor.
This year’s competition garnered over 2,500 entries and winners were chosen by an esteemed panel of local art professionals and academics, such as KY Wong – curator-at-large of Goethe-Institut Hong Kong. Alexander Treves won first runner-up honors in the main category with his work Towards Leviathan, Together (2021). It features two images: (1) one taken two nights after an Iranian-Kurdish family seeking refuge in Britain drowned, and 2) an armband found on Lesbos, one of several Greek islands with sprawling refugee camps; Shawn Pak Hin Tang received second-runner up honours with Departure to Nowhere, Somewhere (2021), which features deconstructed Chinese names on nautical chart paper to represent our shared experiences of fleeing across sea; third runner-up Shawn Pak Hin Tang received honorable mention.
The winners and their projects will be showcased from September 27 to October 8 at the Hong Kong Arts Development Center. These awards feature one top prize and two 1st runner-up prizes; Professor Wang Gungwu donated money for this prize; it was then matched by the Government Matching Scheme as prize fund. Seven categories have been established for these prestigious awards to recognize arts practitioners who have excelled at various art forms and contributed significantly towards Hong Kong’s arts culture, with other categories such as:
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