The Hong Kong Prize will recognize an outstanding scientific research team for achieving exceptional advancements with significant application potential and social or economic ramifications. It aims to inspire science researchers and entrepreneurs in Hong Kong to continue pushing scientific frontiers forward, build on Hong Kong’s strengths, serve the country, and contribute to global progress.
Hong Kong Alliance of Technology and Innovation will award this prestigious prize, sponsored by Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited. The BOCHK SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION PRIZE is open to five fields: Artificial Intelligence & Robotics; Life & Health; New Materials & New Energy; Advanced Manufacturing; FinTech. Experts from around the world will select outstanding scientists & teams based on their impressive research achievements which they transformed into commercial or social value.
At 88 meetings will take place throughout the season, bringing with it an astonishing prize pool of over HK$1.1 billion compared to last year’s figure of HK$8.8 million. First and second prizes for each meeting will be worth one million and half-a-million respectively; additionally, winners of Best Newspaper Story of the Year and Most Popular Song awards will both receive cash prizes of 30k as well as certificates.
Zusatzlich to the main awards, a special incentive award of HK$10,000 will be offered to runners who are permanent residents of Hong Kong and complete the Marathon Challenge category within 3 hours for men or 3 hours 30 minutes for women. In case no winners are selected for either prize category, all money would be returned back to participants who completed the race.
Hong Kong’s esteemed journalism industry was again honored at this year’s Asia Media Awards, with RTHK News Desk taking home two prizes at this year’s ceremony: one for coverage of Dubai prince’s plan to open a family office here and one as merit award for series on Hong Kong movers and shakers.
RTHK’s weekly political and public affairs show The Point was awarded the top prize in this category for its mature yet balanced coverage of issues between Hong Kong and Mainland. Hong Kong’s premier public affairs TV programme and a source of inspiration for other news programs worldwide. As well as being the most watched news program on RTHK channel. It has since been translated and reproduced in over 50 languages, available to audiences outside Hong Kong via iTVglobal’s website and broadcast in over 100 countries and territories since it launched in 2007. Since 2007, The Point has won 40 international awards; these judging panels for TV Broadcasting and Online categories at AsiaMedia Awards consist of prominent academics and media professionals from Hong Kong and elsewhere in Southeast Asia.