Patrick Tse, 85 years old and an actor since he first entered acting, won Hong Kong Film Awards’ oldest best actor prize for his performance as a hitman-turned-noodle maker in Time. Notably, Tse also became the first Asian actor ever to take home such an honor in its 70-year history and received a standing ovation upon taking to the stage at Saturday evening’s award ceremony held at Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.
Generocity’s new international competition called the “HK Global Development Prize” seeks ideas for creating an Official Development Assistance (ODA) program in Hong Kong. The competition encourages individuals and teams to contribute towards its development by shaping its role on the world stage; open to anyone with plans that address Hong Kong’s challenges or propose development solutions, including projects related to healthcare, education infrastructure agriculture energy or water supply.
This year’s HK Prize awards a total prize pool worth of HK$200,000 to winners chosen by an industry jury and academia representatives. Michael Chuen won first prize – a Samsung Smart TV from Citibank – while online brokerage firm founder IG Index’s founder claimed second place and Hong Kong-based private equity investor Kenneth Lam earned third prize with his business idea for an online platform for foreign exchange traders.
HKFP has been shortlisted for the 2024 Yidan Prize in Education Research and Development, an honor bestowed upon those who advance education in a dynamic world. Established by philanthropist Chen Yidan, the prize will award laureates with half of a HK$30 million grant; half will serve as an unrestricted project fund to facilitate scaling-up their efforts.
Professor Wang Gungwu, senior lecturer in CUHK’s Department of History and convener of the Asia in Evolution Conference, generously gave HK$100,000. This amount was matched under the Government Matching Scheme to establish two prizes in his name; one being an undergraduate scholarship with annual graduate awards given out.
The Hong Kong Academy of Medicine (HKAM) is now accepting submissions for their 2019 Hong Kong Young Fellows & Medical Student Research Prize, which recognizes excellence in clinical practice or research on any aspect of medicine and health. At the academy’s Annual Scientific Meeting, the winning submission will receive an engraved gold medal as recognition of their hard work. Only Young Fellows or medical students with completed full-time medical degrees who have published research findings in peer-reviewed journals are eligible to submit applications. Details and application forms for the academy’s Medical Xtreme Competition can be found online, with submissions due by November 29. A judging panel comprised of leading experts in medicine will then select their winners, with results to be revealed during December’s HKAM Medical Conference.