The prize aims to provide high school students with an ideal platform for displaying their talents and exploring Hong Kong’s unique historical development from different perspectives. The competition receives over 1,000 entries annually, with top ten winners receiving monetary prizes and shopping vouchers for themselves and their schools; the public can also vote on favorite submissions.
The finalists’ written reports are judged on their relevance to the theme, systematic use of collected materials, objectivity in analysis and citation of bibliography and footnotes. Outstanding teams are then selected for a face-to-face interview with our judges. The winning team will be presented their idea to key stakeholders in the development sector in a public exhibition.
Founded in 2022 by Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited, the BOCHK Science and Technology Innovation Prize has become a benchmark for excellence in undergraduate and postgraduate history studies, as well as an incentive for students to explore diverse aspects of local history. This year, more than 100 renowned scientists applied for the prize, and the number of award field rewards was up by more than 20% compared with last year, with artificial intelligence and robotics, life and health, new materials and energy, and advanced manufacturing and FinTech being especially well represented.
Joshua Wong and his pro-democracy protest movement occupying the streets of Hong Kong in 2016 may have been defying Beijing’s authority, but their determination and resilience have earned them a Nobel Peace Prize nomination. Their unprecedented 79-day street occupation to pressure Beijing into democratic concessions, even after it was suppressed with the introduction of a national security law, demonstrates the power of civic action and how ordinary people can change their world.
Ronald Cheng is one of the most prolific Hong Kong film directors in recent times, directing more than 50 films to date and winning a string of awards for his work. His latest feature film, The Way Home, was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the Cannes Film Festival this month and is an official selection for the Asian Film Academy Awards in December.
Noormah Jamal is the only non-local artist on this year’s shortlist for the Hong Kong Art Prize, which honors a young artist whose work is “of particular artistic significance”. Her acrylic-on-canvas piece, Did the Seed Grow?, shows two figures with vacant expressions and was inspired by her observations of the everyday lives in her native Pakistan. Proceeds from the prize will help support SAF’s Make It Better program, which offers expressive arts workshops to children from disadvantaged communities. The winners will be announced next Wednesday. The ceremony will be held at the Hong Kong Palace Museum for the first time. See you there!