The top three winners of the HK Prize will each receive $2m as prize money, with any remaining prize money distributed descending by performance – up to and including a maximum payout of $750,000 for an athlete who finished fourth place. Singaporean kitesurfer Maximilian Maeder may win Hong Kong its inaugural medal at Paris; his performance may lead him towards receiving it and potentially leading him towards earning maximum reward from this prize money pool.
The Hong Kong Prize (hk Prize) is open to films released commercially within the past calendar year that fulfill at least two of these criteria: they must have been directed by a Hong Kong director; principal photography must take place within Hong Kong; or have one Hong Kong entity as their registered office. Each film may only submit once for this prize in its lifetime.
Five 2023 laureates were awarded with the prize at The Venetian Macao on 8 December in recognition of their ground-breaking discoveries across education, medicine, science, mathematics and engineering.
Professor Thein Swee Lay from Malaysia’s Universiti Malaya was awarded the Life Science prize, alongside her colleagues, for discovering mechanisms behind fetal-to-adult haemoglobin switch and opening doors to revolutionary therapies for sickle cell anaemia and Thalassemia. Dr Chai Yang from Hong Kong University won Mathematical Sciences prize by developing disruptive in-sensor computing paradigms allowing information processing directly within artificial vision sensors.
At the ceremony’s centrepiece was Dr Yuen Kwok-yung’s receiving of the 2023 ICAS Book Prize for Global Hong Kong Studies organized and sponsored by SHKS. This new competition marked its inaugural competition.
George B. Endacott was appointed Lecturer (1946-57) and Senior Lecturer (1957-62) of the Department of History who almost single-handedly revitalized Hong Kong history as an academic discipline at University. To honor him, an annual Prize will be awarded based on how closely the Unit Investment represents Full Unit Investment; thus serving as a tribute to George and Hong Kong Studies worldwide.
Established in 1997, ICAS provides an immersive global platform that brings scholars, civil societies representatives, and practitioners from around the globe together to discuss Asian topics. Since 2003, it has hosted 11 International Conventions that brought over 20,000 participants from 40 different countries and regions – and has become an essential platform for publishing and promoting Hong Kong studies around the globe.
ICAS will continue its commitment to Hong Kong Studies as a respectable field of scholarship by hosting its Book Prize for Global Hong Kong Studies every year. For further details, visit their website; for a chance at winning this hk prize mark your entries before 30 April and submit them online before that deadline.
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