The Hong Kong Prize offers students an opportunity to compete against their peers within the community by sharing innovative ideas for furthering Hong Kong’s international development and cementing its place on the global stage. Furthermore, this platform serves to showcase creative talent within Hong Kong as well as assist young people with their future career plans.
Students studying at universities or Polytechnics in Hong Kong may submit research reports related to city development in any field – science, technology or culture. Reports must be original and have an impactful presence within the Hong Kong community; winning submissions will receive cash prizes as well as the chance to present them to key industry players.
Winners will be selected based on a written research report and face-to-face interview with judges. Their written report should display relevance of theme, systematic use of collected materials, objective analysis and proper citation of footnotes and bibliographies. This prize is offered by Bank of China to acknowledge and recognize outstanding achievements among young people living in Hong Kong.
At today’s (8th) inter-school competition for study projects on Hong Kong history, eight award winners were recognized. Wong Shiu Chi Secondary School’s entry on “The Development of Pig Farming Industry During 1967 Riots” will receive one prize while Carmel Pak U Secondary School’s “Frontier Restricted Area and Relationship between China and Hong Kong” will win both of their entries a total prize pool of HK$10,000 each.
The 2025 Hong Kong International Technology and Innovation Talented Youth Development Summit kicked off with talks from Nobel laureates across medicine, astronomy, biophysiology, and more. Nobel laureate Harvey Alter shared insight into his groundbreaking research on hepatitis while 2019 Physics Prize recipient Didier Queloz took participants on an exploration into cosmic space.
At this year’s race for its prestigious award, 217 local challengers from across Hong Kong registered to participate. Sponsor Standard Chartered increased prize money for this year’s Marathon Challenge category to encourage more permanent residents to enter. As an incentive award of HK$10,000 will be given for runners crossing the finish line under 3 hours (sub 3) for men or 3:30 minutes (sub 3:30) for women runners, making for a record prize pool of HK$2.35 million!