The Hong Kong Prizes and Awards are presented to those who have excelled in different fields of research and contribution, in order to promote and encourage excellence in academic and professional endeavours.

The History Prize is awarded for outstanding research in the field of Hong Kong history, with special consideration given to those whose work has promoted the status of Hong Kong studies as a respectable field of scholarship in Asia. It is named in honour of the late Professor George B. Endacott, Lecturer (1946-57) and Senior Lecturer (1957-62) in the Department of History, University of Hong Kong.

Professor Endacott was responsible, virtually single-handedly, for the re-establishment of the History Department in 1946. He played an important role in the development of Hong Kong history as a respectable area of scholarship in the 1950s.

HK Phil wins prestigious Gramophone Classical Music Award

The HK Philharmonic Orchestra (HK Phil) was recently crowned “Orchestra of the Year” at the 2019 Gramophone Classical Music Awards ceremony – regarded as the “Oscars of classical music” – in London, the first Asian orchestra to win the accolade. The HK Phil has won this award for its live recordings of the complete Ring Cycle by Richard Wagner on the Naxos label.

In the 2021 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences – known as the “Oscars of Science” – Professor Dennis Lo Yuk-ming of The Chinese University of Hong Kong was recognised for his ground-breaking discovery that fetal DNA is present in maternal blood, enabling the testing for trisomy 21 and other genetic disorders prior to birth. His research has opened new avenues of medical advances and has transformed the lives of countless families.

BOCHK SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION PRIZE

BOCHK Science and Technology Innovation Prize is open to Hong Kong residents who have carried out scientific or technological innovation work with commercial potential. Nominations will be considered in the following award fields:

The winner of the Grand Prize will receive HK$1 million, a certificate and a trophy. Each of the First Prize winners will receive HK$500,000, a certificate and a trophy. Selected Semi-Finalists and Finalists who show exceptional promise will also have the opportunity to take part in HKGNA Masterclasses and perform at upcoming concert events.