The Hk Prize and ICAS
Hk Prize is an exciting competition that rewards participants who are curious about Hong Kong’s past. Young people aged 18-30 living or native to Hong Kong can enter, with winners receiving an award of HK$5000 plus the opportunity to present their ideas directly to key stakeholders in its development sector.
These prizes were established to commemorate Professor Wang Gungwu, who played an essential part in revitalizing the Department of History as one of the primary teaching and research units within the university. These awards encourage undergraduate and postgraduate students to conduct extensive research on Chinese history at both levels; written reports by these students are judged according to relevance to theme, systematic use of collected materials, objective analyses as well as bibliographies/footnotes provided.
Hong Kong is emerging from its transition to a high-quality growth model with exciting prospects, such as Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area’s potential. Hong Kong media industry plays an integral part in helping society take advantage of new opportunities, and this was evident at this year’s Hong Kong News Awards, held on Friday. This quality news reporting can be seen through their performance.
As a leading international platform for the exchange of ideas on Hong Kong, China, and Asia, ICAS brings scholars from around the globe together to address key issues facing our region. Since 1997, more than 20,000 scholars, civil society representatives, practitioners, publishers, institutes, NGOs etc have taken part in 11 conventions of ICAS; it also acts as a venue for their products or services promotion.
This exhibition presents the research results of this year’s two finalists and allows visitors to understand their work’s scientific concepts. Furthermore, it helps visitors appreciate science’s vital role in modern society. This show runs until November 4, 2013.
To ensure the integrity of each draw, various safeguards have been instituted by HKJC’s security and customer service departments to guarantee its fairness. Employees from these departments closely inspect every stage of the process – boxing, transport, examination of balls prior to and post draw – in order to guarantee its fairness. At the conclusion of each drawing, balls and draw machine are always secured in an undisclosed location to prevent unauthorised access. Should no winner emerge from that draw, their prize money will be added to a jackpot and distributed as first division winnings in subsequent drawings. Over time, a jackpot could reach more than HKD$100 million through bets on prizes and their proceeds being used for various taxes and causes, in line with Hong Kong Government policies on environment. Since 2000 alone, over HK$100 million has been distributed through this prize system to various environmental causes and charities through it; thanks to support from community and corporate sponsors.