The Hong Kong Alliance of Technology and Innovation annually awards the HK Prize as an award to recognize scientists, research teams and research-related institutions from Hong Kong or Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area institutions that have demonstrated exceptional scientific or technological innovation and transformation achievements. An independent review panel evaluates each candidate based on their achievements, social or economic value created, potential impact to Greater Bay Area region or beyond as well as any impactful innovation introduced into society via their innovations.
George B. Endacott was a Lecturer (from 1946-57) and Senior Lecturer (1957-62) in The University of Hong Kong History Department from 1946 to 1962, being instrumental in its reestablishment after World War II. Friends and students raised funds to honor him by creating this prize in his memory.
Over the last ten years, this award has been bestowed upon three postgraduate students who have made remarkable contributions in Hong Kong History at HKUST. It represents both its highest prize in this discipline as well as serving to promote it as a respectable field of scholarship.
IPHS’ only monetary award, this prize seeks to encourage young scholars of East Asia’s planning history and expand research in this area. Open to IPHS members across East Asia (Hong Kong/Macau as well as mainland China/Taiwan).
China remains one of the world’s biggest consumer markets with over one billion people living within its borders, and efforts are underway to promote consumption of healthy products such as high-quality food while encouraging private businesses to invest in its health sector.
Joshua Wong, 17, the 17-year-old leader of Hong Kong’s umbrella protest movement that paralyzed large portions of the city in late 2014 in an effort to force democratic concessions from China’s authoritarian rulers, has been nominated for the Nobel peace prize by US senators including Republican Marco Rubio. They signed a bipartisan letter saying Wong and other activists demonstrated “extraordinary civil courage in protecting their communities’ autonomy at exactly the moment when Beijing seeks to undermine those very autonomy” as well as civic leadership with an unwavering commitment towards freedom – something they couldn’t achieve by simply participating in protest movements that paralyzed their communities at will in late 2014. US senators Marco Rubio signed onto this letter from US senators to recognize Wong for this nomination by signing off on bipartisan letter signing off on this letter from them all.