Hong Kong prize is a prize that is awarded to people who achieve outstanding achievements. The prize is a symbol of the city’s commitment to excellence and to providing opportunities for all to excel. It is also a sign of its strong sense of social responsibility.

The winners of hongkong prize are recognised for their contribution to the community and to humanity, as well as demonstrating a high level of innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship. The winners are honoured at an awards ceremony attended by representatives of the Hong Kong government, sponsors and other celebrities. The ceremony will be held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on 14 March.

This year’s shortlist featured nine artists from Hong Kong, making it the most represented region in the history of the prize. Of these, eight were women, the highest number ever to appear on a shortlist. This reflects the trend of increasing female representation at art events and in the global arena, which has been fuelled by social movements such as the Time’s Up and the #MeToo campaigns.

The judges’ prize, which carries a cash award of HK$8,000, will be presented to the student artist with the highest score from the judges. The school of the Judges’ Prize winner will receive a HK$20,000 school development fund, and the Public Vote prize will be given to the students with the most votes from the public, a total of HK$10,000. Each student from the shortlisted teams will receive a medal and certificate.

In addition to the Judges’ Prize, there are also the Teachers’ Leadership Award and the Public Vote Award, sponsored by Sino Group, a fixed amount of Merit prize for all the members of the shortlisted teams is awarded by each participating school. Moreover, each winner of the Public Vote Award will receive a trophy.

Each of the prize winners has contributed to a different area of scientific research, which is relevant to Hong Kong. These include the 2022 Future Science Prize Laureate Dennis Lo Yuk-ming for his work on self-assembling materials and robotics; 2021 Life Science Prize Laureate Luk Kam-biu’s discovery of a new gene that explains how the human body develops and ages; and 2021 Physical Science Prize Laureate Mok Ngai-ming for his innovative in-sensor computing paradigm for artificial vision sensors.

The HKJO-Royal Society of Medicine Young Scientist Prize is an annual prize to recognise excellent research conducted by young Fellows of the Royal Society of Medicine. Applications are open to principal authors of original articles (including prospective and retrospective clinical studies, observational studies, epidemiological studies, basic science studies, meta-analysis, etc.) published in the HKJO during the past 12 months. Case reports, letters to the editor and review articles will not be eligible for submission.