The hk prize is awarded for scientific research in the fields of medicine and medical science. The award aims to recognise excellence in the work done by young researchers and scientists in Hong Kong. The work must have been published in a peer-reviewed journal. Only principal authors of the papers can be considered. The paper should be related to clinical practice or experimental medicine and must have been published within the past 10 years.

The Board of Trustees is the highest decision-making body of BOCHK SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION PRIZE, and it is responsible for reviewing and interpreting the Charter; suggesting important scientific research fields; appointing members of the Review Committee and Compliance Oversight Team; determining requirements for nominating experts; setting up and operating the Beijing-Hong Kong Academic Exchange Centre; and shouldering the duty of liaison and coordination between the Board, the Review Committee, the Compliance Oversight Team, the sponsoring agencies and the Secretariat. Its decisions on the selection of candidates are final.

Last year, the prize was awarded to Professor Dennis Yuk Ming LO, a Hong Kong historian and a former winner of the Faculty of Arts Outstanding Teaching Award. He has published extensively on various historical subjects, including Hong Kong history in the 19th century and the Philippines in Asia, and is a four-time winner of a General Research Fund grant from the Research Grants Council. He has also won eleven CUHK courseware and teaching development grants. In addition, he has curated an exhibition at the University Library on ‘The History of Flags and Maps’ and presented an international conference on Southeast Asia in Evolution: Trans-Pacific Agency and the City c. 1850-1941.

In 2021, he won the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences – known as the “Oscars of Science” – for his discovery that fetal DNA is present in maternal blood and can be used to diagnose trisomy 21 and other genetic disorders in prenatal screening. He has been a member of the Advisory Committee for this year’s BOCHK SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY inNOVATION PRIZE.

This year, the first prize is worth $2m, with runner-up receiving $1m. The event is the eighth of eight elevated Asian Tour events this season and the second to be hosted at Hong Kong Golf Club. LIV reserve Ben Campbell won the LINK Hong Kong Open in 2018 for his maiden Asian Tour title.

As a result, Hong Kong is believed to have the highest Olympic prize money payout of any region for the Paris Olympics 2024 medallists, with epeeist Vivian Kong Man-wai and foilist Cheung Ka Long each winning HK$6 million and swimmer Siobhan Haughey getting HK$3 million for her two bronzes. The figure is comparable to the levels paid out by Singapore and Chinese Taipei. The top 10 in each category receive a minimum of HK$5 million. In addition to the monetary rewards, the top 10 will also be offered free entry to next year’s BOCHK SCIENCE and TECHNOLOGY inNOVATION Prize.