hk prize

The Hong Kong Art Prize was founded by Sovereign Art Foundation in 2003 to provide a platform for emerging artists to make their voices heard. This year, 30 shortlisted works were auctioned at the event, which took place on May 17. Proceeds from the auction will help bolster SAF’s Make It Better program, which offers expressive arts workshops to children in disadvantaged communities. The winning work, by Noormah Jamal, was titled Did the Seed Grow? and features two figures with vacant expressions.

In addition to the HK$3 million prize money for the top winner, each of the four runners-up will receive HK$200,000. They will also have the chance to collaborate with an established artist to create a new artwork, which will be shown at the next edition of the art prize in 2025.

The winners were selected by a panel of judges consisting of representatives from SAF, Hong Kong Art Centre and New Wave Cinema. The jury said that “the work of each of the three finalists engages with issues of social justice and is powerful in its depiction of an unsettling reality.”

A total of 11 awards were given out during the ceremony, which was hosted by veteran actress Yeoh. It was a successful night for Spanish golfer Sergio Garcia who won the $1.5 million top prize and Stinger GC came in second place, winning $3 million.

The prize money for the Mark Six Chinese New Year snowball draw is expected to reach a record high of HK$188 million. This is a much-anticipated event and many people are queuing outside Jockey Club betting centers. This is a great opportunity for those who are looking to make some extra cash over the holiday period.

Among the other prizes, a new HK$5,000 award was created to gather innovative ideas on establishing an Official Development Assistance (ODA) programme in Hong Kong. This competition is open to individuals and organisations with the aim of fostering Hong Kong’s international development efforts.

The HK$1 million prize money will be awarded to a researcher who contributes the most outstanding article on global Hong Kong studies in 2023. The prize is jointly sponsored by ICAS and the Society for Hong Kong Studies, and is intended to recognise excellence in research on all aspects of global Hong Kong studies. The winning research will be published in a book or monograph and presented at an ICAS conference.

Five Hongkongers were nominated for Nobel Peace Prize this year, including Chow Hang-tung, who was honoured with the Global Scholars for Hong Kong prize. She was recognised for her “steadfast commitment to protecting freedoms in Hong Kong and campaigning for democracy”. She was praised for her courage, resistance and stubbornness. CFHK’s Mark Clifford said she is a great example for us all. The organisation also organised a screening of the documentary She’s In Jail, which explores the resilience of Chow in jail and her battle against the erosion of freedoms.