Today (September 25), the 8th Inter-school Competition of Study Projects on Hong Kong History and Culture concluded with its prize-giving ceremony. Organised annually by the Hong Kong Museum of History and Institute for Promotion of Chinese Culture, this competition encourages students to develop an interest in learning about Hong Kong’s past through independent research projects outside class time. The prize giving ceremony marked its conclusion.
This year, 688 entries from primary, secondary, and higher education schools participated in this competition, with winning projects covering topics ranging from the origin of Chinese New Year to Hong Kong’s relationship with mainland China and the world. Each winning project was judged by public voting and awarded with a prize worth HK$10,000 to further their understanding of Hong Kong’s historical development.
To ensure the fairness of the draw, several steps were taken during its creation. Employees from HKJC’s security and customer service departments carefully checked and tested all materials used during each draw process, such as balls. Following each draw, all balls were locked away for safe keeping before being locked back away following each X-ray inspection of its drawing machine.
The Hong Kong Arts Development Awards is an annual ceremony to honour distinguished arts practitioners and organizations that have made outstanding contributions to Hong Kong’s arts scene. Comprised of various categories to recognize a variety of practitioners – from those with worldwide recognition to up-and-coming artists with promising potentials – these awards acknowledge those who have made outstanding efforts in shaping Hong Kong’s cultural life.
This year’s Future Science Prize nomination process has been expanded to cover Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan for the first time, to further promote innovation within Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. At a news conference hosted by leading scientist Dennis Lo Yuk-ming of Hong Kong universities said he believes this award will highlight scientific achievements by young researchers while further solidifying Hong Kong as an international innovation and technology hub.
As for the grand prize of HK$1.5 million, ticket number 12846, sold during the first batch and purchased by Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions was lucky enough to take home it. Tickets 21529 and 36806 won second and third prizes respectively worth HK$1.215 million and HK$785,000 and are not subject to taxation; winners also enjoy free entry into various Hong Kong Jockey Club race meetings throughout February as well as taking part in Triple Trio and Quartet Merged Pool jackpots; prize allocation will be announced later on.