In a surprise move, Hong Kong Jockey Club chairman John Tsang announced a bonus incentive scheme for trainers for the first time ever this week. The bonus will be awarded based on performance at Happy Valley racetrack and will be shared among the top three trainers. The winner will receive HK$200,000, the second-placed HK$100,000 and the third-placed HK$50,000. The prize money is expected to boost the quality of horse training in the city.
Mabel Cheung’s controversial documentary To My Nineteen-Year-Old Self won best film at the 41st Hong Kong Film Awards (HKFA). It was a star-studded ceremony, with Oscar winning actress Michelle Yeoh hosting the event. She also presented the best new performer award to 10-year-old Pakistan-born Sahal Zaman for his role in Detective Vs. Sleuths, which was nominated in 11 categories. It won four including best director for Wai Ka Fai.
The Mark Six Chinese New Year Snowball draw is expected to reach a record HK$188 million this year. It’s the highest ever prize fund, allowing a single HK$10 ticket to win up to HK$18 million. It’s also the highest prize fund for any lottery during Chinese New Year, which runs from January to February. The maximum prize for the Quartet and First 4 Merged Pool is a staggering HK$20.8 million.
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The winners of the Sigg Prize were announced on Tuesday at M+ museum. The shortlisted artists include Shanghai-based multimedia artist Bi Rongrong, Macau-born ceramicist Heidi Lau, Singaporean composer and performance artist Ho Rui An, Taiwanese photographer and filmmaker Hsu Chia-Wei, and Hong Kong multidisciplinary artist Wong Ping. Each will receive a HK$100,000 grant from the Sigg Prize fund.
Five scientists were honored with the Shaw Prize in Hong Kong on Tuesday for their ground-breaking contributions to astronomy, life science and medicine, and mathematical sciences. The astronomy prize went to Shrinivas R Kulkarni, a professor at the California Institute of Technology for his discoveries in millisecond pulsars, gamma-ray bursts, and supernovae. The life science and medicine prize was split between Swee Lay Thein, hematologist at the National Institutes of Health in the US, and Stuart Orkin, physician-scientist at Harvard Medical School.
The prestigious Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Prize will be awarded for the fifth time in 2022. It is open to individuals and teams whose achievements are outstanding in the following award fields: Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, Biomedical Sciences and Health, New Materials and New Energy, and Advanced Manufacturing. The jury will review candidates’ scientific and technological innovation, the transformation of those innovations, and the social or economic value they create. The prize is jointly sponsored by the Bank of China and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. It will be presented at a ceremony to be held in June. More information is available on the BOCHK website. The charter is designed to promote scientific and standardized management of the prize and ensure the objectivity and fairness of the assessment process.