The South China Morning Post’s Edith Lin and Jeffie Lam have clinched the top prize in the Best Scoop category at this year’s Hong Kong News Awards 2024. The pair’s investigation into unauthorised structures attached to luxury homes earned them the prize for a news story that prompted authorities to investigate the issue. The newspaper’s City desk team also took home the second prize for their reporting on the Dubai prince’s shelved plans to open a family office in Hong Kong.
The winners of the 2023 Sigg Prize were announced on 22 September at M+, Asia’s first global museum for contemporary visual culture in the West Kowloon Cultural District. The prize jury praised Wang Tuo’s sophisticated cinematic practice and the quality of his films that interweave historical archives, mythology, and fiction into speculative narratives that blur the boundaries between time and space, reality and imagination. His installation The Northeast Tetralogy (2018-21) exemplifies his ability to examine our complex relationship with history and memory.
HK Prize 2023 was organised by the Society for Hong Kong Studies and sponsored by the International Convention of Asian Scholars (ICAS). The award is designed to encourage innovative research on Hong Kong’s multifaceted connections and significance in the world, both contemporary and historical. It is part of the ICAS Book Prize family of awards, which has been bringing scholars and practitioners together at 11 annual conventions for over two decades.
A total of 12 prizes were presented at the event, including awards for individual journalists and teams of reporters. Among them, the Post’s Kahon Chan, Natalie Wong and Lilian Cheng won the second prize for their investigative report on the Dubai prince’s decision to pull out of his plan to open a family office in Hong Kong. The newspaper also won the third prize for its “Best Scoop” category, with senior reporter Edith Lin and news editor Jeffie Lam receiving their award for their investigations into unauthorised structures added to luxury properties.
The Spirit of Hong Kong Awards shine a spotlight on the genuine spirit of selflessness, civic awareness and goodwill that lies behind some of Hong Kong’s unsung heroes. Its award winners are ordinary citizens with extraordinary stories of courage, self-sacrifice and dedication, who have contributed to society in their own ways by overcoming personal challenges, providing assistance to others, preserving cultural heritage, or displaying tenacious entrepreneurship. The winners were announced on 27 September at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. This year, CFHK organised the film screening of She’s in Jail to commemorate Chow Hang-tung’s life and legacy. During the event, CFHK President Mark Clifford addressed the audience and spoke of her courage, resistance, stubbornness and intellect in the face of authoritarian rule. He also condemned the erosion of freedom in Hong Kong.
