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This year’s Sovereign Asian Art Prize 2024 winners were announced at a gala dinner at the Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong on May 17. Pakistani artist Sameen Agha won the grand prize for her sculptural work A Home Is Terrible Place to Love, which shows a house collapsing like a cardboard box in the process of being dismantled. Hong Kong artists Michelle Fung and Demet won the Vogue Hong Kong Women’s Prize for their mixed media works Red Bean Stalk and Paint Palette Emulation respectively. Veteran performer and martial arts director Sammo Hung was named the lifetime achievement award winner.
The BOCHK SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION PRIZE is an annual competition for outstanding scientific research and technological innovation projects completed by researchers of higher learning institutions in Hong Kong. The awards are based on an objective assessment of the candidates’ scientific or technological achievements, their transformation and social value creation. The review procedure is conducted independently and professionally by a panel of experts. No organization or individual is allowed to exert undue influence on the review.
In addition to the HK$2 million cash prize, winners of each category will receive a medal and a certificate. The trophy, designed by renowned local designer Patrick Li, juxtaposes the symbol of the pearl and pierced jade amulet and is inspired by traditional Chinese culture and heritage.
It is hoped that the award can further promote scientific and technological innovation in Hong Kong. The prize money is also expected to encourage students in science and technology to develop their potential and make greater contributions to the local society.
This year’s Hong Kong Student Prize will run until 16 September and is open to all enrolled secondary school students in Hong Kong. Students must be nominated by their teachers to enter the competition. Students can submit up to three artworks before the submission deadline. The judging panels will select up to 20 shortlisted entries and the Judges’ Prize will be awarded to the school of the winning student.
The prize money for athletes who finish outside the top three but in the top eight is doubled, with gold, silver and bronze medals awarded HK$12m, HK$6m, and HK$3m respectively. The Singaporean kitesurfer Maximilian Maeder, who is on the verge of clinching a gold for his country in Paris, could be the athlete with the highest payout if he wins. This prize will help him fund his future plans to train for the Tokyo Olympics in 2020. He has expressed his gratitude to the prize fund for this support. The prize was established in memory of Professor Wang Gungwu who generously donated a large sum to the Department of History.