Day: April 29, 2025

The winners of the 43rd Hong Kong Film Awards were revealed this evening at a gala ceremony. The biggest winner was kung fu smash hit Twilight of the Warriors, which won prizes for best picture, actor Sean Lau Ching-wan and director Soi Cheang Pou-soi. Actors Carina Lau, Derek Tsang and Fala Chen were also present at the event to celebrate their win in the acting categories.

The Hong Kong Jockey Club has announced significant prize money lifts for two of its flagship spring races next year, in line with a general raising of stakes in the sport. The Champions Mile will rise by HK$2 million to a total prize purse of HK$16 million, while the Chairman’s Sprint Prize will increase by HK$4 million to HK$14 million. These increases will help maintain Hong Kong as a world-leading racing centre, the club said in a statement.

In 2024, Prof Chu Cecilia won the International Planning History Society (IPHS) Book Prize for Building Colonial Hong Kong: Speculative Development and Segregation in the City, her major monograph that has advanced the study of planning history internationally. She is the first Hong Kong scholar to win this prestigious award.

As a major player in the global economy, Hong Kong has many opportunities to contribute to international development efforts. The HK Global Development Prize is an excellent opportunity to promote Hong Kong’s role in shaping the future of global development and cooperation, as well as making a positive impact on people around the world.

This prize will provide a platform for eminent scholars and professionals to exchange views on the global development agenda and its impact on developing countries, including Hong Kong, and discuss ways to enhance the city’s strategic role in global affairs. The prize will be awarded by the International Policy Forum in partnership with the Hong Kong Academy of Social Sciences, with generous funding from the Foundation for the Advancement of International Studies and the Global China Institute at HKUST.

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