At Hong Kong News Awards this year, South China Morning Post set a record-setting feat by winning 17 awards – the highest single-year total ever among local media. These included five championships and seven first runners-up. Their 12-year winning streak continued as Edith Lin and Jeffie Lam of its City desk won Best Scoop honors for uncovering unauthorised additions to luxury properties.
Prof Stuart McManus from the Department of History at The Chinese University of Hong Kong has become the inaugural Asian scholar to win the coveted Dan David Prize for Historical Studies – one of the world’s premier honors in historical studies. This prize honours excellence in scholarship that illuminates history while deepening public understanding through public dialogue.
At the 30th Hong Kong Film Awards (HKFA), local movie Port of Call won an unprecedented seven prizes at once – including best actor for Aaron Kwok and actress Jessie Li respectively, as well as being selected as Best Local Movie by an expert jury composed of experts in various fields. Overall, 39 prizes were handed out across a wide range of film categories.
The Hong Kong Film Awards is an annual awards ceremony to recognize and celebrate Hong Kong filmmakers’ achievements and highlight local cinema. Organized by Hong Kong Film Awards Association Ltd, films released within the previous calendar year may qualify for nomination if they fulfill three criteria.
At this year’s award ceremony, the Grand Prize will receive US$1 Million while each runner-up will take home $100K as cash prizes. Other recipients included Andrew Lau’s Knife in the Water; Best Screenplay by Ang Lee for Oldboy; and Joanna Lum’s A Simple Life winning Best Costume Design honors.
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology physicists were honored with the 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics – often called “Oscars of Science”. Members from ATLAS collaboration at CERN contributed significantly to discovery of Higgs boson as well as searching for new physics beyond Standard Model of Particle Physics.
In 2007, this award was established in memory of George B. Endacott, who was responsible for revitalizing the History Department as an important teaching and research unit during the early 1950s. The prize aims to honor Endacott’s memory by perpetuating his interest in Hong Kong history – winning films are chosen by an expert panel from various academic fields; this year alone there were 89 submitted films; out of these 10 won multiple awards.