At a time of social unrest and coronavirus virus threat to Hong Kong racing, the Hong Kong Jockey Club made headlines Tuesday by announcing across-the-board prize money increases, including a 20% boost for its domestic centrepiece BMW Hong Kong Derby. “Hong Kongers greatly revere this race which annually sees top quality horses compete for this esteemed award,” noted Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges, chief executive of the Hong Kong Jockey Club.
Luca Riva’s book The Disability of Renaissance Culture: An Essay on the Art of Not Being Seen was honored with first prize for Best Research by The Society, for being “an impressive study that offers new perspectives on an often neglected area of early modern Italian renaissance culture.” Riva used art historical methods combined with legal approaches to bring fresh perspectives onto an important yet still underrecognized phenomenon.
Sammy Heung took third place for his series of five articles covering key figures in Hong Kong’s science field, earning him third place for Best Science News Reporting award from The Post’s editor-in-chief Tammy Tam. Tam praised them as they are “outstanding work” that are the pride of our city community.
At this year’s Yidan Prize for Global Education Development competition, the prize pool is more generous than ever before: its winner will take home over $30 Million (around $3.8 Million). Mark Jordans and Luke Stannard of War Child Alliance were honored with this year’s Yidan Prize, for helping pupils in conflict zones to catch up with learning through tailored games tailored specifically for them. “Through their innovative use of technology they are reshaping the future of education,” John Lee Ka-chiu, Chief Executive of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region said.
Beyond receiving monetary awards, the laureates will also have an opportunity to present their ideas about education development’s impact and creating an equal and fair society. A panel of judges consisting of specialists in fields including philanthropy, social welfare and education selected the winners.
Abraham Ancer proved this week that being successful in the LIV Golf League can pay dividends. After winning both tournaments on this year’s circuit – Fanling Golf Club Open and 2024 LINK Hong Kong Open -, Ancer earned himself $4 Million prize money payout at Hong Kong Golf Club’s Fanling Course on Fanling Road, beating Paul Casey (1.875 Million), Cameron Smith (1 Million), Joaquin Niemann tied for fourth ($900,000. Click here for full results.