The HK Prize and Other Prizes

Hk prize is a competition that offers a significant amount of money for the winners. The money is distributed among the top five finishers in each group. This is an incentive for golfers to work hard and improve their performance in the tournament. It also makes the event more competitive. The tournament’s prize money breakdown is detailed below.

This year, the HK Prize awarded its first prize to two teams: a student team from HKU and another from BU. The winning entries explored stories of Hong Kong before 1949 through a documentary film, which was screened during the prize ceremony on May 20. The students of the winning entries talked about their experience in the competition and the knowledge they gained from it. The representatives of the adjudicators offered their comments on the entries and shared their reflections on the competition.

The HK Prize is an annual award for the best article on global Hong Kong studies written by a researcher or an academic. It is sponsored by the Society for Hong Kong Studies (SHKS). The winning paper will be published in the SHKS book series on Global Hong Kong Studies, and the author of the winning article will be given a cash prize. The winner will be invited to present his or her paper at the ICAS Asia Pacific Conference on Global Hong Kong Studies in Beijing.

In addition to the HK Prize, ICAS has established an IBP for Best Article on Global Hong Kong Studies. The award celebrates the best articles in this new field of research and encourages researchers to engage with Hong Kong studies from a global perspective. The winners will be invited to join the editorial board of the journal.

During the LIV Golf Hong Kong 2025 tournament, the top 10 finishers will be rewarded with a significant amount of prize money. The winning player will receive a total of $1.5 million. This is a substantial sum of money for a professional golfer, and it will make the tournament more competitive than ever before.

Prizes for the LIV Golf Hong Kong 2025 tournament are based on a percentage of the entry fees. The top ten finishers will earn a guaranteed minimum of $250,000. This means that the tournament will be competitive, even for non-top-10 finishes.

The prize money for the Longines Hong Kong International Races has increased by 11.1 per cent to a record of HK$100 million. The Chairman’s Sprint Prize saw the highest increase, jumping by 11.1 per cent to HK$20 million. The increased prize money highlights the Jockey Club’s commitment to attracting and rewarding the world’s best horses. The Club has also increased prize money for all other Group and handicap races, with Class Two races seeing the biggest increase at 9.1 per cent. The race title sponsor Standard Chartered has additionally raised the prize money for the Marathon Challenge to support local runners. Permanent residents who complete the marathon in under 3 hours for men or under 3:30 for women will receive a special incentive award of HK$10,000.

The Sidney Prize and the Edelstein Prize

Sidney Prize is a left-leaning foundation that awards monetary prizes to journalists, writers and public figures who pursue social justice and public policy for the common good. The Foundation also maintains a grantmaking program to support academic research in the arts, humanities and social sciences. Its board of directors includes labor union leaders and celebrities, such as Danny Glover. The Foundation is funded by contributions from individuals and corporations. Its staff consists of two executive directors and six senior managers.

The Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize is a literary award administered by Overland and supported by the Malcolm Robertson Foundation. The prize was established in 2007 to honour outstanding original short fiction that is themed loosely around the notion of ‘travel’. This year’s judges, Patrick Lenton, Alice Bishop and Sara Saleh, have selected a shortlist of eight pieces, as well as two runners-up. The winning story will be published in Overland’s autumn 2024 edition, and the runners-up will be available online.

In the spirit of Professor Sidney Thomas, the prize is awarded annually for best undergraduate student paper in art history. The award is named in memory of Professor Thomas, a member of the department from 1961-1985. Originally trained in literary studies, Thomas made a significant contribution to art history scholarship in the late 20th century and edited several benchmark publications in this field. He was deeply devoted to humanistic scholarship, and he brought this perspective to the study of modern art.

The Edelstein Prize was established in 1968 through the generosity of the late Sidney Edelstein. The Prize is awarded to an exceptional book in the history of technology intended for non-specialist as well as scholarly readers. The winner is honored at the Society for History of Technology annual meeting. In addition to the Edelstein Prize, SHOT has also established the Sally Hacker Prize, the Abbot Payson Usher Prize, the Joan Cahalin Robinson Prize, the Samuel Eleazar and Rose Tartakow Levinson Prize and the Eugene S. Ferguson Prize for Outstanding Reference Works in the History of Technology.

AJL is proud to announce the winners of its 2024 Sydney Taylor Book Award. Each of the winning titles below is a highly recommended book for library and classroom use. You can learn more about the winning books and other notable titles by visiting our book award page, which features reviews from our book review editors and a list of Sydney Taylor seals that are available for purchase.

A family celebrates not one, but two new years in this beautiful celebration of Rosh Hashanah and Lunar New Year. With warm illustrations that evoke the paper cutting traditions of both cultures, this book is full of joy and light.