The ICAS HKS Book Prize and the BOCHK Science and Technology Innovation Prize
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The ICAS Hong Kong Studies Book Prize is a biennial award for the best book published in English on global Hong Kong studies by an individual or team of authors. It is part of the ICAS Book Prize family, which also includes the ICAS Hong Kong Essay Prize and the ICAS Hong Kong Book Lecture.
Winners will receive an engraved gold medal and cash award of HK$10,000, plus an invitation to present their research at the 2024 IPHS conference in Hong Kong. The submission deadline is 31 August 2024.
The BOCHK Science and Technology Innovation Prize is a merit-based award established in 2022, funded by the Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited. It aims to encourage scientific research and development, and the transfer of technological achievements. The prize has been expanded this year to include universities and industry-education-research bases and institutes set up by Hong Kong higher education institutions, located in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
US lawmakers including Republican Senator Marco Rubio have nominated Joshua Wong and members of Hong Kong’s umbrella protest movement for the Nobel peace prize in recognition of their non-violent quest for democracy. The bipartisan group wrote in a letter to the Nobel committee that activists like Wong exemplify “the peaceful aspirations of people around the world who yearn to see their autonomies and ways of life protected and their democratic aspirations fulfilled”.
A spokesman for the group said that Wong’s “civic courage and extraordinary leadership are exemplary of the many acts of conscience and defiance by individuals around the globe in response to the growing assault on fundamental freedoms”.
Three workers at a philanthropic agency have won a HK$30 million (US$3.8 million) prize from a Mainland e-commerce giant to help millions of children in war-torn countries catch up with their studies through tailored games. The workers of the War Child Alliance – Mark Jordans, Luke Stannard and Chen Yidan – plan to use tailor-made mobile games to help pupils in Syria, Central African Republic, Iraq and other conflict areas improve their health, education and emotional well-being.
A study on the use of mobile gaming to promote a healthy lifestyle has found that students who spend more time playing mobile games have lower blood pressure and better heart rhythms. The study, published in the journal PLOS ONE, was conducted by researchers from Hong Kong Polytechnic University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
The ICAS Hong Kong Essay Prize is open to all Fellows of the Institute who are actively engaged in researching any aspect of the Hong Kong experience from an interdisciplinary perspective and publish their work in high quality journals. The winning essay will be selected by an international panel of experts on the basis of originality, relevance and scholarly contribution. It will be accompanied by a written statement from the author, as well as a brief biography and list of previous publications. The award will be announced at the 2024 ICAS Hong Kong Conference.