Critic's Prize

A war of words fuelled by critics, critiques

4 Mar 2013

A new war of words sparked by Hong Kong-mainland tensions was waged last week over a piece of writing. The first Arts Development Council Critic's Prize went to Jia Xuanning, a 24-year-old working...

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Award winner 'wanted to see Hong Kong film improve'

2 Mar 2013

The recipient of a controversial critic's award says her purpose in writing the winning review was to push for an improvement in Hong Kong film. But Jia Xuanning, 24, a journalist with pro-Beijing...

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No conflict of interest, say contest judges

1 Mar 2013

Two judges in the Critic's Prize competition have rejected allegations that there was a conflict of interest when they awarded the prize to a journalist who wrote a controversial article.

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Arts prize winner works with judge

28 Feb 2013

The Arts Development Council (ADC) defended its first ever Critic's Prize yesterday after the winner of the HK$50,000 award turned out to have connections with at least two of the six judges.

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