SCMP wins gold and silver in Hang Seng University’s 6th Business Journalism Awards
- Deputy Business Editor Peggy Sito won gold for her December 2021 feature story about a significant reform in China’s national pricing scheme for pharmaceuticals
- Senior correspondents Chad Bray, Georgina Lee and Enoch Yiu won silver with their November 2021 feature about the progress in Hong Kong’s fintech industry
South China Morning Post won gold and silver in the Best Business News Reporting category of the 6th Business Journalism Awards organised by the Hang Seng University of Hong Kong’s School of Communications.
Ming Pao’s Chan Wai-yan shared silver with a November 2021 story about subsidies granted to the Baptist University’s kindergarten. Now TV and HK01 received the gold and silver awards respectively in the video and audio sections of the award category.
“As the country’s financial, logistics and trade centre, Hong Kong’s markets and industries owe their vigorous development to the positive power of business journalism,” Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po said in a statement announcing the awards. “By exploring new changes and opportunities, addressing weaknesses, or heralding risks, quality business reporting pushes the development of the economy and the markets.”