Post wins gold with property and Greater Bay Area reporting at Hang Seng University’s 8th Business Journalism Awards
- The Post’s veteran Enoch Yiu won gold in the category of Best Greater Bay Area Business News Reporting with her August 12 feature about the Wealth Connect plan
- Real estate writer Ao Yulu and her colleague Chad Bray received gold in Best Property Market News Reporting for their analysis about Country Garden’s debt woes
Reporters of the South China Morning Post won gold in two award categories at the Hang Seng University of Hong Kong (HSUHK)’s 8th Business Journalism Awards.
“The awarded articles reflect Hong Kong’s business environment and trend, as they are not only reviewed by judges with media experience but also professionals from the business and finance sectors,” said Professor Scarlet Tso, the dean of the School of Communications at the HSUHK, which administers the annual awards.
More than 500 nominations were received for the awards’ nine categories, according to Tso.
“The quality of business journalism has improved,” since the awards progressed into their eighth year, said Moses Cheng Mo-chi, the chairman of the Council of the Hang Seng University of Hong Kong.
This year’s nominees were mostly “recovery stories” about “how different businesses and industries are bouncing back from the pandemic,” he said. “As usual, Hong Kong always bounces back after a tough period.”
“It is important for news media to seek truth,” said FWD Group chairman Fred Ma Si-hang, the officiate guest of the awards ceremony. As an example, Ma pointed out that he and Professor Heiwai Tang, a professor at the University of Hong Kong Business School, recently submitted an article highlighting the seven strengths that will keep the city’s economy going to an English newspaper and a Chinese newspaper.
“I was not in Hong Kong at the time, and a reporter from an English newspaper kept asking questions to Professor Tang to confirm whether the sources of the information cited in the article were correct. They are very serious,” said Ma, highlighting the professionalism of the media organisation.
“The article was published as what we cited, the information, is correct,” he told the audience.
