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Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying and Sing Tao News Corporation chairman Charles Ho welcome guests at the prestigious event.
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Launched in 1994 by Sing Tao News Corporation Limited, the Leader of the Year Awards entered its 23rd year in 2016.
The presentation ceremony was held on 16th March, 2017, honoring distinguished Leader of the Year winners from four categories: the vice-chairman and chief executive of Hang Seng Bank, Rose Lee Wai-mun, from the Commerce & Industry / Finance category; Jasper Tsang Yok-sing, convener of Hong Kong Vision Project from the community/ public affairs/ environment and conservation category; Professor Zhang Mingjie, Kerry Holdings Professor of Science Division of Life Science, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, from the education/ professions/ technology and innovation category; and the Hong Kong Rope Skipping Associations, China from sports/ culture/ performing arts category.
The awards recognized the achievements of the winners who have made outstanding contributions toward Hong Kong’s success and prosperity, linking it to the Greater China and international community.
The prize ceremony of 2016 Leader of the Year was held at the Grand Ballroom of the Grand Hyatt Hong Kong. Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying and the chairman of the Sing Tao News Corporation Limited, Ho Chu-kwok, held the opening ceremony. Ho thanked Leung and industry leaders for attending the ceremony in his opening speech.
Many celebrities and public figures attended the ceremony.
Prize presenters were Ceajer Chan Ka-keung, the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury; Lau Kong-wah, the Secretary for Home Affairs; Lam Woon-kwong, the convener of the Executive Council; and Professor Lap-Chee Tsui, the founding president of the Academy of Sciences of Hong Kong.
Many government officials and public figures from the commerce, education and entertainment sectors attended the ceremony and witnessed the birth of the leaders of the year.
Guests included the Financial Secretary, Paul Chan Mo-po; the Secretary for Justice, Rimsky Yuen Kwok-keung; the Secretary for Security, Lai Tung-kwok; the Secretary for Food and Health, Ko Wing-man; Commissioner of Police Stephen Lo Wai-chung; and the Director of Immigration, Erick Tsang Kwok-wai.
All members of the panel of judges are community leaders.
The chairman of the panel is Sir Chung-kong Chow, the chairman of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited.
The judges include the Permanent Honorary President of the Chinese Manufacturers’ Association of Hong Kong, Chan Wing-kee; the Managing Director of Hang Lung Properties Limited, Philip Chen Nan-lok; the president of Youth Global Network, Choi Yuen-wan; the president of the Legislative Council, Andrew Leung Kwan-yuen; Emeritus Professor of Surgery of the Chinese University of Hong Kong Professor Arthur Li Kwok-cheung; the chairperson of the Bauhinia Foundation Research Centre, Dr Donald Li; and the founding president of the Academy of Sciences of Hong Kong, Professor Tsui Lap-chee.
The Leader of the Year Award has acknowledged more than 100 outstanding leaders over the years for contributing to the development of Hong Kong as well as for setting examples to the next generations and inspiring them to advance themselves and society.
Banking on a shopkeeper
Rose Lee receives her award from Ceajer Chan. |
Finding the right balance
Jasper Tsang receives his award from Lam Woon-Kwong. |
Do not fear failure
Zhang Mingjie receives his award from Tsui Lap-chee. |
Skipping to the top
Amy Ha receives the award from Lau Kong-wah. |
Commerce & Industry / Finance category – Rose Lee Wai-mun
The vice-chairman and chief executive of Hang Seng Bank, Rose Lee Wai-mun, was born and raised in Hong Kong. She has worked in the banking industry for several decades.
Being fond of Chinese culture, she started focusing on developing business in mainland China and Hong Kong in the 1980s. Serving as the leader of the bank, Lee said she did not expect to receive the award and modestly described herself as "a shopkeeper and a working-class person."
As a helmsman of the bank leading more than 10,000 staff, Lee thinks the outstanding leader should be visionary, responsible and be able to cohere with the team to build trust among teammates.
As a female leader, she thinks the greatest pressure is to balance family and work. Lee thanked her husband for his support over years, and said a tough personality and the ability to withstand pressure on women are the keys to being a leader.
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Community/ Public affairs/ Environment and Conservation category – Jasper Tsang Yok-sing
The convener of Hong Kong Vision Project, Jasper Tsang Yok-sing initially worked in education and he later founded the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong.
Then he was the president of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong for eight years. While Tsang was handling affairs in Legco, he did not treat people who are close and distant differently. Instead, the more he is not on the same line with someone, the more he communicates and cooperates with him.
Nowadays, the polarized opinions in society lead to great tensions in the community. Tsang said outstanding political leaders should be visionary and able to balance opinions from different stakeholders to reach consensus in conflicting relationships.
He encourages young people to equip themselves with a good foundation of knowledge and build a clear and determined political stance in order to convince others.
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Education/ professions/ technology and innovation category – Professor Zhang Mingjie
The Kerry Holdings Professor of Science Division of Life Science, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, has long been focusing on investigating the brain’s nervous system and the growth of the brain.
His research findings have brought good news for those who suffered from congenital deafness and autism.
He has also dedicated himself in the education field for years, nurturing excellent scientists in the next generation.
His students now exert themselves in scientific research all over the world. Zhang said he did not expect the prize and he felt encouraged by it being awarded to him.
He thinks Hong Kong is a good place for nurturing talent for scientific research. He also encourages young people who would like to work in the scientific field to stay curious and not to fear failure.
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Sports/ culture/ performing arts category – Hong Kong Rope Skipping Associations
Nurtured by the Hong Kong Rope Skipping Association, China, the Hong Kong Rope Skipping delegation has joined competitions since 2004.
In more than 10 years, it has made extraordinary achievements and has been awarded with many prizes, especially that of the Sweden Open Tournament of World Rope Skipping Championships 2016. In the competition, the delegation won 79 medals, including 27 gold medals. It also broke several world records at the same time.
The founder of the association, Professor Amy Ha Sau-ching, felt encouraged by the awards. She said rope skipping can train creativity and generosity, and it is suitable to start training athletes when they are young.
This is a sport that can both nurture elites and be promoted widely to the public at the same time.
In future, the association will continue to lead young people to "jump to the world rope skipping stage."
The association also hopes the government will provide more support and assistance to rope skipping.
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