A former chairman of Hong Kong’s Hospital Authority, a media mogul and a enterprise chief have been awarded town’s highest honour this 12 months, whereas Olympic gold medal fencer Vivian Kong Man-wai was additionally recognised for her sporting achievements.
Two Hongkongers who helped save residents from a lethal hearth have been additionally among the many 427 people recognised on the 2025 Honours Checklist on Tuesday for his or her contributions to society.
Additionally honoured have been a Hong Kong rescue crew that had been deployed to Myanmar after a devastating quake earlier this 12 months, and town’s justice minister and 9 officers for his or her contributions to safeguarding nationwide safety.
The highest-tier Grand Bauhinia Medal was awarded to former Hospital Authority chairman John Leong Chi-yan, Charles Yeung Chun-kam, honorary lifetime chairman of town’s Chinese language Normal Chamber of Commerce, and Hong Kong Financial Occasions founder Lawrence Fung Siu-por.
The federal government highlighted Leong’s 50-year profession spanning instructing, tutorial analysis and administration as a part of his “lifelong and sterling contributions” to Hong Kong.
Yeung, in the meantime, was recognised for selling financial collaboration between Hong Kong and mainland China, in addition to for his contributions to philanthropic causes.
“[Yeung] is dedicated to selling financial collaboration between Hong Kong and the mainland, bringing collectively the enterprise neighborhood and offering helpful expertise for enterprises in Hong Kong to develop into the mainland market, thereby making essential contributions to the financial growth of Hong Kong,” the federal government stated.
