The results of the 4th Business Journalism Awards (the BJ Awards) of HSUHK were announced on 4 May 2020. Mr Paul Chan, Financial Secretary of the HKSAR Government, was invited to deliver a message in
a video to congratulate the journalists whose entries were well-deserving of these awards. “We are witnessing a crucial historical turning point. It is an extremely challenging yet invaluable experience for reporters, especially for the economic and business reporters.” Mr Chan said.

President Simon S M Ho expressed his wishes that the BJ Awards would be an occasion to encourage business journalists to explore innovative topics for high-quality business coverage to provide useful references for local socio-economic development. He believes that The School of Communication will uphold the spirit of ‘To Sustain and Inspire; Be Liberal and Professional’, the theme for the 40th Anniversary of the Founding of HSUHK, to equip students to be firm pillars of the future media industry and contribute to the community with more far-reaching impacts.

Professor Scarlet Tso, Associate Vice-President (Communications and Public Affairs) and Dean of School of Communication, said the awarded entries were remarkable and had shown the public examples of professional, high-quality and inspiring business news coverage. She looked forward to the continuous support of the BJ Awards from different sectors of the community, and hoped that the BJ Awards would help drive developments in the media and education industries.

This year’s BJ Awards has 9 award categories, covering various areas in business and financial journalism. Seventy judges from different sectors reviewed over 500 submissions from nearly 300 participating journalists. The final awarded entries were selected according to the value, impact, quality, presentation skills, analytical skills and visual presentation of the coverage.