Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu on Friday encouraged local media professionals to serve as dynamic voices, telling the good stories of both the country and the city.
Lee made the remarks at a gala dinner celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Hong Kong Federation of Journalists (HKFJ). Nearly 1,000 guests attended the event.
Commending the federation's longstanding contributions over the past three decades, Lee urged journalists to pursue moral cultivation, enhance their abilities, and proactively leverage expertise to tell good stories of Hong Kong and the nation.
"I hope our journalists will leverage technology and new communication channels through diverse and vivid reporting to foster a deep sense of national pride among the public, making our shared home of Hong Kong more united and harmonious," Lee said.
The ceremony also presented winners of awards that honored outstanding journalism in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area in 2024 and 2025.
In Hong Kong, the contest received over 200 entries across 15 categories, including commentary, feature series, photojournalism and documentaries.
Ninety-one works were recognized, comprising five winners, 20 runner-up prizes, 26 second runners-up, and 40 finalist winners.
The contest is jointly hosted by the All-China Journalists' Association, the HKFJ, and other journalists' associations of Guangdong province and Macao.
Also attending the event were Sun Shangwu, deputy director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong SAR; Cui Shixin, executive vice-president of the All-China Journalists Association; Hua You, deputy commissioner of China's Foreign Ministry office in the Hong Kong SAR; and Zhang Jianfeng, deputy director of the Office for Safeguarding National Security of the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China in the Hong Kong SAR.
Founded in 1996, the HKFJ currently boasts nearly 2,000 members spanning more than 30 print, broadcast and new media outlets, as well as tertiary institutions and corporate communications sectors.
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