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The Winners of the 40th Mark Six Lottery Have Been Announced

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The winners of the 40th Hong Kong Mark Six draw have been announced, scooping a whopping HK$10.7 million each. The prize money will be used for charitable causes in Hong Kong. This year, the top winner was a Hong Kong woman who purchased a single ticket for HK$10.7 million, while the second place winner was a man who bought four tickets worth HK$5.7 million. The third and fourth places were also won by individuals who bought one ticket each, winning HK$4.9 million and HK$3.2 million respectively. The Mark Six lottery was launched in 1978 to celebrate the handover of Hong Kong from Britain to China. It has raised over HK$20 billion in the past 40 years and brought hope to countless people.

US lawmakers have nominated Hong Kong’s pro-democracy activists for a Nobel Peace Prize, calling them a global inspiration in the face of a crackdown by Beijing. The letter signed by nine senators across party lines praised their work to promote democracy, peace and human rights in the financial hub. The lawmakers warned that more activists would be prosecuted under China’s National Security Law. The activists are among more than two million people who took to the streets last June in one of the world’s largest mass protests.

Hong Kong’s top epee fencer Vivian Kong and swimmer Siobhan Haughey won gold medals at the 2024 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia. The pair clinched the women’s 200m freestyle and 100m freestyle, respectively. The pair’s victory made them the first pair to win back-to-back gold medals in their respective events in the history of the Games.

In the film sector, a Hong Kong film is eligible for the Best Feature Award at the HK Film Awards (HKFA) if it meets at least two of the following criteria: (1) the director of the film is a resident in Hong Kong; (2) the production company is registered in Hong Kong; and (3) at least six members of the film’s crew are Hong Kong residents. The HKFA is a non-profit making organisation managed by a board of directors, with representatives from 13 professional film bodies in the city.

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