Hong Kong Humanity Award

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The Hong Kong Humanity Award is co-organized by the Hong Kong Red Cross and Radio Television Hong Kong. It is the first of its kind in Hong Kong aims to give tribute to those live up to and put into practice the spirit of humanity.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

The awardees have outstanding achievement in humanitarian contribution by their voluntary act through different means, such as protecting human life, caring for the health of the vulnerable, and respecting human dignity, etc. in advancing the well-being of people in need regardless of their gender, culture, social status and background. Through the recognition of the awardees' selfless spirit and compassionate behaviour, the co-organizers sincerely hope that more people will learn about the universal value of humanity and the aspirations to equality, mutual help and peace among our community will be further enhanced.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

1 Eligibility of Candidate
2 List of Awardee (2007)
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Eligibility of Candidate

Must be a Hong Kong resident, irrespective of age, gender, race and nationality.
Must show humanitarian contribution through protecting human life, caring for the health of the vulnerable and respecting human dignity. Act should be committed one year prior to nomination.
- Substantial acts or valiant efforts to prevent and/or alleviate human suffering and vulnerability.
- The behavior must be voluntary.
- Candidate should be modeling and spreading the spirit of humanity.