Hong Kong Science Museum Launches Shaw Prize 2025 Exhibition Showcasing Distinguished Scientists and Their Contributions.

Hong Kong Science Museum's "The Shaw Prize 2025 Exhibition" showcases laureates' achievements in scientific research

The Hong Kong Science Museum will launch "The Shaw Prize 2025 Exhibition" tomorrow (October 17) at the museum's main lobby on 1/F to introduce the Shaw Laureates this year and their outstanding contributions. The exhibition also presents related science knowledge with interactive panels, guiding the public to explore the research journey of these distinguished scientists. The exhibition will run until December 17. Admission is free.

Established in 2002, the Shaw Prize consists of three annual awards, namely the Prize in Astronomy, the Prize in Life Science and Medicine and the Prize in Mathematical Sciences.

The Shaw Prize in Astronomy 2025 is awarded in equal shares to two scholars, John Richard Bond, Professor of the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics and University Professor at the University of Toronto, Canada, and George Efstathiou, Emeritus Professor of Astrophysics (1909) at the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, for their pioneering research in cosmology, in particular for their studies of fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background. Their predictions have been verified by an armada of ground-, balloon- and space-based instruments, leading to precise determinations of the age, geometry, and mass-energy content of the universe.

The Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine 2025 is awarded to Wolfgang Baumeister, Director Emeritus and Scientific Member of the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Germany and Distinguished Adjunct Professor at ShanghaiTech University, People's Republic of China, for his pioneering development and use of cryogenic-electron tomography (cryo-ET), an imaging technique that enables three-dimensional visualisation of biological samples, including proteins, macromolecular complexes, and cellular compartments as they exist in their natural cellular settings.

The Shaw Prize in Mathematical Sciences 2025 is awarded to Kenji Fukaya, Professor at the Beijing Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Applications and the Yau Mathematical Sciences Center, Tsinghua University, People's Republic of China, for his pioneering work on symplectic geometry, especially for envisioning the existence of a category - nowadays called the Fukaya category - consisting of Lagrangians on a symplectic manifold.

"The Shaw Prize 2025 Exhibition" is jointly presented by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department and The Shaw Prize Foundation and is jointly organised by the Hong Kong Science Museum, the Hong Kong Space Museum, the Education Bureau and the Hong Kong Education City. For details of the exhibition and activities, please visit hk.science.museum/en/web/scm/exhibition/shawprize.html.

Hong Kong Science Museum's "The Shaw Prize 2025 Exhibition" showcases laureates' achievements in scientific research Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases

Hong Kong Science Museum's "The Shaw Prize 2025 Exhibition" showcases laureates' achievements in scientific research Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases

Hong Kong Science Museum's "The Shaw Prize 2025 Exhibition" showcases laureates' achievements in scientific research Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases

Man convicted and jailed for dealing with duty-not-paid cigarettes and possessing alternative smoking products for sale

A man was sentenced to 13 months' imprisonment by the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts on January 14 for dealing with duty-not-paid cigarettes and possessing alternative smoking products for sale, in contravention of the Dutiable Commodities Ordinance (DCO) and the Smoking (Public Health) Ordinance.

During an anti-illicit cigarette operation conducted in a commercial building in Tsuen Wan on October 20, 2025, Customs officers intercepted a 40-year-old man who claimed to be a warehouse assistant for inspection and seized a total of about 980 000 illicit cigarettes and 620 000 alternative smoking products from his trolley and a unit inside the building. The total estimated market value was about $6.3 million, and the duty potential of the illicit cigarettes was about $3.2 million.

Customs welcomes the sentences. The custodial sentence has imposed a considerable deterrent effect and reflects the seriousness of the offences.

Customs reminds members of the public that under the DCO, anyone involved in dealing with, possession of, selling or buying illicit cigarettes commits an offence. The maximum penalty upon conviction is a fine of $2 million and imprisonment for seven years.

Moreover, under the Smoking (Public Health) Ordinance, no person may promote, manufacture, sell, or possess for commercial purposes alternative smoking products. An offender is liable to a fine of $50,000 and imprisonment for six months.

Members of the public may report any suspected illicit cigarette activities to Customs' 24-hour hotline 182 8080 or its dedicated crime-reporting email account (crimereport@customs.gov.hk) or online form (eform.cefs.gov.hk/form/ced002).

Man convicted and jailed for dealing with duty-not-paid cigarettes and possessing alternative smoking products for sale Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases