South China Morning Post takes top honours at Hong Kong News Awards

The Post swept the Best English News Writing category, bagging all three prizes. Chief reporter Niall Fraser won top prize for his article, “Licensed to make a ­killing”, about the mysterious ­circumstances surrounding the suicide of Macau’s customs ­service head Lai Man Wai.

Mai Jun and Li Jing from the China desk won first and second runner-up awards respectively. Mai’s winning article was “The lingering nostalgia for the Cultural Revolution” and Li’s was “Life is far from normal for returnees”.

Also from the China desk, deputy China editor Zhou Xin won the first runner-up prize for Best English Business News Writing for his story on China’s “zombie” steel industry. While Beijing bureau chief Jane Cai won second runner-up for her article “Cracks in the concrete” about the economic struggles of Yixing.

First prize for Best English Headline went to senior editor David Moore with “Guangdong police break silence to say nothing.”