香港报业公会主席
甘焕腾先生献辞

　　2010年，本港发生了许多牵动人心的大事，如土瓜湾塌楼、港人菲律宾旅行团被枪手劫持酿成八死七伤惨剧、外来资金涌港推高通胀和楼价、市民贫富差距扩大引起社会关注等等，都成为了新闻传媒报道的题材，部分优秀作品更被评为全年度的最佳新闻。记者在采访这些重大新闻的过程中，克服了巨大困难，体现了传媒的专业精神。报业公会每年举办「香港最佳新闻奖」的目的之一，就是鼓励记者发挥这种工作态度和精神，为广大读者提供全面、快速、准确的资讯，以应对世界的变化。

　　近年，报业遇到前所未有的挑战，包括所谓报纸消亡论。但是，我们从本地报章的发展中感受到，它们仍然受到读者的欢迎，香港报业仍然充满活力。「香港最佳新闻奖」另一个主要目的，是提高报业整体水平，为市民大众提供更多好新闻。近期，国际间风起云涌，大事不断，这将为新闻同业带来一展身手的机会。我期待今年将有更多有价值的新闻作品面世，得奖作品有新的亮点。

　　在此，我代表报业公会感谢为「香港最佳新闻奖」评选付出辛劳的评审委员。

　　感谢支持「香港最佳新闻奖」活动的赞助机构。

　　感谢同业的支持和参与。

Keith Kam
Chairman
Message from Chairman of The Newspaper Society of Hong Kong

　　In 2010, Hong Kong people witnessed many momentous events that captivated their hearts and minds. Among them were the collapse of several residential buildings in Tokwawan, hijacking of a Hong Kong tour group by a gunman in Manila that led to eight deaths and seven injuries, surging inflation and property prices caused by an influx of foreign capital, and growing concern over a widening wealth gap between the poor and the rich. All these have become the foci of the media and some of their reports are among the entries for this year’s Hong Kong News Awards. In reporting some of these issues, journalists demonstrated their professionalism by having to overcome major difficulties. One of the objectives of The Newspaper Society of Hong Kong in organizing the news awards every year is to encourage our journalists to uphold their work ethic in providing our readers with comprehensive, prompt and accurate information to cope with changes in the global environment.

　　In recent years, the newspaper industry faces unprecedented challenges, including the possible demise of newspapers. However, we can tell from the development of the Hong Kong press that it is still full of vigour and our newspapers remain popular among our readers. Another objective of the Hong Kong News Awards is to raise the overall standards of the newspaper industry with a view to delivering better quality news reports to the public. Lately, the global environment has experienced turbulent changes, which have imposed greater demands on the skills of our journalists in reporting and analyzing related developments. This year, I look forward to seeing invaluable works of journalism and winning entries that break new grounds.

　　I would like to express my gratitude to the judges of Hong Kong News Awards for their hard work in assessing the entries.

　　My heart felt thanks also go to the sponsors of the awards for their patronage, and colleagues in the newspaper industry for their support and participation.