Grand Bauhinia Medal
| Grand Bauhinia Medal 大紫荊勳章 | |
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 Image of the medal | |
| Awarded for | lifelong and highly significant contribution to the well-being of Hong Kong[1] |
| Presented by |  Hong Kong |
| Post-nominals | GBM |
| Established | 1997 |
| First awarded | 1997 |
| Precedence | |
| Next (lower) | Gold Bauhinia Star |
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| Traditional Chinese | 大紫荊勳章 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 大紫荆勋章 | ||||||||||
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The Grand Bauhinia Medal (Chinese: 大紫荊勳章) is the highest award under the Hong Kong honours and awards system; it is to recognise the selected person's lifelong and highly significant contribution to the well-being of Hong Kong. The awardee is entitled to the postnominal letters GBM and the style The Honourable. The award was created in 1997 to replace the British honours system, following the transfer of sovereignty to the People's Republic of China and the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.[2] The list was empty because no one was awarded from 2003 to 2004. Bauhinia, Bauhinia blakeana, is the floral emblem of Hong Kong.
List of recipients
1997
- Ann Tse-kai
- Lee Quo-wei
- Simon Li
- Elsie Tu
- Cha Chi Ming
- Tsui Sze-man
- Chuang Shih-ping
- Wong Ker-lee
- Tsang Hin-chi
- Henry Fok
- Chung Sze-yuen
- Lo Tak-shing
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2005
2006
2007
- Rita Fan
Rafael Hui(Revoked in 2018[3])- David Li
- Lee Shau-kee
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
- Matthew Cheung
- Paul Chan Mo-po
- Rimsky Yuen
- Laura Cha
- Arthur Li
- Fanny Law
- Ip Kwok-him
- Vincent Lo
- Henry Cheng
- Tai Tak-fung
- Jack So
- Ronnie Chan
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
See also
References
- ^ Megan C. Robertson (17 February 2003). "Hong Kong: Grand Bauhinia Medal". Medals of the World. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
- ^ Protocol Division Government Secretariat. "General Awards". Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Archived from the original on 8 February 2012. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
- ^ "Removal of Honours" (PDF). Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Gazette. 22 (9). 2 March 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2018.