Investor and Financial Education Award 2024

The IFEA 2024 awardees were reviewed and selected unanimously by the respective Assessment Committees, comprising of government representatives, IFEC Board members and industry experts.

Assessment Committee Members

(In alphabetical order of last name)

IFEA (Corporate)

IFEA (Public/Professional Body and NGO)

IFEA (Teaching)

List of awardees

IFEA (Corporate)

Gold Award

Organisation: Manulife (International) Limited; and Share for Good Foundation Limited
Project: "Future Mumpowered" Employment Support and Financial Education Programme
Description: The cross-sectoral initiative offers household finance management training for women, pre-employment training and job matching, empowering them to enhance retirement protection and their social engagement skills to better equip them to enter the workforce.  

 

Silver Award
Organisation: Hang Seng Bank Limited
Project: Hang Seng Financial Literacy Academy
Description: The project promotes healthy financial habits and collaborative family budgeting to primary and secondary students and their parents, and increase their awareness of cybersecurity and electronic payments.  

 

Bronze Award
Organisation: Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited
Project: TrendyToo FIN-iversity
Description: The project includes engaging campus activities and a series of short Instagram Reels that introduce basic stock trading concepts and financial management to university students.

Organisation: PT. Bank Negara Indonesia (Persero) Tbk, Hong Kong Branch
Project: Financial Planning Education for Indonesia Diaspora in Hong Kong
Description: Educational activities on financial planning for Indonesian domestic workers in Hong Kong, covering topics such as fraud prevention and the use of digital banking services.

 

Investor and Financial Education Award (in alphabetical order of organisation names)
Organisations Projects
AEON Credit Service (Asia) Co., Ltd. Financial Education On!
Citi Fraud Prevention Campaign
HKMC Annuity Limited Positive Ageing
Prudential Hong Kong Limited Money Mastery 2024
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited Empowering Financial Literacy & Anti-Fraud Education for Everyone
TransUnion Credit Information Services Limited Fraud Chat Check

 

IFEA (Public/Professional Body and NGO)

Gold Award

Organisation: Hong Kong Family Welfare Society Financial Education Centre
Project: “Empowering Your Life’s Second Half” Financial Education Project
Description: The project aims to provide accessible financial education to elderly, facilitated by university students, to foster intergenerational understanding and enhance financial literacy.

 

Silver Award
Organisation: The Boys’ & Girls’ Clubs Association of Hong Kong
Project: HSBC Young Financial Planners Programme
Description: The programme is designed to equip teenagers with essential financial management skills with three key themes: personal financial cultivation, family financial responsibilities and planning, and societal financial management.

 

Bronze Award
Organisation: Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Project: Rich Kid, Poor Kid Programme Enhancement Scheme
Description: The project provides a new “Financial Education Teaching Manual” with train-the-trainer sessions for primary school teachers, in addition to financial management workshops for secondary school students.

Organisation: Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Healthy Budgeting Family Debt Counselling Centre
Project: Planning a Brighter Future Life Planning Program
Description: In partnership with the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority, the project inspires secondary school students to set their life goals while promoting a healthy and positive financial management through the “situational learning” approach.

 

Investor and Financial Education Award (in alphabetical order of organisation names)
Organisations Projects
CFA Society Hong Kong Investor Education Webinar – Opportunities and Risks Brought to Investors by the Rise of Finfluencers
Department of Japanese Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Women’s Empowerment through Financial Literacy Ambassador Programme
Happy-Retired Company Limited Financial Planning Workshops for Retirement
The Hong Kong Retirement Schemes Association Retirement Beyond Dollars and Cents
The Society of Rehabilitation and Crime Prevention, Hong Kong CASH – Youth Financial Smart Planning Interactive Space
Young Financial Planners Association YFPA Financial Education Day

 

IFEA (Teaching) – School Division

Gold Award

School: Tai Po Old Market Public School (Plover Cove)
Project: School-Based Cross-Curricular Financial Education Programme
Description: The school integrates financial literacy into its school-based curriculum, aligning with the "Primary Education Curriculum Guide” while creating innovative and practical financial education content for whole school.

 

Silver Award
School: CNEC Lau Wing Sang Secondary School
Project: Biblical Financial Code - Experiential Learning
Description: The school's original lesson plan, Biblical Financial Code, integrates financial education and values education into the S5 Bible class. S5 students applied their knowledge by creating simulation activities for S1 and S2 students.

 

Bronze Award
School: Tseung Kwan O Government Primary School
Project: Reading across the curriculum in financial education
Description: The project integrates financial education into the curriculum and provides students with financial literacy books to reinforce their learnings, enabling them to apply financial concepts in everyday life.

 

Investor and Financial Education Award (in alphabetical order of school names)
Schools Projects
Hong Kong Metropolitan University Campus Outreach
Yan Chai Hospital Choi Hin To Primary School 理財「智」叻星

 

IFEA (Teaching) – Teacher Division

Gold Award

Teachers and their school: St. Paul's Convent School (Secondary Section)
Mr Chen Kam Leung Adrian; Mr Yam Tze Kay
Project: School-Based Young Investor Program
Description: The programme is a school-based initiative that aims to improve the financial well-being and literacy of students, equipping them with skills for future challenges. It helps students to develop interests in finance entrepreneurship, financial literacy and financial-technology.

 

Silver Award
Teachers and their school: Hong Kong Baptist University
Dr. Archimedes David Guerra
Project: Financial Literacy for Students, by Students
Description: The project leveraged community and student partnerships to design and deliver financial literacy activities for university students through an experiential learning course.

 

Bronze Award
Teachers and their school: The Education University of Hong Kong
Dr. Tan Weiqiang; Prof. Yu Wai Mui Christina; Dr. Law Kim Fai Eric;
Dr. Lee Kwok Wai Ray
Project: On-Campus Project of "Training the Trainer" to enhance the Financial Well-being of the Hong Kong Society
Description: The project aimed to equip student educators with financial knowledge and pedagogical skills, and to allow them to create educational materials and financial education activities on campus and in the community.

 

Investor and Financial Education Award (in alphabetical order of school names)
Teachers and their schools Projects
Carmel Alison Lam Foundation Secondary School
Ms Szeto Mei Yin
健康理財・健康人生
Rhenish Church Pang Hok Ko Memorial College
Ms Tsang Mei Ting; Mr So Lok Pui; 
Ms Cheng Pik Ying, Sylvia
Financial Education @ RCC

 

 

List of eligible applicants