香港特别行政区政务司司长
唐英年

　　每年的「香港最佳新闻奖」是香港新闻界的盛事，既鼓励新闻工作者切磋砥砺，肯定他们在争分夺秒中仍力求卓越的精神，更让我们从得奖作品中回顾一年来的悲喜得失。

　　言论自由、出版自由造就香港成为亚太地区重要的新闻中心，传媒机构集聚，竞争激烈。要在这样的环境下坚守不偏不倚的原则，报道以事实为根据，评论以客观作标准，无所偏、无所畏，是公众的期许，也是新闻自由的价值所在。

　　我谨祝贺得奖的新闻从业员和新闻机构，并期望大家在今天取得的佳绩之上，力求突破，为广大读者带来更多高质素的新闻。

Henry Tang
Chief Secretary for Administration
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

　　The Hong Kong News Awards is an annual highlight for the local media community. The Awards are a mark of prestige that promotes exchanges among journalists and gives recognition to their quest for professional excellence, even under the pressure of tight deadlines. This event also affords us the pleasure of looking back over the stories of the past year's ups and downs and gains and losses through the high quality submissions and winning entries.

　　Hong Kong's commitment to freedom of speech and publication has helped to establish the city as an important media hub in the Asia-Pacific region. A broad spectrum of media entities thrive in Hong Kong and competition is fierce within the industry. Nevertheless, the public expects our journalists to uphold the strongest principles of ethical reporting by providing impartial, fact-based reports and objective commentary without fear or prejudice. These principles are intrinsic to the values of press freedom.

　　My sincere congratulations to all the winning journalists and news agencies. I know you will continue to build on your achievements by bringing more quality news coverage to the public.