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香港报业公会主席 甘焕腾先生献辞 去年，全球金融海啸对世界经济影响仍未消退，报业经营面对悲喜交集：悲是年初业界经历严峻的经营困难，令到部分报纸要瘦身节流，以度难关；喜的是整体经济形势於下半年度有所改善，各行各业不同程度回复活力，报纸同业亦克服了困难呈现生机，维持一贯的专业水准，证明香港报业具有灵活应变的适应能力。祝愿同业在新的一年有更大的发展。 我们表彰零九年度香港最佳新闻奖获选作品，以鼓励新闻从业员克尽职守，努力进取，不断提高专业水平，继续为社会大众提供优质的资讯，进一步提升报业的影响力，推动社会进步。本届新闻奖获奖作品内容丰富，涉及面广，反映业界水平提高。较为突出的是显现人本关怀的主题作品占有相当份量，表现新闻记者关怀社会，与大众息息相关，有利警醒执政者关注民生和公平和谐社会的建立。 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 Keith Kam
As the aftermath of the financial tsunami continued to impact the global economy, the newspaper industry faced a complex operating environment in 2009 in which grief and joy intermingled. In the first half of the year, the industry encountered grave difficulties that forced some newspapers to downsize their operations to get through a very stressful period. In the second half, the economy began to show signs of improvement. As different business sectors recovered their vitality to varying degrees, newspapers were able to breathe a sigh of relief. Coming out of the recession, they have continued to uphold their consistently high professional standards, confirming their agile ability to adapt to changing circumstances. I sincerely hope that members of the industry will make great strides this year. We recognize the winning entries of the Hong Kong News Awards 2009 with a view to encouraging our journalists to uphold their professional responsibilities, strive for excellence, provide the public with quality information, enhance the social influence of the newspaper industry and propel social progress. The contents and scope of this year's entries are rich and broad. They show that the industry's standards are getting higher and higher. It is significant to note that the themes of many entries are about human caring. They are a reflection of our journalists' concern for the less privileged members of the community. Their works are conducive to reminding the authorities to pay heed to people's livelihood, social justice and establishing a harmonious society. On behalf of The Newspaper Society of Hong Kong, I would like to express our gratitude to the judges for their hard work in making the Hong Kong News Awards a success. My sincere thanks to all the sponsors, newspapers and participants. My heart felt congratulations to all the award winners.
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