Grand Bauhinia Medal
The Grand Bauhinia Medal 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.
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The Grand Bauhinia Medal 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.
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The list was empty from 2003 to 2004. Bauhinia, Bauhinia blakeana, is the floral emblem of Hong Kong.
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• Name — Grand Bauhinia Medal • Awarded For — lifelong and highly significant contribution to the well-being of Hong Kong • Post Nominals — GBM • Established — 1997 • Firstawarded — 1997 • Lower — Gold Bauhinia Star
List of recipients
List of recipients
• Year of appointment — Recipient — Appointed for — Remarks • 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 — Arnaldo de Oliveira Sales • Ng Hong-mun • Run Run Shaw • Wong Po-yan • 1999 — Lee Chark-tim • Anson Chan • Yang Ti-liang • Sidney Gordon • William Purves • 2000 — Henry Litton • Charles Ching • Mo Kwan-nin • Jin Yong • Jao Tsung-I • 2001 — Harry Fang • Li Ka-shing • Yeung Kwong • 2002 — Donald Tsang • Elsie Leung • David Akers-Jones • Chang-Lin Tien • 2003 — No appointments were made • 2004 • 2005 — Lau Wong-fat • Chiang Chen • 2006 — Charles Lee • Leo Lee Tung-hai • Tung Chee-hwa • 2007 — Rita Fan • Rafael Hui — Revoked in 2018 • David Li • Lee Shau-kee • 2008 — Andrew Li • Henry Hu • Cheng Yu-tung • Chan Sui-kau • 2009 — Henry Tang • Hari Harilela • Joseph Yam • 2010 — John Tsang • Ronald Arculli • Edward Leong • Stanley Ho • Victor Fung • Tin Ka Ping • Charles K. Kao • 2011 — Leung Chun-ying • Allan Zeman • 2012 — Geoffrey Ma • Stephen Lam • Wong Yan-lung • Kemal Bokhary • Peter Woo • Lui Che-woo • 2013 — Patrick Chan • Anthony Mason • Sik Kok Kwong • Maria Tam • 2014 — Jose Yu • Charles Ho • 2015 — Jasper Tsang • Cheng Yiu-tong • Ho Sai-chu • Li Dak-sum • 2016 — Carrie Lam • Tam Yiu-chung • Chan Wing-kee • Victor Lo • Hu Fa-kuang • Moses Cheng • Lap-Chee Tsui • 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 — Robert Tang • Cheung Hok-ming • Robin Chan • Rosie Young Tse-tse • 2019 — Yu Kwok-chun • Albert Hung Chao-hong • 2020 — Andrew Leung • Bernard Charnwut Chan • Chan Tung • Xu Rongmao • 2021 — Andrew Cheung • Teresa Cheng • Chow Chung-kong • Regina Ip • Bunny Chan • Jonathan Choi Koon-shum • Lo Man-tuen • 2022 — John Lee • Tommy Cheung • Roberto Ribeiro • Andrew Liao • Wilfred Wong Ying-wai • Peter Lam • Ng Leung-ho • 2023 — Jeffrey Lam Kin-fung • Poon Chung-kwong • Timothy Fok Tsung-ting • Lam Shuk-yee • Sze Chi-ching • 2024 — Martin Liao • Lau Siu-kai • Lee Chack-fan • Peter Lee Ka-kit • Lam Shu Chit • 2025 — Lawrence Fung Siu Por • Charles Yeung Chun-kam • John Leong Chi-yan • Source: Government of Hong Kong
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