The winners of the Pearl Awards, the UK’s first ever awards created to recognise and celebrate the achievements of the Chinese community in Britain have been announced.  The Awards, which have been made in a range of six categories including the arts, media, sport, services to community, and business enterprise were presented to the winners by actress Sarah Lam (2000 Acres of Sky and Brookside) at an awards ceremony at the Café Royal in London. 

The winners for this year’s Pearl Awards include the Yellow Earth Theatre (for Creative Endeavour); Phoenix Chinese News and Entertainment TV (for Media Excellence); Pine Court Housing Association (for Business Enterprise); The Wai Yin Chinese Women’s Society (for Services to the Community); Wang Haijun (for Sports Development) and Dr Henry Lee (for the Reverence for Life Award).

The winners of the six Pearl Awards were selected from a shortlist of three finalists in each category – chosen from a large number of nominations sent in from all over the country.  The Pearl Foundation, a social enterprise company which established the Pearl Awards, has been very impressed by the standard of nominations received and Mr William Ong, founder of The Pearl Foundation is confident that the awards will make a difference to the Chinese communities in Britain:

William Ong says: “The Pearl Awards have been a tremendous success and we are confident that they have made a significant contribution in helping raise the Chinese profile in Britain. Not only do the Pearl Award winners make inspiring role models for the Chinese, their efforts and achievements have been brought to the notice of a wider public.  We look forward to celebrating further successes at the 2005 Pearl Awards”.

The awards have attracted a lot of interest and support from key sponsors and individuals. Lord Chan MBE of Oxton, the first Chinese peer in the UK and patron of the awards, Lord Mayor of Westminster and Trevor Phillips, Chair of the Commission for Racial Equality (CRE) were among the guests at the inaugural awards ceremony.

Sponsors included the BBC and a diverse range of organisations from the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) to Arts Council England’s decibel initiative.

for more information please visit: http://www.thepearlawards.org.uk/

 

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