Taipei, Dec. 14 (CNA) Winston Wong, the son of Taiwanese business tycoon Wang Yung-ching, and Yen Lan-chuan, a film director, received the second annual Distinguished Alumni Awards from the British Council Taipei Friday.
The award recognizes outstanding Taiwanese who received higher education in British universities and graduate schools. Taichung Mayor Jason Hu won the award last year.
A Sheffield Hallam University alumni who studied film and documentary making, Yen came back to Taiwan in 1998 and launched a successful career filming documentaries. Among her works, three documentaries about the Sept. 21 earthquake and Happy Rice -- the story of a Taiwanese farmer -- have earned high praise.
Wong, the president of the Grace T.H.W. Group and a graduate of Imperial College of Science and Technology in London, was recognized for his business success in both Taiwan and China.
All alumni who studied in British schools nominated six candidates before a public vote was conducted during the Education U.K. exhibition, which was held in various cities throughout the nation.