I think my first sentence was a bit misleading, I should have wrote that after the second sentence which would answer the OP question first.
On average I reckon, that reports in the HK section rack up more points than in the International Section. Therefore it is possible that a very good report in the International section would not get highlighted because of the points awarded (if using OP proposed automated system), but the not-so-good report in the HK section would, simply because theres more audience.