The Hong Kong Jockey Membership is contributing HK$450 million (US$57.7 million) to the town to help its co-hosting of the fifteenth Nationwide Video games in November and two associated occasions, marking the one largest donation for the competitions.
Secretary for Tradition, Sports activities and Tourism Rosanna Legislation Shuk-pui stated on Thursday that the donation would inject highly effective power into the town’s preparations for the occasions, referring to the Nationwide Video games, the twelfth Nationwide Video games for Individuals with Disabilities and the ninth Nationwide Particular Olympic Video games.
“The Hong Kong Jockey Membership’s sponsorship will primarily be used for volunteer service programmes, citywide neighborhood and college promotion actions and arranging viewing experiences for underprivileged teams and youth,” she stated throughout a signing ceremony to announce the donation with Chief Govt John Lee Ka-chiu and Jockey Membership CEO Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges.
Different dignitaries on the ceremony included Jockey Membership chairman Michael Lee Tze-hau and Zhang Zhihua, deputy director normal of the coordination division for Hong Kong and Macau affairs of the Nationwide Video games organising committee.
“Internet hosting the fifteenth Nationwide Video games and Paralympic Video games is a vital process for Hong Kong this yr. We’ve been working intently with Guangdong and Macau, leveraging this chance to deepen sports activities change and built-in improvement inside the Larger Bay Space,” Legislation stated.
The Nationwide Video games, that are being collectively hosted for the primary time by Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau, shall be held from November 9 to 21.
