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from Left to Right: Mr.
Lam Woon-kwong, GBS, JP, Chief Executive Officer, Equestrian Events (Hong Kong)
of the Games of the XXIX Olympiad Company Limited; Mrs Jenny Fung, BBS,
Chairman, Hong Kong Paralympic Committee & Sports Association for the
Physically Disabled; Ms Elsie Leung, GBM, JP, Deputy Mayor of the Beijing
Olympic & Paralympic Village and Mayor of Hong Kong Olympic &
Paralympic Village; Mr Tsang Tak-sing, JP, Secretary of Home Affairs, Home
Affairs Bureau; The Hon Timothy Fok Tsun-ting, GBS, JP President, Sports
Federation & Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China
Mr. Lam thanked the five local official sponsors which were
recruited through the Beijing 2008 Olympic Equestrian Sponsorship Program.
In less than a month’s time
on August 9th The 2008 Olympic and Paralympic Equestrian Events will
kick-off in Hong Kong. A “Beijing 2008 Olympic
& Paralympic Equestrain Events
Pledging Ceremony” was held today (15 July 2008) by The Equestrain Events (Hong
Kong) of the Games of the XXIX Olympiad Company Limited to mark the historic occasion
at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.
Dignitaries in attendance
included Mr. Tsang Tak-sing, Secretary
for Home Affairs, HKSAR, Ms. Yuen Bin, Director of Marketing Department of
BOCOG and Mr. W K Lam, Chief Executive Office, Equestrian Events (Hong Kong) of
the Games of the XXIX Olympiad Company, The Hon. Timothy Fok, GBS, JP, Sports
Federation & Olympic Committee of Hong Kong and other key stakeholders representatives.
The ceremony was designed do demonstrate their determination to make Hong Kong’s contribution to the Games the best it can be.
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