Monthly Archives: 05/2009

Several of our race meetings this month have been heavily affected by rain.  That was especially true for our two recent meetings with our major media partners – the ATV Cup and South China Morning Post Cup meetings.  I'm pleased to say, though, that the races have been, as exciting as ever.Accordingly, we have changed…

On Sunday we hosted a ceremony at the Parade Ring of Sha Tin Racecourse to celebrate Sacred Kingdom's victory in the KrisFlyer International Sprint. I was happy to have another chance of meeting his owner Sin Kang-yuk there, following the great evening of celebrations we enjoyed at Kranji a week earlier. I had a brief chat with…

On Thursday I had the pleasure of being invited to speak at the CEO Manpower Conference 2009, an annual event organised by the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce. It's an occasion where senior executives from many different businesses can get together and share their views each year.  This year I was invited to join a…

I'm sure you must all have been as thrilled as I was to see our top sprinter Sacred Kingdom prevail in the KrisFlyer International Sprint in Singapore last Sunday. I was lucky enough to be at Kranji to see the race live, and I can tell you that the atmosphere there was electrifying, with the home…

I believe all of you still remember that the Club hosted a job fair in Tin Shui Wai last month to recruit staff for our new Telebet Centre there. The response was overwhelming as thousands of job seekers, most of them coming from Tin Shui Wai, attended the event and were interviewed that day. I am most…

Last week, our apprentice jockey Derek Leung was forced to withdraw from two race meetings as he was suffering from asthma. He is indisposed for this evening's races at Happy Valley for the same reason. The news has given me some concern, as this talented young lad has already bagged 21 winners in his debut season. Like another…

I've attended two different functions in the past two days, both rather meaningful ones. The first was a press briefing the Club hosted on Thursday to announce its donation of HK$133 million to the Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups for the Phase III redevelopment of its Sai Kung Outdoor Training Camp. As part of the approval…

I hope you all enjoyed a lot the opportunity to gather with your families and friends over the long May Day weekend, as well as the double programme of exciting races that we provided. In recent weeks, I had to give some serious thoughts to my position as Chairman of the Asian Racing Federation, as I…

I'm sure a lot of you are getting rather concerned about the swift spread of swine flu across the globe, especially after the Government confirmed Hong Kong's first swine flu case last night. I must say I'm very concerned about this news, as are my colleagues in different departments of the Club, who are monitoring the…