Monthly Archives: 07/2009

Green light given, now it's your turn!

Last Friday, the Legislative Council's Home Affairs Panel discussed the Government's approval of five additional local racedays and 15 simulcast days. I was pleased to learn that many of the panel members were supportive of this decision, recognising the increasing challenges the Club is facing in its racing operations and understanding that the Government and the…

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A memorable end to the season

So, another season is over and I want to offer my sincere thanks to all our racing fans for the great support they've given us throughout the past 10 months. It was fantastic to see some 63,000 people turn out for our season finale last Wednesday. They packed the grandstands and created a great atmosphere. My gratitude also…

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Drop in surplus cannot be viewed lightly

At last Sunday's Community Day meeting, our Chairman John Chan gave the Club's invited guests a brief account of the Club's financial forecasts for this year. He noted that while we expected our racing turnover to decrease only slightly by about one per cent, there would be a significant fall in our operational surplus, which would…

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