Monthly Archives: 09/2009

I mentioned in my previous blog that we would launch a special sweepstakes as one of the major events to mark the Club's 125th Anniversary. Earlier this week, we announced further details of this initiative to the local media and public, and I'm pleased to tell you that it will happen very soon – in fact,…

Hi all, I'm now back in Hong Kong and returned from Germany early Thursday morning. Although it was just a short, three-day trip, I had some very enjoyable moments with my father, sister, children and other family members, and hope to see them again soon. Much as I love living and working in Hong Kong, I do…

Nice to talk to you all again! Straight after Sunday's Sha Tin meeting, I took a late night flight back to Germany, where on Monday evening I eventually reached the city of Mönchengladbach to join my dad in celebrating his 80th birthday the following day. Many other members of my family have also come back from different…

Apart from getting the new racing season off to a great start last Sunday, we launched a series of special programmes to mark the Club's 125th Anniversary, including a 125th Anniversary Exhibition in the Public Enclosure of Grandstand II Sha Tin Racecourse. This seems to have proved very popular, as I understand that more than 7,000…

It was great to see so many of you at Sha Tin on Sunday for our season opening race meeting Sunday. Given the sweltering heat, I have to say the turnover of HK$833 million and the attendance of 49,400 were both very encouraging. In fact, we were quite lucky with the weather, as the sticky heat gave…

Last weekend, we staged our annual pre-season carnival at Sha Tin Racecourse, and I was very happy to learn that more than 8,600 people came along to participate. I was there too and was delighted to see so many Owners, Club members, racing fans, and their children joining the various events and activities we arranged inside…

It's been a long wait, but our new racing season will be starting in just a week's time.  As in previous years, we'll be hosting a Pre-Season Carnival at Sha Tin Racecourse tomorrow to welcome the new season.  We've been doing this for over a decade now, and I'm pleased to see that it's still…