Monthly Archives: 10/2009

Last Saturday, we arranged our first non-raceday overseas simulcast of this season, bringing you five races from the Cox Plate day at Moonee Valley Racecourse. I would say that both from a viewing and betting perspective, your responses to the simulcast were very encouraging, as there were a lot of racing fans stayed at our off-course…

There on Wednesday we hosted our night race meeting at Happy Valley, while an important football match was also held at Hong Kong Stadium the same night, drawing a huge crowd. However, the traffic condition was not as bad as expected. That evening after attending a function, I went home to get changed for the race meeting. The…

Over the past century, the Club has given enormous support to the development of Hong Kong's healthcare system, ranging from the provision of basic medical facilities in different districts to the funding of sophisticated new technology. As one of the city's largest and longest established organisations, we feel we have a responsibility to contribute to the…

Today's racing at Sha Tin is the 11th meeting of 2009/10, our 125th Anniversary season. Before the start of the season, I said that I felt cautiously optimistic about racing turnover, given that the local economy has gradually recovered and stabilised. It's good to see that the figures from our recent race meetings support that view.  For instance,…

It's nice to see our Sa Sa Ladies Purse Day last Sunday enjoying such great success, as we recorded a season-high turnover of HK$958 million. On top of that, the attendance exceeded 80,000, which was 4,000 more than last year. A large number of the racegoers were ladies, and you could tell how much they were getting…

During the past week, I've been paying attention to the news reports on the announcement of this year's Nobel Prize winners, and shared local residents' pride in seeing that one of the recipients was long-time Hong Kong citizen Charles Kao, known as “the father of fibre optics”. It's worth remembering that without his pioneering work, the…

Hi, I'm sure the exciting racing action we brought to you from Longchamp on Sunday is still fresh in your minds. Not only were you able to witness Sea The Stars becoming the second Hong Kong-owned racehorse to win the prestigious Arc de Triomphe, but to me it was also the most breathtaking and impressive performance…

I'm back in Europe again this week, this time on a business trip to France to attend the Asian Racing Federation (ARF) and International Federation of Horseracing Authority's (IFHA) regular meetings over the weekend.  It has become a tradition for directors of different racing jurisdictions from around the world to meet in Paris in early…