Monthly Archives: 02/2010

Last Wednesday for our CSL Million Challenge finale at Happy Valley we had another very encouraging evening on the business side, as we registered total turnover of HK$854 million. It’s the second time this month that the turnover at a Happy Valley night meeting has broken the HK$850 million mark.  I thought the races last…

The Chinese New Year has been quite a busy period for me as apart from attending the Lunar New Year race meeting on the third day and the 18 Districts Cup raceday last weekend, I also had a few spring receptions to attend, including one at the Convention and Exhibition Centre last Friday. As I knew…

I'd like to thank you all for the tremendous support you gave our Chinese New Year raceday, as despite last Tuesday's very chilly and drizzly conditions, nearly 79,000 people came along to Sha Tin Racecourse and another 6,000 went to Happy Valley for cross-betting, taking the total above 85,000. In addition, the turnover of HK$1.16 billion,…

Kung Hei Fat Choy! I hope all of you are enjoying a very happy Lunar New Year holiday with your families and friends. Let me take this opportunity to wish you all the best of luck, prosperity and good health in the coming year. The Year of the Ox saw a steady revival in the local economy, so…

The Lunar New Year holidays will soon be approaching and we've recently been experiencing some very warm and soggy weather, with temperatures rising to over 20 degrees for the past two days. Although I come from Germany, I'm quite interested in Chinese culture and I know last Thursday was the day termed lichun in Chinese calendar,…

Those of you who are fond of local racing and interested in its past history may well have visited our Racing Museum at Happy Valley Racecourse, and seen some of the special exhibitions we stage there from time to time. But you may not realise that we also have a dedicated Archives team at the Club…

I believe many of you will have been as stunned as I was by the collapse of an old, five-storey building in To Kwa Wan last Friday, which claimed four lives. I watched the news reports that night and I must say it was a very sad experience. Some of the residents interviewed at the scene had…