6th Changchun Asian Winter Games
The
forthcoming CAWG
will be held from 28 January to 4 February 2007 in Changchun, China. The
theme of the 6th CAWG is “Asian Winter Games, Charming Changchun”.
Hong Kong Delegation, with a total of 26 athletes, will
participate in 3 sports out of 10 sports namely: Ice Hockey (23 male athletes),
Figure Skating (1 male athlete) and Short Track Speed Skating (2 female
athletes). The 43-member delegation list for this Games is listed at Appendix
I.
The
Federation would like to thank the Arts and Sport Development Fund for providing
funding to cover 90% of the expenses for Hong Kong Delegation’s participation in
the CAWG (including the round-trip air-tickets, uniform, insurance, etc) while
the rest 10% is met by the SF&OC as a usual practice. Regarding athletes’
pre-Games training, 70% of the funding is sponsored by the Leisure and Cultural
Services Department.
2007 Australian Youth Olympic Festival
The
bi-annual AYOF was initiated by the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) after the
successful completion of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. The festival aims to
provide an environment reminiscent of an Olympic Games to 14 to 19 year-old
junior athletes and to promote the Olympic sprit of fair play, honesty and
pride. The 5-day AYOF will be held from 17 to 21 January 2007 in Sydney,
Australia with 16 events, including: Athletics, Badminton, Cycling, Football,
Gymnastics, Swimming, Table Tennis and etc. In the last AYOF, the Federation had
sent a Swimming Team who returned home with 2 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze
medals. This year, as invited by the AOC again, a 7-member delegation with 2
male and 2 female athletes, 2 coaches and 1 official will be representing Hong
Kong to compete in the Table Tennis event.
The
delegation list is:
|
Sports |
Function |
Name |
|
Table Tennis |
Coach |
DONG
Lun |
|
Coach |
GUAN
JianHua |
|
Athlete |
CHENG Chor Fung |
|
Athlete |
CHIU
Chung Hei |
|
Athlete |
LEE
Ho Ching |
|
Athlete |
NG
Wing Nam |
The
Federation would like to take this opportunity to wish for the success of the
athletes in the above two Games and return home with glory. Meanwhile, we would
also like to express our heartfelt appreciation for the support of various
commercial sponsors, which include adidas Hong Kong Limited and Theme
Corporation Fashion (Asia) Limited.
Issued
By: Sports Federation & Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China
Issue Date: 9 January 2007
