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Athens 2004 Olmypic Games - Torch Run
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20.06.2004 |
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To further promote the Olympic Games, the Hon. Timothy T. T. Fok of the Federation and Dr. Patrick Ho, JP, Secretary of Home Affairs, Home Affairs Bureau, officiated a Torch Lighting Up Ceremony before the start of the 2004 Olympic Day Run. Eight Hong Kong Olympic athletes, including table tennis players: LIN Ling; TIE Yana and SONG Ah Sim; Swimmers: CHAN Wing Suet; Hannah WILSON; SZE Hang Yu; YIP Tsz Wa and CHAN Yu Ning, then lighted up the torches and joined the Starting Ceremony with distinguish Officiating Guests: President Fok; Dr. Patrick Ho, the Hon. Mrs. Rita Fan, GBS, JP, President of Legislative Council, XLVII Festival of Sport Ambassador – Boy’z, and other celebrities from sports fraternity.
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Right after the Opening Ceremony, participants set off from Wanchai Sports Ground immediately, they ran along Tonnochy Road and Fenwick Pier Street and passed through the turning point at Citic Tower. On their way back, runners passed through the Golden Bauhinia Square and returned back to Wanchai Sports Ground. To promote the importance of exercise towards health, McDonald’s Restaurants (Hong Kong) Limited provided complimentary pedometers to all participants of the event. These step counting devices were designed to motivate people to engage in regular exercise by taking 10,000 steps a day. By the end of the run, it was found that participants had covered a total distance of around 9,000km which approximately equals to the distance from Hong Kong to Athens. This signified all the participants’ full support to our Hong Kong to the forthcoming Olympic Games.
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