Jockey Club supports Hong Kong Flower Show as city blossoms with cosmos flowers

The annual Hong Kong Flower Show opened in full bloom today (14 March) and is underway until 23 March at Victoria Park. Supported by The Hong Kong Jockey Club through its Charities Trust since 2013, the popular event is staged by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department. The opening ceremony was officiated by Andrew Leung, President of the Legislative Council of the HKSAR; Rosanna Law, HKSAR Government Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism; Philip Lo, Steward of The Hong Kong Jockey Club; Manda Chan, HKSAR Government Director of Leisure and Cultural Services; and Ellyn Ngai, Miss Hong Kong 2024.

Jockey Club Green Playground at Victoria Park

This year’s show, part of the Club’s 140th anniversary celebrations, features cosmos as its theme flower, with the theme “Ablaze with Glory”. As the show’s major sponsor, the Club continues to support a series of educational programmes and activities that allow citizens, especially the younger generation, to learn about greening while enjoying the blooms. Among them is the Jockey Club Student Drawing Competition, which encourages students to depict the beauty of flower blossoms in their artwork. There is also the Jockey Club Mosaiculture Display by Students Activity, which has attracted over 1,100 students from 38 kindergartens, primary, secondary and special schools to contribute to a spectacular horticultural display. In celebration of the Club’s 140th anniversary, the display’s design features animals including two galloping horses.

Andrew Leung, President of the Legislative Council of the HKSAR (centre); Rosanna Law, HKSAR Government Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism (2nd left); Philip Lo, Steward of The Hong Kong Jockey Club (2nd right); Manda Chan, HKSAR Government Director of Leisure and Cultural Services (1st right); and Ellyn Ngai, Miss Hong Kong 2024 (1st left) at the Hong Kong Flower Show 2025 opening ceremony.

Furthermore, the Jockey Club One Person, One Flower Scheme will distribute flower seedlings for free to participating students, aiming to raise awareness about greening and cultivate their interest in gardening. Under the “Give the Flowers a New Home!” Jockey Club Flower Re-planting Scheme, flowers suitable for replanting will be given to participating schools, charitable organisations and non-profit organisations after the flower show concludes.

Club Steward Philip Lo (right) receives a souvenir from Andrew Leung, President of the Legislative Council (left).

Club Steward Philip Lo (left) receives a souvenir from Manda Chan, Director of Leisure and Cultural Services (right).

The Jockey Club Community Green Playground at the flower show features various facilities and games themed around nature and conservation, allowing children of all ages to learn about greening and environmental protection. Members of the Club’s CARE@hkjc Volunteer Team are serving as playground facilitators, providing on-site support and disseminating green messages to the children while guiding them around different items of playground equipment made from recycled and reused materials. When the flower show concludes, they will also act as Green Ambassadors to help dismantle floral displays and recycle reusable plants.

Guests tour the Hong Kong Flower Show 2025.

Guests tour the Hong Kong Flower Show 2025.

To enable more people to appreciate the beauty of flowers at the show, the Club-supported Jockey Club HK Flower Show Transport Subsidy Scheme cum Guided Tour will provide free transport for senior citizens, disabled groups, students and underprivileged families, as well as organise guided tours during the show period.

Students join the Jockey Club Student Drawing Competition, encouraging them to depict the beauty of flower blossoms in their artwork.

Students join the Jockey Club Student Drawing Competition, encouraging them to depict the beauty of flower blossoms in their artwork.

As a not-for-profit sports and charity organisation rooted in Hong Kong for 140 years, the Club’s partnership with the community has thrived thanks to a unique integrated business model through which racing and wagering generate tax contributions, charity support and employment opportunities for Hong Kong. The Club – under the banner “With You. Then. Now. Always.” – has organised a series of celebratory initiatives to mark this milestone and recognise Hong Kong people’s contribution to its mission to act continuously for the betterment of society.

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The Hong Kong Jockey Club (the Club), as the sole Partner Sponsor of the Hong Kong Competition Region of this year’s National Games, today (24 November) announced cash incentives to support HKSAR athletes competing in the upcoming 12th National Games for Persons with Disabilities.

The flag presentation ceremony for the HKSAR delegation to the 12th National Games for Persons with Disabilities and the 9th National Special Olympic Games (NGD & NSOG) was held at Tiu Keng Leng Sports Centre today. Attending guests included: HKSAR Chief Executive John Lee; Deputy Director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Sun Shang-wu; HKSAR Government Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism Rosanna Law; China Hong Kong Paralympic Committee President Jenny Fung; President of the Sports Federation & Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China Timothy Fok; and Deputy Chairman of The Hong Kong Jockey Club Lester Huang.

The upcoming NGD & NSOG will cover 46 sports, including the NGD & NSOG The Hong Kong Jockey Club Trophy Wheelchair Fencing Competition and the NGD & NSOG The Hong Kong Jockey Club Trophy Para Table Tennis (T11) Competition, which will be held in Hong Kong. To encourage HKSAR athletes, the Club will, for the first time, provide cash incentives under the Jockey Club Athlete Incentive Awards Scheme (JCAIAS) in all medal categories of the NGD, with individual and team gold medallists receiving HK$187,500 and HK$375,000 respectively (See table below for details).

Lester Huang expressed his wholehearted support for the city’s para athletes, encouraging them to follow the inspiring example of HKSAR athletes at the 15th National Games. “The Hong Kong team has written a new and glorious chapter in our city’s sporting history with a total of 19 medals, including nine golds, two silvers and eight bronzes. The Club has long promoted sport at community and elite levels, enabling people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities to participate. We therefore wish every HKSAR athlete the very best of luck at the upcoming 12th National Games for Persons with Disabilities and the 9th National Special Olympic Games.”

The three-year JCAIAS was launched in 2023. Under the scheme, the Club sponsors the Hong Kong Sports Institute to provide cash awards to Hong Kong, China athletes who excel in major sporting events. These include the Olympic and Paralympic Games, Asian Games, Asian Para Games, World University Games, National Games together with their respective Winter Games and the National Games for Persons with Disabilities.

In support of the National Games, the Club has committed over HK$500 million to the Hong Kong and Guangdong Competition Regions. In the Hong Kong Competition Region, it is supporting volunteer service programmes, territory-wide community and school promotional activities, as well as initiatives to help underprivileged groups and young people attend the events as spectators. Some 100 members from the Club’s Volunteer Team are helping out as Group Volunteers in the Hong Kong Competition Region.

In the Guangdong Competition Region, the Club is providing high-quality technical support for the equestrian events in Shenzhen, leveraging its extensive experience in organising horse sports competitions. To help ensure the equestrian events are conducted to a high standard, the Club is also deploying an expert team and loaning specialist equipment. Additionally, the Club will support the Guangdong Competition Region’s official activities, volunteer services and promotion work.