Xventure Opens in Hong Kong: A New Era for Indoor Sportainment and Experiential Retail

Singapore's active sports brand Xventure lands in Hong Kong as demand for sportainment among experience-first consumers soars

Invest Hong Kong (InvestHK) today (May 15) welcomed the opening of Xventure, a new indoor active sports park in Hong Kong. Spanning a 20 000-square-foot facility in Kornhill Plaza, Quarry Bay, the Singapore-created concept features 26 high-energy challenges that blend physical sports, interactive entertainment, and digital technology. The launch represents a significant boost to Hong Kong's experiential retail and leisure sector.

Xventure is a spin-off of its family edutainment destination arm, Kiztopia, which established its presence in Hong Kong in 2022. Building on the massive local success of its family-centric outlets, this new concept represents the group's strategic diversification into Hong Kong's high-growth teenaged and young adult sportainment market.

Associate Director-General of Investment Promotion of InvestHK Mr Arnold Lau welcomed the opening of Xventure in Hong Kong. He said, "The arrival of Xventure is yet another testament to our city's unique advantages as a premier destination for innovative business and the experiential economy. Nothing is more rewarding than seeing visionary companies invest, thrive and continuously reinvest in our city. The business diversification is a strong vote of confidence in Hong Kong's vibrant retail and leisure landscape."

Hong Kong's retail sector is surging, with the Census and Statistics Department reporting a 12.8 per cent year-on-year increase in March retail sales and 11 consecutive months of growth.

The General Manager of Kiztopia Hong Kong, Mr Ricky Ng, said, "Hong Kong consumers are diverse, sophisticated and quick to embrace innovative experiences. With the valuable support of InvestHK, pioneering a large-scale, cross-generational sportainment venue in the city is a natural choice to drive new growth and act as springboard for our innovative experiential concepts to overseas markets."

Xventure is designed to capture the booming global sportainment trend, catering to modern consumers who crave unique, physically engaging, and highly sharable experiences. The massive venue features nine distinct themed zones packed with diverse attractions. Highlights include an 8 metre slide park, a suspended high-altitude rope course, a ninja warrior obstacle run, a high-energy jump arena, and an interactive "tech-meets-sports" digital playground. The highly anticipated Hong Kong launch will serve as a strategic regional springboard for the brand's planned future expansions into Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore.

The journey from Kiztopia's initial entry to the launch of Xventure highlights a strong, multiyear partnership with InvestHK. Over the years, InvestHK has worked hand-in-hand with the group, providing crucial support ranging from go-to-market strategies and local market insights to seamless policy facilitation, helping the brand successfully scale and diversify its footprint in Hong Kong's evolving retail landscape.

For more information about Xventure, please visitwww.xventurepark.com.

Singapore's active sports brand Xventure lands in Hong Kong as demand for sportainment among experience-first consumers soars Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases

Singapore's active sports brand Xventure lands in Hong Kong as demand for sportainment among experience-first consumers soars Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases

Singapore's active sports brand Xventure lands in Hong Kong as demand for sportainment among experience-first consumers soars Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases

Imported frozen confection samples detected with coliform bacteria and total bacterial counts exceeding legal limits

The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (May 15) that samples of two kinds of frozen confections imported from Malaysia were found to contain coliform bacteria and total bacterial counts exceeding the legal limits. The affected products have been marked and sealed and have not entered the market. The CFS is following up on the incident.

Product details are as follows:

Product name: Musang King Durian Gelato

Brand: Durian Baby

Place of origin: Malaysia

Pack size: 75 grams per box

Importer: DB & FRIENDS (HK) LIMITED

Best-before date: September 26, 2027

Product name: D24 Durian Gelato

Brand: Durian Baby

Place of origin: Malaysia

Pack size: 75 grams per box

Importer: DB & FRIENDS (HK) LIMITED

Best-before date: September 18, 2027

A spokesman for the CFS said, "The CFS collected samples of the two kinds of frozen confections mentioned above at the import level for testing under its routine Food Surveillance Programme. The test results showed that two samples of the Musang King Durian Gelato contained 130 and 140 coliform bacteria per gram respectively, whereas five samples of the D24 Durian Gelato contained coliform bacteria ranging between 210 and 7 200 per gram and total bacterial counts ranging between 84 000 and 160 000 per gram. All are above the legal limits."

"The CFS has informed the importer concerned of the above irregularities. The affected products have all been marked and sealed, and have not entered the market. The CFS will temporarily suspend the permission to import for sale of the products concerned granted earlier to the importer," the spokesman said.

Under the Frozen Confections Regulation (Cap. 132AC), frozen confections for sale should not contain more than 100 coliform bacteria per gram or more than 50 000 bacteria per gram. The maximum penalty for offenders is a fine of $10,000 and three months' imprisonment upon conviction. The fact that the coliform count and the total bacterial count exceeded the legal limit indicated that the hygienic conditions were unsatisfactory, but did not mean that consumption would lead to food poisoning.

The CFS will inform the Malaysian authority of the incident, and will continue to follow up on the case and take appropriate actions to safeguard food safety and public health.

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