The Hong Kong Jockey Club (the Club) is presenting a themed exhibition at the 36th Hong Kong Book Fair for seven days, starting from today (15 July), featuring a series of sport-based activities designed to help children and young people develop healthy habits and positive values.
The Club is presenting a sport-themed exhibition at this year’s Hong Kong Book Fair. Through a series of interactive activities themed around sports, children and youngsters can explore important areas of growth and development - such as time management and financial literacy.
The Club is presenting a sport-themed exhibition at this year’s Hong Kong Book Fair. Through a series of interactive activities themed around sports, children and youngsters can explore important areas of growth and development - such as time management and financial literacy.
The Hong Kong Book Fair is being held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. At the Club’s exhibition (Hall 3F-G, Booth 3CON-065 and 3CON-066), visitors can enjoy a range of engaging interactive experiences incorporating elements of football, rugby, fencing, equestrian sport, cycling and badminton. Children, youngsters and parents can explore important aspects of personal growth and development, including cyber literacy, emotional management, social skills, time management and financial literacy.
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The Club is presenting a sport-themed exhibition at this year’s Hong Kong Book Fair. Through a series of interactive activities themed around sports, children and youngsters can explore important areas of growth and development - such as time management and financial literacy.
The Club is presenting a sport-themed exhibition at this year’s Hong Kong Book Fair. Through a series of interactive activities themed around sports, children and youngsters can explore important areas of growth and development - such as time management and financial literacy.
The Club is presenting a sport-themed exhibition at this year’s Hong Kong Book Fair. Through a series of interactive activities themed around sports, children and youngsters can explore important areas of growth and development - such as time management and financial literacy.
Raymond Tam, Executive Director, Corporate Affairs of The Hong Kong Jockey Club, visits the Club’s exhibition at the Hong Kong Book Fair and interacts with primary school students.
Raymond Tam, Executive Director, Corporate Affairs of The Hong Kong Jockey Club, visits the Club’s exhibition at the Hong Kong Book Fair and interacts with primary school students.
Raymond Tam, Executive Director, Corporate Affairs of The Hong Kong Jockey Club, visits the Club’s exhibition at the Hong Kong Book Fair and interacts with primary school students.
CARE@hkjc Volunteer Team members will offer complimentary arm and face painting services at the Club’s booth during the weekend (18 July and 19 July).
Participants who complete all activities at the Club’s exhibition can receive a limited edition souvenir, while stocks last.
The Club is presenting a sport-themed exhibition at this year’s Hong Kong Book Fair. Through a series of interactive activities themed around sports, children and youngsters can explore important areas of growth and development - such as time management and financial literacy.
Raymond Tam, Executive Director, Corporate Affairs of The Hong Kong Jockey Club, visits the Club’s exhibition at the Hong Kong Book Fair and interacts with primary school students.
Raymond Tam, Executive Director, Corporate Affairs of The Hong Kong Jockey Club visited the exhibition today and interacted with primary school students. He said the Club has long worked closely with different sectors of the community to deliver a wide range of educational initiatives that help nurture positive values among the younger generation. Through this ‘learning-through-play’ exhibition at the Book Fair, the Club aimed to engage an even wider audience and promote whole-person development from an early age, helping young people grow into a healthy and positive new generation. This reflects the Club’s commitment to building a better society.
Raymond Tam, Executive Director, Corporate Affairs of The Hong Kong Jockey Club, visits the Club’s exhibition at the Hong Kong Book Fair and interacts with primary school students.
Raymond Tam, Executive Director, Corporate Affairs of The Hong Kong Jockey Club, visits the Club’s exhibition at the Hong Kong Book Fair and interacts with primary school students.
The Club has distributed around 2,000 complimentary tickets for the Hong Kong Book Fair through community groups. During the weekend (18 July and 19 July), members of the Club’s CARE@hkjc Volunteer Team will offer complimentary arm and face painting services at Club’s booth, adding to the fun while fostering family bonding. Participants who complete all activities at Club’s booth will receive a limited-edition souvenir, available while stocks last.
CARE@hkjc Volunteer Team members will offer complimentary arm and face painting services at the Club’s booth during the weekend (18 July and 19 July).
Participants who complete all activities at the Club’s exhibition can receive a limited edition souvenir, while stocks last.
The Hong Kong Jockey Club (“the Club”) today (16 July) made a formal submission to the HKSAR Government during the public consultation period on The First Five-Year Plan for Economic and Social Development of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (2026-2030) (“Hong Kong’s first Five-Year Plan”). Drawing on the Club’s expertise in equine sports, tourism, talent development, philanthropy and social innovation, the submission is organised under three themes - Equine Sports and Industry Hub; Sports Economy; and Social Betterment - to support economic growth, regional integration, people-to-people exchanges and social progress.
Jockey Club submits recommendations for Hong Kong’s first Five-Year Plan to strengthen the city’s integration into and support for overall national development.
Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges, Chief Executive Officer of The Hong Kong Jockey Club said that the Club, as a world-class horse sports organisation with a strong commitment to the country and Hong Kong, strongly welcomes the HKSAR Government’s initiative to formulate Hong Kong’s first Five-Year Plan under the framework of the National 15th Five-Year Plan. The Club sees this as a significant opportunity to strengthen Hong Kong’s integration into and support for overall national development while leveraging Hong Kong’s unique strengths to align with national needs and contribute to the country’s high-quality development.
Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges, Chief Executive Officer of The Hong Kong Jockey Club (left) submits a proposal for Hong Kong’s first Five-Year Plan to Janice Tse, Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs of the HKSAR Government (right).
Theme 1 – Equine Sports and Industry Hub
The equine industry is an area where Hong Kong possesses internationally recognised strengths. Economic value is generated by industries linked to the Club’s operations, with world-class racing as the core. At the same time, the Club’s expertise in racing, veterinary science, biosecurity and event management is globally respected.
Importantly, equine industry development has already been identified as a strategic economic driver under national and Greater Bay Area (“GBA”) planning frameworks. Hong Kong therefore has an opportunity to play a leading role in helping to develop a world-class equine industry ecosystem across the GBA and beyond.
There are three key recommendations under this theme
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1)Establish the GBA as a leading international equine hub
- Fully leveraging the Club’s Conghua Racecourse (“CRC”) as a strategic platform for deeper Guangzhou-Hong Kong cooperation, CRC, together with Hong Kong’s two racecourses at Happy Valley and Sha Tin, will support the introduction of world-class racing and equine events across the GBA and position the GBA as a global equine industry hub.
- Propose expanding Hong Kong’s successful experience in equine biosecurity and disease-free zone management to other regions in the Chinese Mainland, such as Xinjiang, thereby enabling Hong Kong to utilise its expertise to play a key role in facilitating the country’s international exchanges with Belt & Road countries by way of horse sports and horse culture.
- Support the establishment of a World Organisation for Animal Health (“WOAH”) collaboration centre in Hong Kong to reinforce Hong Kong’s role as a regional centre for veterinary public health.
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2) Advance institutional innovation and soft connectivity
- Recommend building on successful precedents arising from the Guangzhou Asian Games, Hangzhou Asian Games and National Games. Examples include recognition of Hong Kong- and overseas-registered veterinarians, streamlined arrangements for veterinary medicines, and enhanced regulatory cooperation.
- Enable institutional innovations and soft connectivity, such as expanding mutual recognition of vocational qualifications between Hong Kong and Guangdong; supporting apprenticeship pathways and talent mobility in the GBA; developing the Conghua International Racing Development Centre as an international equine import-export and quarantine hub.
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3) Promote equine culture, tourism and talent development
- Recent data demonstrate the attractiveness of Hong Kong’s racing tourism. Tourist attendance at the Club’s racecourses increased substantially, and the future development of Conghua will further strengthen the "Two Cities, Three Racecourses" proposition.
- Recommend developing a multi-destination racing tourism offering linking Sha Tin, Happy Valley and Conghua, creating a distinctive racing tourism circuit for both Chinese Mainland and international visitors.
- Recommend strengthening promotion through government overseas and Chinese Mainland networks; enhancing cooperation with regions that have strong equine traditions such as Xinjiang; and supporting veterinary education and training initiatives in the GBA.
- Drawing on Hong Kong’s rapid advancement in veterinary education, Hong Kong is well positioned to play a more active role in supporting the upskilling of veterinarians in the Mainland. The Club has been collaborating with the City University of Hong Kong to explore the establishment of a veterinary clinical training centre in Shenzhen and Dongguan Campus to complement veterinary education with practical clinical training.
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Theme 2 – Sports Economy
• The Club strongly supports the HKSAR Government’s vision of developing sport not only as a public good but also as an economic driver via a comprehensive sports development framework encompassing mass participation, elite excellence and sports industry development.
• Suggest leveraging mechanisms including the “M-Mark” system, “sports+ mega events”, and “sports+ tourism” initiatives to attract and develop internationally recognised sports IP and flagship events for Hong Kong.
• Hong Kong is uniquely positioned to serve as an international sports exchange platform. Through closer GBA collaboration, event co-hosting, talent exchange and resource sharing, Hong Kong can build a stronger and more integrated regional sports ecosystem.
• Hong Kong possesses world-class expertise in sports integrity and governance. The Club’s Racing Laboratory is internationally recognised. Hong Kong can also contribute valuable experience in integrity assurance, governance standards and dispute resolution to create tangible value in the sports economy.
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Theme 3 – Social Betterment
• Hong Kong already possesses many attributes of an international financial centre. The Club believes it can also become Asia’s leading hub for philanthropy and social impact investment. In this connection, the Club recommends,
- To further develop and integrate Hong Kong’s burgeoning philanthropic sector as a catalytic turnkey for critical infrastructure projects such as in the Northern Metropolis University Town;
- Expanding the concept of "Finance+" to incorporate social impact investment and creating a robust ecosystem that channels capital into social outcomes;
- Establishing a dedicated impact capital coordination mechanism to strengthen policy alignment and unlock new funding sources for social development; and
- Promoting greater alignment of standards, rules and operating mechanisms within the GBA, including pilot cooperation through Nansha and support for Hong Kong NGOs operating across the boundary.
• These initiatives would further strengthen Hong Kong’s role as a “super connector” while supporting common prosperity and sustainable social development.
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Submission by the Institute of Philanthropy (“IoP”)
• In addition, IoP, established by The Hong Kong Jockey Club and its Charities Trust, also put forward proposals on national and international philanthropy. Its recommendations include,
1) Position Hong Kong as a philanthropic knowledge and convening hub, bringing together philanthropic sector stakeholders to exchange and advance best practices and to strengthen sector capabilities across Hong Kong, the Chinese Mainland, and Asia.
2) Establish a joint taskforce with national counterparts to advance social impact measurement frameworks and standards.
3) Support the establishment of formal philanthropic exchange programmes with national counterparts, to exchange best practices in the governance and operation of philanthropic programmes.
4) Explore and support the development of new business models and financing solutions that create economic and social value in a sustainable way, generating innovative solutions to social issues.
