from Left to Right: Mr. Lam Woon-kwong, GBS, JP, Chief Executive Officer, Equestrian Events (Hong Kong) of the Games of the XXIX Olympiad Company Limited; Mrs Jenny Fung, BBS, Chairman, Hong Kong Paralympic Committee & Sports Association for the Physically Disabled; Ms Elsie Leung, GBM, JP, Deputy Mayor of the Beijing Olympic & Paralympic Village and Mayor of Hong Kong Olympic & Paralympic Village; Mr Tsang Tak-sing, JP, Secretary of Home Affairs, Home Affairs Bureau; The Hon Timothy Fok Tsun-ting, GBS, JP President, Sports Federation & Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China
Mr. Lam thanked the five local official sponsors which were recruited through the Beijing 2008 Olympic Equestrian Sponsorship Program.
In less than a month’s time on August 9th The 2008 Olympic and Paralympic Equestrian Events will kick-off in Hong Kong. A “Beijing 2008 Olympic & Paralympic Equestrain Events Pledging Ceremony” was held today (15 July 2008) by The Equestrain Events (Hong Kong) of the Games of the XXIX Olympiad Company Limited to mark the historic occasion at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.
Dignitaries in attendance included Mr. Tsang Tak-sing, Secretary for Home Affairs, HKSAR, Ms. Yuen Bin, Director of Marketing Department of BOCOG and Mr. W K Lam, Chief Executive Office, Equestrian Events (Hong Kong) of the Games of the XXIX Olympiad Company, The Hon. Timothy Fok, GBS, JP, Sports Federation & Olympic Committee of Hong Kong and other key stakeholders representatives. The ceremony was designed do demonstrate their determination to make Hong Kong’s contribution to the Games the best it can be.