The Opening Ceremony of the 64^th Festival of Sport (FOS), organized by the Sports Federation & Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China (SF&OC) and subvented by Leisure and Cultural Services Department, was held successfully at Olympic House today (14 April). The Opening Ceremony was officiated by Mr. Timothy FOK Tsun-ting, President of Sports Federation & Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China, Mr. Tony YUE Kwok-leung, Chairperson of Festival of Sport Organizing Committee and Ms Ida LEE Bik-sai, Deputy Director (Leisure Services) of Leisure and Cultural Services Department.

In the opening address at the opening ceremony of the 64^th FOS, Mr. FOK said, “FOS has been an annual local mega sport event since the 1950s. It aims to unite our community through participation and thus to give us the strength to conquer the plague. We, therefore, staged multiple sports activities with sports associations and enforced the positive attitude prerequisite in the rebound. By doing so in safety, we contribute to the recovery through sports whose message rings of health and hope.”

Speaking at the ceremony, Mr. YUE said, “The slogan for 64^th FOS is “NEW OR NORMAL!”. Through the newly designed FOS website, we aim to promote “Sport for All” and to uplift the sports culture in Hong Kong. This year, various new online and physical events and activities will be held between April and June by different sports associations. We will also hold the first-ever Virtual Sports Carnival in Hong Kong to let the public experience a new form of FOS. We encourage the public to participate actively in sports to maintain good physical and mental health, bring people closer together and unite our community by sports.”

At the Opening Ceremony, four Hong Kong athletes of different generations have been appointed as the 64^th FOS Ambassadors, including LEE Ka Man (Rowing), Yvette KONG (Swimming), CHAN Ming Tai (Athletics) and FAN Chun Yip (Football). FOS Ambassadors will encourage the public to participate in sports by sharing their own Olympic experience to promote “Sport for All” and welcome the coming Olympics with the public.

Hong Kong’s debut Virtual Sports Carnival will be held on 24 and 25 April (Saturday and Sunday). At the Virtual Opening Carnival, there will be abundant programmes available for the public from all ages and sectors to participate, including 20 virtual sports exhibition booths, sports demonstration sessions offered by various sports associations, as well as the online interactive chats with Hong Kong athletes. Starting from tomorrow (15 April), the public can register for free to join the Virtual Sports Carnival via the new FOS website http://fos.hkolympic.org and participate in the prize game to win iPhone 12 and other attractive prizes on the event days. The first 500 successful registrants can also win FOS souvenirs. Registration quotas are limited and are offered on a first-come, first-served basis.

The newly designed FOS website has been launched. The public can check the most updated information of the upcoming events, download e-certificates and apply for selected FOS activities through the new website. The public is also encouraged to subscribe to FOS e-newsletter, to get the latest FOS news and event registration details.

For more information and details of FOS’ activities, please visit the Festival of Sport’s website at

http://fos.hkolympic.org, subscribe our e-newsletter, follow our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/sfocfos and follow our new Instagram account “@festival_of_sport”  for the latest updates.

Sports Federation & Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China expresses sincere thanks to the support to the 64^th Festival of Sports from the subvented organization Leisure and Cultural Services Department, Official Food Partner Nissin Foods Company Limited, Silver Sponsor S.F. Express (Hong Kong) Limited, Official Sports Apparel Partner FILA Marketing (Hong Kong) Limited, Principal Partner New World Development Company Limited, Official Fitness Partner Fitness First, and Supporting Organization China Travel Service (Hong Kong) Limited.

 

Issued by:        Sports Federation & Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China

Date:               14 April 2021

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