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The Hong Kong Athletics Federation, which hosts the “Scum Marathon”, announced yesterday that, after several days of communication with relevant departments and with the full support of the government, it is actively planning to organize the 25th Hong Kong Standard Chartered Marathon on February 12 (Sunday) next year. Announcement will be made as soon as possible. Tournament schedule. Mr. Tian also stressed that public health and safety have always been the primary focus of the conference. It will strictly adhere to and implement various guidelines and epidemic prevention measures and continue to maintain close communication with relevant departments to prepare for the latest developments in the epidemic, so that the public, runners and staff can participate in this sporting event in healthy and safe conditions.
Mr. Tian said on Friday (16) that he has not yet received approval to hold the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon. As the original race date is only two months away, runners and interested parties may not have enough time to prepare. Having no choice, it was decided to cancel the event on November 20th this year. Yang Runxiong, director of culture, sport and tourism, said that evening he was surprised by the news and heard about it with his colleagues. Yang Deqiang questioned the reason for the cancellation of the event announced until the day before yesterday by President Tian himself and also revealed that, at the request of President Tian, he replied that Victoria Park had a program in February of next year. President Tian later stated that he would not consider the postponement and directly canceled the event. Mr. Tian did not immediately answer Yang Deqiang’s question, but announced yesterday that he is actively planning to “run again” in February next year.
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The number of participants was provisionally limited to 25,000
Yesterday afternoon, Yang Deqiang expressed his welcome to Mr. Tian’s new decision and stressed that he will work closely with Mr. Tian to run the marathon well and leave a good experience for the runners. He said that in the past the schedule and arrangement of the slag horse had been proposed by Mr. Tian, and the government cooperated. He also said that Mr. Tian had already inquired about the program last Friday, but the time was more urgent on that day, so after the November program cancellation was announced, there was no report of the next program. He also said that Mr. Tian has been listening to the views of many citizens in recent days, especially those who want to run the slag horse. After considering it, he quickly decided to hold the marathon on February 12th.
Regarding the number of participants in next year’s marathon, Yang Deqiang pointed out that the number of participants is temporarily kept at 25,000 and that how to prevent the outbreak at the beginning will be further discussed. There are currently no specific measures; Mr. Tian said in early September that he had asked the government to change the number of tender places from last year. The number of 15,000 people increased to 25,000, but there was no response at that time. therefore it was not clear if the event would be held.
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Li Jiachao hopes to help organize the event as much as possible
The chief executive, Mr. Li Jiachao, said yesterday morning before Mr. Tian announced the new decision that he hoped that the sports commissioner and Mr. Tian would have room to arrange a new date. He also pointed out that the authorities hope to facilitate the running of sporting events and congress events as much as possible, create value for Hong Kong and do their best to bring the businesses citizens want to have in Hong Kong. Regarding Mr. Tian’s announcement last week to “cancel the fools,” he said he was disappointed that Mr. Tian decided to cancel the November 20 tender without waiting for the final response from the government last week. .
Cheng Yongshun, a member of the Hong Kong Democratic Alliance for Improvement Legislative Council, also welcomed Mr. Tian and hopes that authorities will continue to actively assist organizers and industry to formulate better arrangements for the details of preventing events and outbreaks, and are doing their best to allow for the scumbag to be held in February next year. He also urged the authorities to formulate provisions and guidelines for the resumption of large-scale events and major events, loosen the quarantine policy on entry as soon as possible, strengthen external commentary work, allow more foreign actors to participate in Hong Kong and commit to large-scale international events to be held in Hong Kong.
Originally posted on AM730 https://www.am730.com.hk/local/Lose the horse and restart the horse on the 4th – will the scum horse go to the horse in February next year / 339321? utm_source = yahoorss & utm_medium = referral
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