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CRC - Opening Ceremony

Club Chairman Dr Simon S O Ip addresses the 500 guests attending the opening ceremony of The Hong Kong Jockey Club Conghua Racecourse.
Chairman, The Standing Committee of Guangzhou Municipality People's Congress Chen Jianhua says Conghua Racecourse lays a solid foundation for equine industry cooperation between Guangzhou and Hong Kong.
Secretary for Food and Health of Hong Kong SAR Professor Sophia Chan says the establishment of Conghua Racecourse sets an excellent example of the Bay Area development.
Club Chairman Dr Simon S O Ip (right) and Vice Director, Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council, Mr Song Zhe dot the eyes of the lion during the opening ceremony.
Officiating guests at the eye-dotting ceremony.
Club Chairman Dr Simon S O Ip (centre); Vice Director, Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council, Song Zhe (11th left); Chairman, the Standing Committee of Guangzhou Municipality People��s Congress Chen Jianhua (9th left); Secretary for Food and Health of Hong Kong SAR Professor Sophia Chan (11th right); Club Deputy Chairman Anthony W K Chow (10th left) and Club Chief Executive Officer Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges (10th right) officiate at the opening ceremony of Conghua Racecourse. Other honourable guests are (from left) Deputy Director General, Guangdong Sub-Administration of Customs Zhou Yunbao; Deputy Secretary General, Guangzhou Municipal Government, Ma Shu; Inspector, Port Management Office of Shenzhen Municipality Liao Maoxiong; Club Steward the Hon Martin Liao; Permanent Secretary for Food and Health (Food) of Hong Kong SAR Philip Yung Wai-hung; Club Steward Stephen Ip Shu Kwan; Director General, Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of Guangdong Province, Liao Jingshan; Club Steward Michael T H Lee; (From right) Chairman, Chinese Equestrian Association Zhang Xiaoning; Chairman, China Construction Eighth Engineering Division Corp., Ltd Xiao Rongchun; Club Steward Silas S S Yang; Inspector (Grade Two), Department of Animal and Plant Quarantine, General Administration of Customs Li Yijuan; Club Steward Dr Eric Li Ka Cheung; Club Steward Philip N L Chen; Party Secretary of the Conghua Party Committee Zhuang Yuequn; Club Steward Lester C H Kwok; Permanent Secretary for Home Affairs of Hong Kong SAR Cherry Tse Ling Kit-ching.
Lion dance performance at the opening ceremony.
Lion dance performance at the opening ceremony.
Officiating guests pull the bar to unveil the Winning Arch.
Officiating guests pull the bar to unveil the Winning Arch.
Officiating guests raise commemorative flags to start the horse jump-out as a highlight of the opening ceremony.
Officiating guests raise commemorative flags to start the horse jump-out as a highlight of the opening ceremony.
Six horses ridden by Hong Kong jockeys dash past the Winning Arch on the turf track.
Six horses ridden by Hong Kong jockeys dash past the Winning Arch on the turf track.
Six horses ridden by Hong Kong jockeys dash past the Winning Arch on the turf track.
Six horses ridden by Hong Kong jockeys dash past the Winning Arch on the turf track.
Officiating guests and jockeys share a toast at the opening ceremony.
Club Chief Executive Officer Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges (centre); Executive Director of Racing Andrew Harding (right); Director of Racing Business and Operations William Nader meet with Hong Kong and Mainland media after the opening ceremony.
Club Chief Executive Officer Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges (centre); Executive Director of Racing Andrew Harding (right); Director of Racing Business and Operations William Nader meet with Hong Kong and Mainland media after the opening ceremony.