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Investment and construction of the Hong Kong Jockey Club, Guangzhou Asian Games equestrian games
Guangzhou Asian Games official website of December 2 reported that December 2, “the 16th Asian Games Organizing Committee, the Guangzhou municipal government, the Hong Kong Jockey Club Equestrian Games venue construction, technical support and post-Games use a memorandum of cooperation “(referred to as” MOU “) signed, marking the official Hong Kong Jockey Club investment, management and operations in Guangzhou Asian Games equestrian venue after the game. Guangzhou Asian Games Vice-Chairman, Vice Governor of Guangdong Province, forest sound, the HKSAR Chief Secretary for Administration, Mr Henry Tang, Vice Chairman and Secretary-General of the Guangzhou Asian Games, Guangzhou Mayor Zhang Guangning and the Hong Kong Jockey Club John Chan, Chairman of the Board and other leaders attended the the signing ceremony.
Guangzhou Asian Games Vice-Chairman, Vice Governor of Guangdong Province, sound wood (right) and Hong Kong Chief Secretary for Administration Henry Tang (left) talk
According to “OCA Constitution” and the Chinese Olympic Committee, the Canton city government signed with the Olympic Council of Asia, “host city contract” is the Asian Games equestrian events will run one. To fulfill the contract, promises, in July 2008, the National Development and Reform Commission approved the original agreement is located in Conghua the Eighth National Traditional Ethnic Minority Sports will be based on the expansion of the Asian Games equestrian venue equestrian venues, and agreed to the Guangzhou municipal government and the Hong Kong Jockey Club co-operation. In order to ensure international equestrian events, the host led by the Ministry of Agriculture, State Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department and the Hong Kong Jockey Club co-operation, set up the first international recognition of the “no – provides equine disease areas “, which covered all the areas along the Hong Kong to Conghua. The establishment of non-infected areas, making the international horses can return to their home after the match, which means that the racecourse Conghua Asian Games will be China’s first ever foreign horses to participate in various competition venues, which not only will become the Asian Games legacy, but also Guangdong and Hong Kong to open up free access to horses, marking the domestic quarantine official with the world standards.
Hong Kong Jockey Club is the world’s largest one of horse racing, a unique non-profit mode of operation. Hong Kong Jockey Club has always been concerned about and support the development of equestrian sport in the Mainland. Beijing 2008 Olympic and Paralympic Equestrian Events in Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Jockey Club donors provide a world-class equestrian venues, and during the event to provide logistical support and professional services, including horse hospitals, laboratories race horses transported by the team’s services, access to the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee and international experts and the rider’s high praise, the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee, granted specifically to the Hong Kong Jockey Club, “Beijing 2008 Olympic Games equestrian events an important contribution to institution” title. In view of the Hong Kong Jockey Club will have the experience of hosting the Olympic Games equestrian events, after the Hong Kong Government recommended, Guangzhou Asian Games and the Guangzhou municipal government decided to authorize the Guangzhou Pearl River Industrial Group Co., Ltd. was established in cooperation with the Hong Kong Jockey Club’s “Guangzhou Hong Kong Jockey Club Racing Training Co., Ltd.” is responsible for the Asian Games equestrian venue construction investment and operation after the match.
Guangzhou Pearl River Industrial Group Co., Ltd. is a real estate development, construction general contracting, property management, tourism and hotels as its core business, to architectural design, engineering supervision, construction and fitting, intermediary consulting, hotel property management associated with large state-owned business enterprise group . Who has the construction of the Tianhe Sports Center, Guangzhou New Gymnasium and other large sports facilities, the contractor had the Ninth National Games at the closing ceremony, the closing ceremony of the 49th World Table Tennis Championships and other major international competitions, has won the “China famous brand real estate companies” and other awards.
Under the “Memorandum of Cooperation” agreed before the game by the “Guangzhou Hong Kong Jockey Club Racing Training Co., Ltd.” The Asian Games equestrian venue to invest in Conghua municipality is responsible for the land, Guangzhou City, site-specific focus of Office is responsible for the building. Hong Kong Jockey Club is also the venue construction program and special facilities for the race to provide technical support.
Asian Games equestrian farm planning programs include: Center for competition area, training area, and the race supporting functional areas, the audience service area and stables area. To meet the Asian Games equestrian eventing, jumping, dressage three events requirements.
“Memorandum of cooperation” agreement, competition, the Asian Games equestrian equestrian team is responsible for running the operation, the Hong Kong Jockey Club for the Asian Games equestrian events to provide professional consulting and technical services, including transport of horses after entering the program and special vehicles, testing quarantine, grounds maintenance, horse ambulance personnel and facilities and equipment, stable management, personnel and equipment, competitions and other special equipment required for these technical services will run to provide an important guarantee for the Asian Games equestrian events.
“Memorandum of Cooperation” also agreed, after the match, the Hong Kong Jockey Club will make full use of existing facilities in the Asian Games equestrian events on the racecourse proper transformation, an additional line after the game using a standard environmental protection facilities, rehabilitation and expansion of the training track, stables, MA hospitals to conduct horse training. The equestrian training ground will be coordinated with the Sha Tin Racecourse in Hong Kong and enhance Hong Kong Jockey Club, horse training, environment and technology, and is expected to increase in the future the number of the Jockey Club’s horse in the world-class horse sport to create better results.
The project with the Hong Kong Jockey Club Equestrian sports in the area of advanced technology, facilities and the successful experience of hosting the Olympic Games equestrian events, through cooperation, the introduction of social capital, the Asian Games host a wonderful equestrian competitions, and the successful resolution of post-Games use of the site problems. Meanwhile, the Hong Kong Jockey Club will be stationed at the Guangzhou Conghua, is expected to revitalize the local tourism economy, increasing employment opportunities, thus contributing to promote local economic development. Hong Kong Jockey Club in Guangzhou, Conghua greater development space, is conducive to further promote the Hong Kong Jockey Club brand.
The cooperation project of Guangzhou Municipal Government and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government to make full use of a variety of resources, expand space for development, improve the level of openness, strengthen the Pan-Pearl River Delta region to participate in international cooperation and competition, the ability to build a Pan-Pearl River Delta regional development, the overall brand, the realization of regional coordinated development and sustainable development, so that co-operation between embark on a new level. This cooperation is a Hong Kong-Guangdong Guangdong on a pilot implementation of policies and measures embodied, at the same time provide a new impetus to the development of Hong Kong and Guangdong to further deepen co-operation between, consolidate and coordinate their strengths to bring a win-win situation and common prosperity of all parties The situation has become for both prosperity and improving people’s livelihood, the implementation of “Pan-PRD Regional Cooperation Framework Agreement” model.
