Chief Executive John Lee cheered on the Hong Kong athletes taking part in various events at the 19th Asian Games Hangzhou today. Mr Lee went to games venues to watch events in which Hong Kong athletes were competing, including swimming, wushu and fencing, and extended his warmest congratulations to the athletes who won medals. Noting that having the games in their own country is of great importance to Hong Kong athletes, Mr Lee said he was pleased to have the opportunity to watch Hong Kong competitors strive for excellence and demonstrate extraordinary capabilities. He expressed his hope that Hong Kong athletes will continue to excel and unleash their potential to achieve outstanding results. The Chief Executive earlier visited the Zhejiang Liaison Unit of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government and encouraged its staff members to strive to serve both the people of Hong Kong and enterprises in Zhejiang. Today’s activities also included a lunch with th
Acting Chief Executive John Lee and senior government officials today attended a flag-raising ceremony today to celebrate the 24th anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
The ceremony was held at Golden Bauhinia Square outside the Convention & Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai.
The Police Band performed at the ceremony and two singers sang the national anthem, followed by a disciplined services fly-past and sea parade.
In view of the current public health risk, no public viewing area was set up for the ceremony.
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